Sunday, May 18, 2008

The Penguins WIN!

For the first time since 1992, the Pittsburgh Penguins will play in the Stanley Cup finals! The soundly beat the Flyers today, 6-0. Exciting game!

Here's the scoring summary...no one can say our team has no depth! P.S. I love Ryan Malone.
Ryan Malone - 2 goals, 1 assist
Marian Hossa - 1 goal, 3 assists
Evgeni Malkin - 1 goal
Jordan Staal - 1 goal
Pascal Dupuis - 1 goal
Sidney Crosby - 2 assists
Maxime Talbot - 2 assists
Adam Hall - 1 assist
Sergei Gonchar - 1 assist
Brooks Orpik - 1 assist
Marc Andrei Fleury - 21 saves

Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building!

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Fox Sports Top 10: Worst franchises in pro sports

And guess who made #1? It's a good thing the Penguins are doing so well!!!

1. Pittsburgh Pirates

Never mind championships, pennants or division titles, the Pittsburgh Pirates haven't even had a winning season in 15 years. One more losing season and the Pirates will tie the record for most consecutive losing seasons among the four major sports. They continually field one of the youngest and most inexperienced rosters in the league and are always rebuilding. The black and yellow team colors fit their plan of constantly being under construction.

Puzzling personnel plays: Signing Derek Bell, Jeromy Burnitz and Tony Armas, Jr.; and trading Aramis Ramirez.

Remember ... 1997: The closest the Pirates have come to 82 wins (otherwise known as a winning season) in the last 15 years was in 1997. They were expected to push 90 to 100 losses, but ended up as one of the league's irrelevant surprises when they finished with 79 wins. The entire team salary was $9 million, which was less than what Albert Belle made that season.