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Euro 2012 Draw
UPDATE: The groups have been drawn. Group A: Poland, Greece, Russia, Czech Republic.Group B: Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Portugal.Group C: Spain, Italy, Ireland, Croatia.Group D: Ukraine, Sweden, France, England. Quick analysis: Group B wins the "Group of Death" moniker. Just bad luck for the...
Why The Big East Is Alot Like Czechoslovakia
We are now roughly two thirds of the way through the long desert that is the College Football off season. Being that is the dead period in the sport the journalists who cover it full time, not to mention the army of blogger's, have to write about something. Easily the most popular meme of the past...
Bruins announce Preseason Schedule including trip to Northern Ireland and Czech Republic
The Bruins announced the team's upcoming preseason schedule. A highlight of their exhibition schedule will be a game in Belfast, Northern Ireland against the Belfast Giants Select (an all-star team comprised of players from the UK Elite League) on October 2nd before they head to the Czech Republic...
Memo from the Euro-Desk: In Czech with some Finns
Over the course of the next day or two, I will be completing my series of European hockey cultural exchanges. These posts were originally written while on the road, and now that I have recovered from both jet lag and the reminder that Kingston Ontario does not compare to Europe in the slightest, I...
Panthers in 2010 IIHF World Championship: gold, silver, and bronze for Cats
Tomas Vokoun gets some love. By AFP/Getty Images The 2010 edition of the WC closed up shop after a wildly unpredictable tournament (Americans placing 13th anyone? How about Canada 7th?), but at the end of the day three current and future Panthers took home some shiny new hardware....
Czechs surprise hockey world, shock Russians ... MPS makes All-Star team
Hands up, anybody who saw that coming. Didn't think so. As the week opened, Czech hockey fans were bemoaning what had been a miserable performance by their team, which was on the verge of missing the medal round after disappointing losses to Norway and Switzerland. Commenter Czechboy was...
Bruins to open '10-'11 season in Prague
It's has been rumored for months, but the NHL made it official today by announcing that the Bruins will open the 2010-'11 season in Prague, Czech Republic as part of the 2010 NHL Premiere Games. The B's are one of 6 teams that will be opening their season in Europe. The Bruins will play two games...
Insanity
In the Slovakia vs. Czech Republic game during the 2009 IIHF World Championship, Tomas Surovy swung his stick and hit his own goalie as if he was in a T-ball game. What makes this more unbelievable is that the goalie was JAROSLAV HALAK, GOALIE FOR THE MONTREAL CANADIENS!!!! I'm sorry, Tomas, but...
Grand Prix Final Thoughts: Men's Free Skate
(in skate order and results at the end) Tomas Verner, Czech Republic (122.15): Ugh. He popped his first jump, then made such a nice comeback and I was so proud, and then he lost it again with a fall and popped about four jumps at the end. That was a disaster and he totally gave up! Very hard to...
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