Bobby Hull and Ivan Provorov don’t need you to defend them
Bobby Hull, who is dead now, pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer who intervened after Hull’s third wife accused him of domestic abuse. Hull’s…
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Good riddance, Bobby Hull
Bobby Hull has died at 84.Image: Getty Images Bobby Hull was a terrible person. Most athletes can outrun or outskate that with what they accomplish…
The NHL isn’t for you
Photo: Getty Images Once the NHL let one through the door, it stood to reason that another would follow. After the Flyers’ Ivan Provorov refused…
Women’s sports get 6 minutes of coverage on ESPN and a conservative journo says there’s a feminist agenda
Image: AP Here we go. Again. Women’s sports are given media coverage, and men feel the need to make sure we all know no one…
The Sports Nihilist: Like life, defense shouldn’t matter
We pine for offense, and lament low-scoring games, so why deny fans their innermost desires?Photo: Getty Images When someone goes for 85 points in an…
The L.A. Kings, and the Pacific Division, prove why overtime and the shootout are a plague upon society
The Los Angeles Kings are not goodPhoto: AP The idea that the NHL regular season is just an 82-game preseason is maybe the last vestige…
The Vancouver Canucks are the worst
The Vancouver Canucks fired Bruce Boudreau in the most publicly embarrassing way possible.Image: Getty Images For an organization that has spent almost its entire existence…
Here are our NHL midseason awards
Handing out awards in the middle of the season is always a little silly, because just about anyone can spasm 40 games of brilliance. But…
Ivan Provorov, John Tortorella once again show that hockey can’t move forward
Image: Getty Images This is becoming, sadly and infuriatingly, a familiar story in sports. The NHL wants you to believe that “hockey is for everyone,”…
Napoli are Showtime
Victor OsimhenImage: Getty Images While Arsenal have gobbled up most of the world’s oxygen in the “came from nowhere to lead the league” category, there’s…