THE DEEP SIX: IT’S HIGH TIME FOR SOUTH FLORIDA TO SHUT THE HELL UP

Sunlife Stadium on a busy Sunday afternoon

by Ryan Meehan

On Tuesday, the NFL selected the cities that will host Super Bowls 50 and 51. (Or for those of you in Italy, L and LI since they love American football so much)

On Monday night, I had read a link on the NFL Network’s Facebook page regarding how Miami was doing a bit of complaining with regards to whether or not they would get to host one of these games. Here’s a link to the article…

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000204524/article/miami-left-behind-by-shifting-realities-facing-super-bowl-hosts?campaign=Facebook_writers_darlington

There are several issues that I have with this, and I’m not really sure where to even start. So these will not be in any particular order and this piece is going to be in a bit of a rant format. The main point here is that Miami has no business complaining about any of this at all. Miami has had more than enough opportunities to host the Super Bowl, so let’s begin there.

SBM Exclusive Feature: The BLAST-CAST – Volume 10: The Champions League Final

Today’s installment of the SportsBlogMovement Blast-Cast is a history maker for several reasons. First, it’s our tenth episode, which may not seem like a lot, but that means we’ve already outlived about 96% of the internet podcasts out there. Secondly, we are going international, not just in terms of content, but with our guest podcaster.

The topic is a preview UEFA Champions League Final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. Helping us to break down this pinnacle of European soccer is SportsBlogMovement’s own resident expert on “the beautiful game,” Jeremy Wiebe. Not only is Jeremy “our man on soccer,” he’s also the blogging pride of Canada. Why else would his profile picture be an action shot of Pierre Hamel?

If you are a soccer fan, and you want to hear a couple of North Americans who actually follow the game, click here to listen to or download the Blast-Cast (MP3 format)…The Blast-Cast is also available on Itunes; just search “Sports Blog Movement.”

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Admit it Penguins fans: You were worried.

For a moment.

For 20 or so minutes you were wringing your hands and washing down Thursday’s Xanax with a Coors light. After Kyle Turris jumped on a ugly Vokoun rebound and buried his fifth of the playoffs with nary a Penguin in sight, you were worried.

For 20 minutes you mentally cursed the names of Martin….Fluery….Letang…Malkin….all of the usual suspects we hang the collar on after a disappointing loss.

But barely 2 minutes into the 2nd period Kunitz and Iginla reminded us why Las Vegas pegged the Penguins as the odds on favorite to win the Stanley Cup. And it isn’t because Mr. Burkle has a diamond studded player’s club card from the Bellagio and a 7 figure bar tab. Continue reading →

The Rules: Addendum 7

Addendum to the Rules for being a Pittsburgh sports fan:

Rule #7- This past weekend I made the trip to see the Pirates play the Astros at PNC Park. It was a wonderful spring night in Pittsburgh: low 80’s at first pitch and cooled to a perfect 73 by game’s end. AJ Burnett pitched well, giving up only one run over 7 innings. It was even AJ bobble head night, and around here those are like free Christmas presents. They lost 4-2 in 11 innings, but other than the final score it was a perfect night for baseball.

Except for one small problem:

In the 8^th inning, with the score tied at 2 runs apiece and the Pirates within a half game of the Reds for first place in the division, flocks of Pittsburgh “fans” were seen headed for the parking lot. Continue reading →

Sweep? Don't Bet on It

Reblogged from The Daily Sports Obsession:

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The big Game 4 tonight featuring the Bruins and Rangers has a lot of intrigue for sure. Can the Bruins close out the series tonight and sweep New York? Many Boston fans, understandably excited that their team has dominated the series (and Henrik Lundqvist) so far, are already tweeting about getting out the brooms and waiting for the Penguins and Senators to finish.

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SBM Exclusive Feature: Sports Doppelgangers, Volume 33

In another “The Voice” related set of Doppelgangers…first it was Usher and Ozzie Smith.  Now, because let’s be honest, we are complete link whores here at SBM and will try to piggy-back onto anythings that is as monstrously popular as that damn show, our next set of look-alikes feature Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Mark Buerhle and country dude/”Voice” judge Blake Shelton.

Franzen is Key in Red Wings-Blackhawks Series

Reblogged from The Daily Sports Obsession:

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When asked about the key players in the Red Wings-Blackhawks series, many will immediately say stars Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp lead the way for the Blackhawks while Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg are going to be on everyone’s list of important contributors for Detroit.

Well, there’s one player everyone seems to forget about that the Red Wings cannot win without: left winger Johan Franzen.

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