The Shootout: A Roundtable Discussion on the NHL
The dog days of summer are here, but that won’t stop the Overtime writing crew to share their thoughts on the NHL in this roundtable discussion.
Archive for 2012
Theo Fleury: From Victim to Victor
In the hockey world, Theo Fleury is known as one of the top scorers during the 1990s. A point-per-game player during 15 NHL seasons, the 5-6 right wing captured a Stanley Cup with the Calgary Flames in 1989 and an Olympic Gold Medal representing Canada in the 2002 Winter Olympics. That would be an impressive [...]
Top 10 Sports Video Games
On December 25th, children all over the world will scurry from their bedrooms in the wee hours of the morning to see what Santa Claus has left them while they slept so soundly. For many people such as myself, our Christmas mornings were ripe with toys, clothes and of course video games. It is in [...]
Avoiding a Midlife Crisis, On and Off the Ice
Few stock characters are as openly ridiculed or garner less sympathy than the adult male neck-deep in the sad trappings of a midlife crisis, despite the fact that such crises are gender-blind. The midlife crisis has been bunked, debunked, rebunked and bunked again. Even I’ve gotten into the act. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, [...]
Representing the Establishment: Donald Fehr as Fringe Labor Leader
In Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball, sports journalist Howard Bryant notes that when Marvin Miller headed the baseball players union, the public was often sympathetic to his side. In taking on the owners, the former chief economist of the Steelworkers Union was “dismantling a historically [...]
O Say Can You Speed It Up? An Anthem is not an Audition
I’m not into Francis Scott Key. I mean I like that one hit he had, but the rest of his stuff—not for me. Plus I associate his name with a bad memory. In the 1990s I had a White House internship in the Clinton administration. After a night of drinking, my roommates and I were [...]
Hockey Apocalypse: Mad Chris Beyond The Mayans?
Today we bring it back, the wildly acclaimed “Hockey Apocalypse”. Thanks so much to Buddy Oakes because without him this idea never even gets off the ground. As promised thanks to Buddy and I….here are parts 1 and 2 in their entirety with an addendum. Enjoy this gem from the 2009/2010 season. The following [...]
Lockout at the Movies
Even with current labor negotiations still up in the air, there is still room for some fun among NHL fans. In that spirit I present to you how some of Hollywood’s most memorable scenes would have played out during this NHL lockout. Point Break [Getting ready to meet with the NHLPA] Gary Bettman: 90 seconds, Billy. [...]
Gambling on Hockey in South Florida
The Panthers could be on the verge of achieving the one thing no hockey fan wants to admit is possible in the sunny South Florida market: Success