At my real-life job, there’s a lot of chirping between people who love Crosby (me) and people who hate him (everyone else, including my direct boss plus our Detroit and Philly offices). Yesterday via email chain, people were begrudgingly admitting to enjoying Canada’s gold medal win and someone even called Sid “one of the best […]
Sometimes life is a movie, and I wrote it. Getting to the gold medal game was no easy feat for Canada. Getting up at 7 AM on a Sunday was not easy for me. Good thing we both brought our A games. If I scripted yesterday’s gold medal match, it would go something like: Jonathan […]
It has all come down to this. We didn’t pick the teams. We wouldn’t have put them head-to-head until the gold medal game but let’s be honest, we can’t handle that. We can’t even handle today. Before we close our office doors and pretend to be throwing things and shrieking for work, let’s face off […]
I’ve spent the last 21.5 hours searching for the perfection .gif to capture my feelings about hockey. Team USA won. Canada almost lost to Latvia. Then they won. But John Tavares left the game with a leg injury. And didn’t return. Now he’s out for the rest of the NHL regular season with a torn […]
There are times I will reluctantly admit I like Alex Ovechkin. It’s usually while leaping out of my seat at Verizon Center, trying not to toss my nachos on everyone. This didn’t come easily to me – nor did becoming a Caps fan when I moved here – but sometimes… sometimes (when he wears shorts). […]
We’re 21 days from the Olympics and I’m already emotionally exhausted. This Steven Stamkos video, sponsored by Coke, features the most straightlaced and patriotic cardigan in history. Add in childhood video, profile shots and candid confessions of previous disappointments and I feel like I just voted for something. Will Stammer be ready to play in […]
This afternoon, I watched the men’s 2010 Olympic gold medal game. That one day, years ago, when everyone I knew was watching hockey. They were Tweeting and Facebooking and cheering down the hall in my San Francisco apartment building while Chuck and I were shouting, “WE TOLD YOU HOCKEY IS AWESOME!” The Golden Goal was […]