Kid Reporter Blogs: Hockey
The four major American professional sports leagues have all fallen prey to the same illusion. The NHL, NBA, MLB, and NFL each have created too many expansion teams, which have hurt the leagues’ financial bottom line and diminished the on-field quality of play.
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Every March we fill out our NCAA tournament brackets. This year my last four teams were Yale, Miami (Ohio), Boston College, and North Dakota. At the end of the line, North Dakota was my national champion.
North Dakota? I’m talkin’ Frozen Four, the most overshadowed postseason event that the NCAA has to offer. More »
Do you rush home from school so you can get your homework done before basketball practice? Is it too out there to think that the best and brightest minds are the biggest and fastest athletes? Do you think thousands of people would fill a stadium to watch a debate or a spelling bee every Sunday? What about Stephen Strasburg vs. Toby Gerhart in a chess match? Does that sound worthy of Super Bowl hype? The golden answer is no.
The Pittsburgh Penguins were not expected to be contenders for the 2009 Stanley Cup.
Going into the playoffs, experts and fans doubted that the Penguins would even make it into the Eastern Conference Finals. However, after upsetting the Washington Capitals in the second round, the Penguins became strong favorites to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.
But after losing two games in a row to the Detroit Red Wings in the Finals, I have just one question to ask the Penguins: What just happened?
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The Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins are in the middle of an Eastern Conference playoff battle.
Coming into the series, the Flyers were the decided underdog. In the first two games, the Penguins had home-ice advantage and won both times. The next two games were at Philadelphia, with the Flyers winning Game 3 and the Penguins taking Game 4.
Being a Philadelphia team, the Flyers are used to playing from behind and know how to adapt. Another Pittsburgh win would grant them a spot in the Eastern Conference semifinals and eliminate the Flyers. With Pittsburgh at home for Game 5 tonight, the Flyers will have to pull out an unexpected win and prove everyone wrong.
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Our nation’s capital plays host to many teams; exclusively the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards.
The Capitals finished the regular season with a record 50-24-8. All-star wing Alexander Ovechkin is the centerpiece of this dominant offense and has his team in the middle of a tough playoff series with the New York Rangers.
The Caps have played on a different level ever since Coach Bruce Boudreau stepped in during the 2007 season. Last year, Boudreau led his team to 25 more wins and 24 more points than the year before, scoring a prestigious Southeast Division title. Although the Caps fell to the Philadelphia Flyers in last year’s playoffs, they’re once again the Southeast Division champs and hope to go deep in the postseason this year.
Everything seems to be going right with the Capitals. The Wizards, well… not so much.
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