So of all the hockey channels I do get, I don’t get the NHL. I KNOW! So when the CBC switched over to the second coming of St. Sid and the Penns at 4:38 against Ottawa, I told Mr. Cherrie to get his half rack out because we have a new drinking game. Every time some one mentions […]
Be honest. Were you expecting anything less? Sidney Crosby had 2 goals and 2 assists in his comeback game last night vs. NYI. He dominated like he hadn’t missed a single game. I can’t pick my favorite part. The dazzling first goal? The obvious “F*%& YEAH!” after (which SportsCenter actually blurred out)? The smile? Or […]
It’s tomorrow. It’s the day. TOMORROW. Holy heck, I’m freaking out. Sidney Crosby will return to the Penguins lineup Monday night vs. NYI. Disco Dan says he should play around 15 minutes. He’ll go on the Dupuis/Kunitz line, leaving the Neal/Sullivan/Geno line intact (for now). To everyone who texted/Tweeted us with the news, while […]
Hurkey durkey, Turkey! We know you’re all thankful for hockey, and this week’s Foxy Friday is just a reminder of all the things in the world there are to celebrate. Dawn & Chuck are out shopping and Intern Jeff Skinner is making sweet potatoes with marshmallows (you should see his apron), so I’m going to […]
Mike Green didn’t make the trip to Winnipeg with the Caps, but he did take his sprained ankle to the Kid Rock show in DC last night. He wore his only favorite sweater (seriously, he wears this more than Toews wears that suit) and that hat that makes me want to throw snowballs. Money was […]
Between this weekend and the Hunger Games trailer [link] I am seriously dying over here. Then Brittany sends us this gem! Remember the Friday post where you were all jealous she got to meet Rick Nash? You don’t even know. Is that scruff? Is that almost a mustache, Crosby? Because we have had this talk […]
Love, Geno & Sid Geno Tweeted this picture. I’m voting Geno for President at this point.
All other NHL teams have officially been put on notice. We wish more teams would highlight their talent like this. And by highlight, we mean take insanely attractive glamour shots of their players and create calendars which we can buy and hang in our offices and sigh dreamily over as we format excel spreadsheets, take […]
Sam Kasan’s reports from Penguins practices are daily gold and you should never miss them. But today, it’s truly special [link]. In honor of Crosby being cleared for contact, he dedicates Weezer’s cover of Britney’s “(Hit Me) Baby… One More Time.” (Warning: it sounds a lot like the time I sang it, in costume, at […]
Real or not real? Sidney Crosby cleared for full contact. I have tears in my eyes. Intern Jeff Skinner is wearing frequency-cancelling headphones but can still hear the screaming. My birthday continues unabated. I’m wearing my Pens socks and had my Pens hat on this morning, but I should have just gone for the full jersey […]
Last night before the Pens home opener, look who got interviewed? My birthday indeed. The Nealmobile also had a goal, along with Dupuis, Cooke and Park in the Pens 4-1 win over Florida. Tanger had another assist and leads the NHL in both points (6) and assists (5). And hair. Flower leads the League with […]
From your partner-in-crime. Yea. Berfdai. Stammer, Tazer, Greener, Sid, and Nealmobile have choreographed something very special for you. You’re welcome.
Oh Geno, freaking everyone out and sending the Pens PR staff into a tizzy…
The Penguins hosted a town hall-style meeting today for the season ticket holders and any woman under the age of dead. You can watch the highlight video [link] and bask in the combined happiness of these guys. No one bothers to ask Geno why he’s wearing Ovi’s jeans. Watch Sid take the ice… we see […]
Mr. Pants needs to be on the Food Network so I can retire and just blog all day. There are so many good things! You’ve all heard by now that the Crosbot is practicing with the Pens. He’s not cleared for contact, but aren’t you just glad to see this face?! Here’s the post-practice interview […]
Every year this happens, and it isn’t to me. Of course if he came to my house, Mr. Pants would open the door in a Caps shirt (or better, my girl-sized Crosby jersey). There would be banging and scuffling from the closet. They would pretend to ignore it until the muffled sounds of ‘O Canada’ could […]
Sidney Crosby is going to be okay. He’ll play again. We don’t know when. Just seeing him made us feel so much better about the world. Plus, this press conference is 100 times more informative than Bettman’s concussion speech at the All-Star Game. They are hopeful but not blindly so, and confident. A CBC reporter […]
Something is up today. I mysteriously turned off my alarm without knowing and was woken by a bird that sounded exactly like R2D2 just as I dreamed of crash landing in a swamp in the Dagobah System. Then I poured OJ in my Cheerios. Seriously. It must be the event I’ve been trying to ignore […]
If I ignore this long enough, maybe it will just go away. It’ll be October and he’ll be out there and everything will be right with the world. I don’t care if you hate Sid and the Pens or rainbows and cupcakes and money. You cannot want to see a premiere player out of the […]
Sportchek’s new Crosby commercials are out! Can I please live in Canada? I believe it’s a magical place where things like this really happen… starring Sid as himself and an 8-year old kid as me. Here’s the link – it’s even in French. 😉 Here’s the second one [link]. We miss his adorkableness something awful. And the […]