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There Goes Some Income

by Paul on 11/04/09 at 03:06 PM ET
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from George Richards of On Frozen Pond,

In case you haven’t heard, the Fort Lauderdale law firm RRA isn’t having a very good week.

One of its founders is accused of bilking hundreds of millions of dollars from the firm and from clients. He flew to Morocco (apparently to avoid extradition) but returned to Lauderdale yesterday.

So what does this have to do with hockey?

Well, RRA is a huge sponsor of South Florida sports teams including the Dolphins, Heat and of course, the Panthers.

Word is the team is trying to separate itself from the scandal. I’m also hearing the law firm hasn’t paid off the team for its signage and sponsorships since it’s so early in the season. And now, with the firm’s funds down to about $500,000, that’s a check that isn’t coming.

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The Flames & Their H1N1 Flu Shots

by Paul on 11/04/09 at 07:51 AM ET
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Many of you know I listen to Canadian radio stations via the web, and this story is the ‘talk’ today…

from Bill Kaufmann of the Calgary Sun,

The Calgary Flames did nothing underhanded to procure H1N1 vaccinations in the past week ahead of thousands of high-risk Albertans, club president Ken King said yesterday.

But despite that claim from the team, the province has launched an investigation into what officials say shouldn’t have happened.

While King acknowledged a team doctor and the physician’s nurse wife might have been a “point of contact” in seeking the vaccine which is in short supply in the province, King said nothing was done outside Alberta Health Services (AHS) auspices.

“I’m happy to confirm we would not have taken an illicit process,” said King.

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Offensive?

by Paul on 11/04/09 at 07:43 AM ET
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from Julia Keller of the Chicago Tribune,

We think we’re enlightened. We think we’re evolved. We think we’re past all that nasty old stuff from the bad old days. We think we’re “post-racial,” to use the curious term that popped up in the wake of President Barack Obama’s election.

Then a couple of fun-loving but culturally tone-deaf Blackhawks decided to dress up for Halloween as former Bulls Dennis Rodman and Scottie Pippen—complete with blackface.

more on this topic…

You can view the picture of Adam Burish dressed as Rodman and Patrick Kane as Pippen at ChicagoNow.

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Renting & Skating On Ice

by Paul on 11/01/09 at 08:44 AM ET
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from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe,

That one-hour ice rental at a local rink in and around Boston typically would cost upward of $300. At Fenway, the going rate will be $7,500 or $10,000 for each one-hour session. That is not a typo. The going rate will be as high as 33 times more than what a prime-time hour would cost at one of the area’s better rinks. And according to Sam Kennedy, executive vice president and COO of the Red Sox as well as president of Fenway Sports Group, there has been no shortage of folks lining up to reserve the time.

more and additional hockey talk including this…

(Paul) Kelly, meanwhile, has been advising on the casting and production of a movie, “Overtime,’’ to be shot early next year in New Mexico and Toronto. “It’s a sort of ‘Field of Dreams’ drama that puts hockey in a good light,’’ explained Kelly, who attended Thursday’s Devils-Bruins game at the Garden. Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, and Don Cherry have agreed to cameos. Kelly invited Mike Emrick to fill a key “play-by-play’’ role. The story centers on mine workers in New Mexico who play the game each night on pools that freeze in and around the mine.

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Theo Fleury & Sheldon Kennedy Talk

by Paul on 10/28/09 at 12:23 PM ET
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An ESPN video & I suggest watching.

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Former Lightning Player John Tucker Beating Cancer

by Paul on 10/28/09 at 09:09 AM ET
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from Damian Cristodero of the St. Petersburg Times,

They did seek the counsel of Charles Slonim, a Tampa opthalmologist and friend, who has been a team physician for the Lightning since its inception. He also is a survivor, having beaten lymph node cancer in 1988.

“He explained it all to us when we had no clue,” Lynn said. “He held our hands and said everything was going to be okay.”

“John is a rock,” Slonim said. “He’s not a complainer. If you’re a complainer, the first thing you do is tell everybody and try to get people to feel sorry for you. That’s not John.”

In fact, Tucker said he plans to get involved with those fighting the disease, whether they be patients or caregivers, whom Tucker called “angels on earth.”

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Transportation Departments Forgot About The Reporters

by Paul on 10/28/09 at 07:35 AM ET
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from Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen,

Three newspaper reporters covering the Ottawa Senators—including the Citizen’s Allen Panzeri—were caught in the middle of a nasty free-trade fight between airlines in the United States and Canada on Tuesday.

The reporters were denied access on the Senators’ charter flight bound for Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, because of a U.S. Department of Transportation Agency ruling.

Writers from the newspapers typically travel on the club’s flights—paying market rate for the service—because it provides the convenience of being in attendance for all of the Senators’ games and practices. Commercial flight schedules don’t offer the option of flying from one city to the next immediately following games and not all NHL cities are directly accessible from Ottawa commercially.

“It might only be three people, for now, but clearly this is a barrier as to how businesses operate,” said Citizen editor-in-chief Gerry Nott.

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Ex-NHL Goaltender Carries The Bag For Fred Couples

by Paul on 10/23/09 at 09:45 PM ET
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via the Arizona Republic,

Damian Rhodes, a former NHL goaltender for Ottawa, Toronto, and Atlanta , is a caddie for the first time this week, looping for Fred Couples, who is 4-under , seven shots off the lead.

“I told my caddy not to fly out from Connecticut, so he stayed home with his kids,” Couples said. “Damian was either in the right or wrong spot when I heard ‘I’ll caddy for you’ and I turned around and it was him.”

Rhodes, an avid golfer, is good friends with Jim “Bones” McKay, Phil Mickelson ‘s caddy. He said he had a blast being inside the ropes at a PGA Tour event.

“My wife said I can cross it off my bucket list,” Rhodes said.

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Well Cowboy, Let’s Play Some Hockey

by Paul on 10/22/09 at 07:28 PM ET
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Who knew John Wayne played hockey?

Greatest Hockey Legends has the video proof.

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Brett Hull Talks His Golf Game

by Paul on 10/22/09 at 05:28 PM ET
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from Brett Hull at Golf Digest,

I could always hit the ball. It was simple for me. It’s basically the same move as hitting a slap shot in hockey. But it took me forever to get my handicap to where it is now, hovering around zero and plus-one. I had to learn how to play, how to score, and that only came around in the last four or five years. The physical ability to hit the ball doesn’t even come close to the mental side of the game. Both parts have to work together.

I started playing the summer of my freshman year in college. I went to the University of Minnesota-Duluth and my college roommates were going out to play golf. I asked if I could tag along and I was hooked from that second on.

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