Almost buried in the excitement of the NHL and NBA Finals, the gearing up of baseball season, and the excitement of Lebron Mania throughout the sports world are a couple of moves made by Florida franchises that could have a significant effect on the NHL in coming years.  Both the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers hired new GMs recently, [...]

We are still more than 3 months away from week one of the NFL Season.  Yahoo! hasn’t even opened registration for their fantasy game, yet (it should be coming in the next two weeks).  But, my main fantasy draft is exactly 100 days away, so I’ll give you my first of what will likely be 4 or 5 mock drafts [...]

After a kickass 3-day mini-vacation, followed by 3 days of non-stop working, I’m back to share my thoughts… If you’re a Nets fan, and you’re not super excited about the Mikhail Prokhorov era, it’s time you began getting excited.  Just read this article, in which Prokhorov says the Nets will make the playoffs next year, and win a title within [...]

Lets get this out of the way.  The records for the previous round of NHL predictions.  Sharkey was 1-3.  Terrible.  Doozer, also 1-3. Awful.  ManInBlack, a putrid 0-4.  Which brings the totals for the guys to.. Sharkey – 6 for 12 = 50% (a flip of a coin) ManInBlack – 5 for 12 = 42% (the percentage louder that Chris [...]

Four weeks until the World Cup kicks off. For everyone complaining about too much randomness, and not enough US of A, today’s post will focus solely on the United States World Cup team. Hopefully you know by now that the US is in Group C, and they begin their play against England on June 12. England is a heavy favorite [...]

Beautiful weather, a BBQ, and a cooler of beer are calling my name, so therefore today’s planned World Cup Preview will be typed tomorrow, when I have more time to dedicate.  For now, a super-quick Beer Line (which is what we all want in life anyway, right?). I’m dangerously close to going an impressive 0-for-4 on predicting the second round [...]

Blackchecking is ManInBlack’s quick thoughts. Quick Thoughts ~I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a team that has accomplished so little and still rankle opposing fans like the Pittsburgh Penguins.  Lets face it folks, the current incarnation of the Penguins aren’t the Yankees, Lakers, Red Wings or Patriots.  They’ve only won one championship.  They just aren’t the dominant force that inspires mass [...]

Another excellent episode tonight. First, there may not be anybody who benefits less from high definition than Al Davis.  It’s amazing to me that a guy with as much pride as Al Davis will show up on TV looking like he rolled 3000 year old skin over his skeleton in the mornings.  Of course, this is also the same guy [...]

One man’s random ramblings on the hottest topics of the day, as you would hear while waiting in line to buy an $8 beer… Good for Dallas Braden.  Anytime anybody throws a perfect game, it’s an incredible accomplishment.  The fact that he threw this game & shut up Alex Rodriguez at the same time makes it even sweeter.  I wish [...]

During the Stanley Cup playoffs, you hear a lot about “mental toughness”. Even if things aren’t going your way, the bounces seem to be in the favor of the other team, you need to keep your cool. You need to gather yourself up and focus on the next play, the next check, the next shift. Emotions run high in the [...]