Sound_n_Fury

I'm surprised Del Rio was so candid about their desire to explore a deal for TH. It ups the pressure on the Titans, for sure.

He's still feeding stuff to ESPN. Looks like a free lance arrangement: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2105489

I expect TD to win his stare down, too. I just think it's funny Pac Man had all kind of character "red flags" going into the draft and the Titans pulled the trigger anyway. Now they're stuck with him.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-t...ov=ap&type=lgns His drafting prowess leves a lot to be desired.

Apples and oranges. Not too many of these players have NHL skating skills.

Must've been all the excitement about the NHL returning that clouded your typing skills!

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature.asp?fid=7314 Anybody see this? The Sabres are in pretty good position to snag "The Next One" (Sidney Crosby). Only three other teams--Columbus, Pittsburgh and the Rangers have as many "balls."

Thanks, I needed that. Maybe he meant Uma...

I think his character actually commited suicide after Cruise tried to convert him to Scientology...

Worst movie I've seen this year (shoot that script writter ). I wanted to leave about half way through but the wife wanted to stay and see what all the fuss was about. Steven Spielberg's running on fumes, IMO. Here's his flicks over the past 20 years: War of the Worlds (2005) The Terminal (2004) Catch Me If You Can (2002) Minority Report (2002) Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) The Unfinished Journey (1999) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Amistad (1997) The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Schindler's List (1993) Jurassic Park (1993) Hook (1991) Always (1989) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Empire of the Sun (1987) The Color Purple (1985) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

So long...

Peca's taken too much physical punishment, IMO. He's not the guy we all remember so fondly anymore.

Isn't that what they call Ron Mexico's dates?

Hey, how about a package deal, Robinson and Kyle Turley! 'Ol Kyle could work on his helmet tossing technique full time in practice. http://www.morphizm.com/physiquez/ryanturl.html

My eyes, my eyes! He'd be better off in a dark room and some Vaseline (I love the line about how the inventor tested it "on himself")

After seeing a pic of that stripper, I'd say the Tennesse kid's dad sucked too!

Under the new deal, the max a player can be paid is 20% of the $37 million cap ($7.4 million). If he can make $10 million in Europe, the choice is pretty easy (although he may eventually give the NHL a home-town discount so he can live up to his "next one" nickname).

Even if the Sabre's won the lottery, I'd expect Crosby to play in Europe next year. Last I heard, he was offered $10 million to play in Switzerland. http://www.canada.com/sports/story.html?id...ba-38b1d494dd29 And he just signed a $2.5 million endorsement contract with Reebok, so he's not hurting for money. He could make big $$$ in Europe for two years, and then go back into the draft and hope another NHL club (one that might be more willing/able than Buffalo to pay him similar bucks) to draft him.

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/mi...03&ID=505280336 Such a cute couple!

I expect Nate to leave for big $$$ (it's just not TD's modus operandi to pony up a huge contract for one player--he's typically relied on the draft to keep a steady stream of replacements ready to plug in). I think EM's contract will hinge on what kind of year he has. If he's still effective, I can see him renegotiating to get a lower cap number for 2006.

I agree. There's a big difference between Fantasy football (stats) and Real football (wins). I'm happy EM's on my Real football team.

Sort of like this! Security Scam

I hope the LA Times report is correct on the $37 million cap...I think this would be very good news for the Sabres. However, they appear to have been a bit premature in releasing the story: Lockout not settled yet http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=129820&hubName=nhl TSN.ca Staff 7/7/2005 9:42:39 AM The NHL lockout continues to dwindle down to its final days and hours, but the new deal between the NHL and NHL Players' Association is not yet done, despite a report in the Los Angeles Times suggesting an agreement has been reached. "It's an inaccurate report," an NHLPA spokesman told TSN. The league also denied the report, with vice-president of communications Bernadette Mansur telling TSN that the report was not true. This long and drawn out process won't actually be complete until every "i" has been dotted and every "t" has been crossed and representatives of the NHL and NHLPA sign off on the agreement, pending ratification. And that moment, sources tell TSN, is definitely not going to happen today. The earliest projections of when that might occur are some time this weekend, although sources close to the NHLPA are suggesting it could easily carry into next week. The NHL has been targeting this weekend as the wrap up and even scheduled an NHL board of governors' executive committee meeting on Monday in New York City. But that executive committee meeting will only happen as scheduled if the agreement is reached before then. It should, however, be duly noted that the NHL and NHLPA have reached agreement on most, if not all, critical issues in the new CBA and these final days of meetings in New York are all about the lawyers doing their job vis a vis language and legalities. But until such time that both sides sign off on the document, pending ratification, there's no deal. It's an all or nothing process. The Times reported some details of what it believes will be in the new accord. One of them was that when the NHL entry draft lottery is held to determine order of selection that every team will have an equal chance -- one in 30 -- of getting the first overall pick and the right to choose phenom Sidney Crosby. Sources tell TSN that when the lottery is conducted, it will be a slightly weighted lottery, giving the teams that have performed poorly over the last three or four seasons a slightly better chance than those who have performed well.

TSW's a lot funnier than radio, and it has pictures too!

Ha, that brings back memories. My college pledge class song included the line "Three point one four one five nine. Rah, rah, go Triange" (hey, we were an engineering frat!). I've had that number burned into my memory ever since.