Boston-How man champions in one year?

1 down, 3 to go.
The Boston Red Sox won the World Series this season, and fans from the entire New England Region hope it was just the first of four from the four major sports. The New England Patriots sit in 1st place, and are the only remaining undefeated team, sitting 9-0, in the NFL. Throughout the first 10 weeks of the season, the boys from Foxborough are averaging a 24.2 margin of victory. They are right now by far the most likely team to win Super Bowl XLII in February. This would be 2 out of 4 championships; look for it to happen.
The Boston Celtics are also in a class of their own. After trading for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, the Celtics are right now the only undefeated team, 7-0, in the NBA. They are the early season favorites to win it all, and take home their 17th NBA championship, and the 3rd out of 4 Boston Championships. The Celtics look unstoppable, and also have a large margin of victory. They are right now averaging a 17.1 margin of victory through their first 7 games. The least likely team to win the championship in their respective sport is the NHL's Bruins. Just under a quarter of the way into the season, the Bruins do sit 3 games above .500 and in the 6th playoff seed. With a little luck the Bruins could stay around this slot. As the past has shown, anything can then happen in the NHL playoffs.
There has never been this good of a chance of one city making a clean sweep of the four major sport's championships.

What a game

Rick Dipietro of the New York Islanders fights Al Montoya of the New York Rangers in a pre-season game Rangers

The New York Islanders and New York Rangers had their second match-up of the season, and second time at the Nassau Coliseum Tuesday night. Both teams came in hot. The Isles were winners of four of their last five, and the Rangers had finally kicked their bad start, winning four in a row, courtesy of two goals allowed by Henrik Lundqvist in the four games. The game got off to a good start, as the teams traded chances throughout the first period. A contest between these two rivals always has the fans riled up, as the crowd is split about 50-50 for the fans of each team. No fights occurred on the ice, but the punches were being the thrown all over the stands. That just shows how much intensity is flared in these games.
The first goal of an Islander-Ranger game is huge, and the Rangers struck first. Chris Drury scored a powerplay goal in the second period to give the Rags a 1-0 lead.
The Rangers were ahead as the third period began, but the Isles struck back early on. The Rangers regained the lead on a Tomas Pock powerplay goal. The Tank, Ruslan Fedetenko struck back for the Isles to tie it up. With 8 minutes to go however, the Isles took the lead for good as Miroslav Satan scored his second consecutive game winning goal. The Islanders now lead the season series 2-0 over the Rangers. The next battle between the two rivals will be at Madison Square Garden on November 19.

Whos real and whos not in the NHL?

The NHL season kicked off over one month ago now, and this blog will discuss which teams and players are for real, and who is not. The biggest surprise has certainly been the Columbus Blue Jackets led by goalie Pascal Leclaire. Leclaire, the 8th overall pick of the 2001 NHL draft, has finally arrived. After 9 games played, Leclaire has 7 wins, an astounding 1.12 Goals Against Average, and a .957 save percentage. This is topped off by the fact that Leclaire has had 5 shutouts in 9 games. This puts him on track for an unbelievable 32 shutouts. This of course wont happen, but the Blue Jackets are 2nd place in the central division with a record of 8-3-2. This just may be the year the Jackets finally make it to the playoffs since becoming a franchise in the 00-01 season. Expect it to happen.

Who would have thought the New York Rangers would as of right have the least goals scored in the NHL following the acquisitions of Scott Gomez and Chris Drury via free agency. The Rangers have to thank Henrik Lundqvist for being the only reason the Rangers are at .500. If not for the Swedish King, the Rangers would not even be near this mark. Henrik has been the second best goalie in the NHL so far this year. Even if he keeps this up, the Rangers just wont be able to make the playoffs unless they can figure out a way to score. However you should expect them to turn it around and stay in the race in the competitive Atlantic Division all season.
The Atlantic Division should be fun all season long. The way the season has started, any team can win it. There is the least amount of separation between the first and last place team, 4 points, of any division. This is the division that sent 4 teams to the playoffs last year. It also contains the team that was the worst in the NHL last year, the Philadelphia Flyers, but Danny Briere has turned them around as they currently sit in first place in the division. Expect the Flyers to keep it up all season long and finish with a top 6 playoff seed.
The biggest dissapointment so far this year has been the play of Vancouver Canucks all star goaltender, Roberto Luongo. Luongo, in his second year with the club, currently holds a 2.93 goals against average, and a .899 save percentage. This GAA is the third worst of his career, only being worse in his rookie year playing 24 games with the Islanders in 99-00 and in the 05-06 season, his last with the Florida Panthers. Luongo has never finished an NHL season with worse than a .904 save percentage. This was in his rookie season. The Canucks are currently 2 games under .500 and Luongo needs to pick up his game for their record to improve.

Why My Fanasty Football Team Sucks

Coming out of my draft just 2 weeks before the NFL Season began, on paper you could easily say I had one of the top 3 teams out of 12 in my league. Having the 10th pick, and going on down I kept my eye on Bengals RB Rudi Johnson, who has been very consistent the last 3 seasons, near the top of the points chart. With the 10th pick i chose Rudi over Patriots RB Laurence Maroney (who has also been a bust this season). On the way back down round 2, with the third pick I had the option of taking either Tom Brady, or Travis Henry. Brady was predicted to have an excellent season, however I did not think he would be taken this high in the draft. I had a trade in place in case Brady went down to the last pick of the round in which I would trade Travis Henry for Brady and a #6 Draft Pick. This would be a decision that ruined my fantasy football season. After Brady went the pick after me, I had to do something to get a quarterback. I ended up trading Travis Henry for Drew Brees, of the number 1 rated offense New Orleans Saints and a 7th round pick.
Brady and Brees have been the complete opposites this season. Brady is on track to shatter the single season record for passing touchdowns, while Brees has been a bust. As a result of this my record is now 2-6, and I am 3 games out of a playoff spot. Being 3 games out is actually lucky for the way my team has played.

2007-2008 NLL Season Not to Be

On July 31, 2007 the NLL Collective Bargaining Agreement expired. The players and owners had 2 and a half months to negotiate a new deal. However, just as the 2004-2005 NHL season, the season was lost. This however will have a minimal effect on the American sport scene. First off, the people who attend these games is mostly kids who play lacrosse going with their families. The generic American is not a fan of the NLL. The lacrosse also has another option. This is Major League Lacrosse, the outdoor version. Although these two leagues are in different seasons, a lacrosse fan does not lose an entire year of lacrosse.

Next up, why my fantasy team sucks.

122 Teams, 122 Reasons To Live

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