Pucks
NHL bests NBA in First Round Playoffs
The NBA switched the format of its first round games from five to seven games in 2003. The move helped the NBA generate more revenue from added games, but more importantly gave the advantage to the higher seeds. The change has limited the number of upsets and ultimately the excitement of the first round. You [...]
PODCAST: The Pump Fake (April 13, 2010)
The Pump Fake – The Weekly Podcast for The Sports Union with the biggest sports news, humor and whatever else is in the minds of the demented co-founders of The Sports Union. This week J.David and Kevin Patra are kicked to the curb and are rudely interrupted. The co-founders talk the Masters without mentioning sex [...]
PODCAST: The Pump Fake (March 8, 2010)
The Pump Fake – The Weekly Podcast for The Sports Union with the biggest sports news, humor and whatever else is in the minds of the demented co-founders of The Sports Union. This week J.David and Kevin Patra salute Big Ben and Taylor Mays for their speed – one in the combine and the other between sexual assault accusations; talk about the NBA headlines that really matter – he did what in the shower?; talk college basketball – men’s and women’s; and hand out their version of an Oscar. Take a listen.
Canada Wins Gold, But Team USA Saves American Hockey
The black gloves and helmets littered the corner of the ice. The sticks were strewn about, joyously tossed aside as the mob of white and red jerseys piled onto each other against the boards. The giddy hollers and yelps of Canadian fans, who only ten minutes earlier were gagging on their beers wondering if their [...]
A YouTube Trip Down the Nostalgia Lane of Sports Classics
Pause. Life should come with the “pause” feature, don’t you think? Just the other day, a friend and I talked about how life seems to be running out of control without an regard to the things we want to accomplish. Ever morning I get up and yet life never once asks me if I would [...]
PODCAST: The Pump Fake (February 2, 2010)
The Pump Fake – The Weekly Podcast for The Sports Union with the biggest sports news, humor and whatever else is in the minds of the demented co-founders of The Sports Union. This week the guys preview the last NFL game of the season *tear*; discuss golf’s newest cheater; reminisce about all-star games of the [...]
Michigan Mondays: Headlines from around the Great Lakes State
We are taking the weekly headlines and giving them a Michigan spin, and by Michigan I mean Metro Detroit. I refuse to publicize or support the White Flight babies who reside in the western side of Michigan–mainly because a good portion of the traitors are Notre Dame fans. Richard Hamilton, Ben Gordon hope friendly competition [...]
Kings Whiff Again
Another NHL free agent period, another swing and miss for the Los Angeles Kings. Just as it was two years ago, when the Kings pledged to make a big splash in the free agent market only to settle for “B squad” players, that included marquee signing Michal Handzus (ooh…ahh), in less than a day LA [...]
Penguins Learn To Bounce Back In Game 6 Victory
Sidney Crosby said before Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals that the Pittsburgh Penguins’ learning curve needed to stop. With their 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings consider the curve stopped. Last year the Penguins watched the Red Wings hoist the Stanley Cup on their home ice. Not this time. Not this Game [...]
Winged Wheel Runs Over Self-Combusting Penguins
The Detroit Red Wings pummeled the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals Detroit demonstrated that when it controls the puck in the offensive zone Pittsburgh has no chance. The Penguins shot themselves in the proverbial flipper again and again with idiotic penalties that aided to the Detroit rout. Pavel Datsyuk’s [...]
