Wednesday, June 18, 2008
summer won't be the same without you, tiger
i have to admit, that i was pretty upset when tiger woods downplayed hockey. here is the main reason. he can be totally indifferent to hockey, i don't really care about that. he's got the right to his own opinion, and to share it. but there is a time and place. woods was on the verge of playing in a tournament that was being featured on the same station (nbc) that was featuring the stanley cup finals. without major television networks, woods would have never been able to reach this level of popularity. every golf commentator talks about tiger woods in terms that no other player even approahes. it borders on creepiness, if you ask me. so woods needs to repay their investment in him by helping them showcase a product that isn't popular - in my opinion - because the average person just doesn't quite understand what's going on. if woods had talked about the finals in even a slightly positive note, i think a few more folks would have tuned in.
in the end, it doesn't quite matter to me what woods says. i love to watch the guy get out there on a golf course and compete. so i'm pretty sad that he'll be missing the rest of the golf season. i hope that he makes a full recovery and comes out dominating again. but everyone talks about how his swing puts a lot of pressure on that knee. so i have some doubts about whether the guy will own golf again the way he has. any changes he would make to protect the knee would have to take some bite out of the old big dog.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
apparently knee surgery rehabs involves trashing other sports
come on tiger....seriously. you haven't played in a tournament for quite some time while rehabbing from knew surgery. but seriously?
when asked about the epic 3ot game 5 of the cup finals (yeah you know the one. it would be the game that made the next day a complete wash), tiger responded as follows:
"I don't really care," he said with an impish smile. "It's all about the Dodgers. I don't think anyone really watches hockey anymore."
come on man...seriously? nobody cares about hockey? thanks tiger, for giving some support to another sport.
when asked about the epic 3ot game 5 of the cup finals (yeah you know the one. it would be the game that made the next day a complete wash), tiger responded as follows:
"I don't really care," he said with an impish smile. "It's all about the Dodgers. I don't think anyone really watches hockey anymore."
come on man...seriously? nobody cares about hockey? thanks tiger, for giving some support to another sport.
Monday, June 2, 2008
google reader strikes again
still basking in that sykora wrister, i decided to check my google reader before going to bed. google reader has pretty much changed the way that i use the internet. with all of my feeds organized on a central page, i find myself spending less time online going from one website to another. and i get to keep track of a lot more feeds, especially music feeds. live music blog turned me on to a website called black cab sessions.
it is pretty sweet, a nice way to wind down after that epic game.
it is pretty sweet, a nice way to wind down after that epic game.
at least they got one thing right
as i try to get my heart rate under control for the third period, i keep thinking that versus and nbc have done a pretty pathetic job broadcasting the nhl playoffs. from unnecessary and lengthy graphics to confusing camera angles to terrible broadcasters to constant reminders to buy dockers and edge shave gel, the networks have not done very good job 'selling' hockey to the casual hockey fan.
but at least they made this commercial, which is one of the sickest ads i've ever seen:
go pens
but at least they made this commercial, which is one of the sickest ads i've ever seen:
go pens
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