SPORTS WITHOUT CHARM
By Dave Gilmore on Apr 17th, 2012
Perhaps I’m just looking for a silver-lining after last night’s 4-3 loss by the Capitals to the Bruins. Or maybe I’m just geeked up for summer movie season. Being down two games to one isn’t an insurmountable hole from which to climb, but in the numbness that happens beyond the loss has me wondering why…
Heckling is one of my favorite parts of professional sports. It’s my opinion that pro athletes should not only have to perform at the highest level of their sport and be in the best physical condition of their lives, but they should also have enough mental toughness to endure some good (clean) verbal criticism from…
Congratulations Boston, you beat the Capitals in overtime and then took out your first-line center celebrating the win. After Chris Kelly’s game winning goal against the Capitals on Thursday, the Bruins gathered behind the net to celebrate. Boston fans knocked out one of the panels of glass which smacked David Krejci square in the dome….
By Patrick Guthrie on Apr 10th, 2012
Good morning Baltimore. If you listen to the BSR Podcast, you probably actually know who I am, good for you. If not, then maybe you’ve seen the one or two Maryland basketball posts I’ve done, or the few Maryland football previews I was able to muster up before the stink of the team overwhelmed me….
By Dave Gilmore on Apr 10th, 2012
“The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.” – Frodo, The Lord of the Rings The Washington Capitals are 30 to 1 longshots to skate with Lord Stanley. Only the Florida Panthers, who bested them at almost every crucial juncture of the season and won the…
RussianMachineNeverBreaks.com‘s Peter Hassett joins the program to talk Capitals hockey, the guys predict the Orioles 2012 season and discuss Joe Flacco’s bold comments. The Boss, Matt Sadler, joins the show to give his take and intimidate the other panel members. Dave Gilmore also pops by to discuss the Caps and Flacco. Join Zach, Patrick and…
Win an they’re in. It’s that simple for the Capitals. Washington and Buffalo are tied with 88 points in the Eastern Conference, but the Caps hold the tie breaker with a greater win total and regulation/overtime wins. It’s in their hands. Caps forward Brooks Laich isn’t worried. ”We’re making the playoffs,” he told The Sports…
Matt Hendricks shoot out move is enough to put veteran goalies on their backs… and then make them fall on their face on the way to the locker room. Hendricks nasty shootout move has been fooling goaltenders all season and Tim Thomas of the Bruins was no exception last night. “He didn’t know what the…
By Dave Gilmore on Mar 27th, 2012
For the second season in a row, small sample size notwithstanding, 22-year old Braden Holtby has been the Washington Capitals’ best goaltender. For the second win-or-die game in a row, coach Dale Hunter is giving the nod to Holtby tonight against Buffalo. In his NHL career, Holtby has played in 18 games, and in all…
Remember that picture we posted of Alex Ovechkin wearing a tuxedo while sitting on a king’s throne? We finally get to see the six minutes of content surrounding that awesome snap shot. The World-Wide Leader put together a nifty six minute feature on the Great Eight that covers his family life and relationship with tennis…
