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Sunday Links: 'Because these kids are hopped up on sugar' edition.
A news item many of us missed this week was NHL disciplinarian Colin Cambell's *appearance* on The Best of Cybulski & Compa on TSN Radio 1050. Lighthouse Hockey will have more on the podcast tomorrow and we have plans for a roundtable (translated: we don't have it scheduled yet, but we're getting...
Skate America: What Does it all Mean?
So many questions from last weekend's Skate America. Here is my attempt to answer them. Shen and Zhao's mistakes in their long program. What does it mean!? It means that some of the other top pairs can breathe a bit easier knowing that there may in fact be a competition for the gold medal this...
TEB Final Results: Pairs
Quite a little upset in the pairs event at TEB with Russian pair Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov getting it winning. It appears this may have been as much because of a complete Savchenko and Szolkowy meltdown as because the Russian pair was able to get it together, finally; I haven't watched...
Carolina Kostner Update
Completely missed this story TWO WEEKS AGO, but it appears that Carolina Kostner is going to be training with Frank Carroll and Christa Fassi this season, per IceNetwork. Um, wonder how Mirai Nagasu feels about that. Also, Kostner has hired a sports psychologist. Jennifer Kirk blogged about the...
Pairs Preview!
I am going to predict Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker will make this their second nationals in a row. I know that they didn't make it to the Grand Prix final and they had a lackluster second competition at Skate Canada, but the passion they had in their Skate America free skate showed me...
Jacksonville State Gamecocks 16, Georgia Diamond Dogs 8
I asked earlier whether the Diamond Dogs were running on empty. That question received an emphatic, and embarrassing, answer at Foley Field on Wednesday night, when a Georgia squad that lost to Jacksonville State on the road last week again fell to the Gamecocks at home. I will spare you all but...
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