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How to Go to a Hockey Game on Prince Edward Island
Next Wednesday, the Charlottetown Islanders will play the Moncton Wildcats, probably the closest thing the biggest sports team on Prince Edward Island has to a rivalry.Before You Go. Prince Edward...
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How to Be a Devils Fan in Colorado -- 2017 Edition
Next Thursday, the New Jersey Devils visit Denver to play the Colorado Avalanche.Before You Go. The Denver Post is predicting high 60s for Thursday afternoon, and high 30s for the evening. Although the...
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Raymond Kopa, 1931-2017
The 1st great French soccer player -- and the greatest Polish Frenchman since Frederic Chopin -- is no longer with us. It is another reminder of the passage of time, as the heroes of the 1950s, in all...
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How to Go to a Hockey Game in New Brunswick, Canada
Next Friday, the most popular team in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick, the Saint John Sea Dogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, will host the Charlottetown Islanders.Yes, the QMJHL may,...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Arizona -- 2017 Edition
Why would you want to go to Arizona? Well, if you're a New Jersey Devils fan, they're playing the Arizona Coyotes (formerly the Phoenix Coyotes, and before that the original Winnipeg Jets) this coming...
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The One Justifiable Reason for Arsene Wenger to Go
On Saturday, Arsenal lost 3-1 to Liverpool, falling to 5th place in the Premier League.Manager Arsene Wenger did not start Alexis Sanchez, the player many Arsenal fans believe is the team's best...
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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Seattle -- 2017 Edition
Today, the New York Red Bulls defeated the Colorado Rapids, 1-0, in their 2017 Major League Soccer home opener at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey.A week from tomorrow, they visit the Pacific...
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Dysfunction Junction, Spring 2017 Edition
In today's New York Daily News, Mike Lupica wrote a column with the title, "Knicks, Jets stand together as New York's only two hopeless franchises":The Giants signed Brandon Marshall this week, which...
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How to Be a Devils Fan In Toronto -- 2016-17 Edition
The Devils visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, March 23, as the Leafs wind down their 100th Anniversary season. This completes my Trip Guides for all 30 current NHL teams for this Centennial...
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John Andariese, 1938-2017
Here in the Museroom, we don't make jokes about serious illnesses, and that includes age-related dementia such as Alzheimer's disease.But having watched the New York Knicks for as long as John...
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America's Stewpot: Our Ethnic Mix
March 17, AD 461: Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, dies. The Catholic Church declares a saint's "feast day" to be the day of his death, since, especially early on, a date of birth could be...
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Arsène Wenger: The Twilight of a God
Arsenal lost to West Bromwich Albion today, 3-1. Why, for the moment, does not matter.Today, as threatened, a group demanding the firing of manager Arsène Wenger had a plane flown over the stadium --...
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Dave Stallworth, 1941-2017
When you're a Knicks fan, and they haven't won an NBA Championship in your lifetime (or, in the case of myself, not a Knicks fan, in my memory), you hang on to those 1970 and 1973 titles tightly, as...
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Jimmy Breslin, 1928-2017
We can debate who was America's greatest writer. But America's greatest newspaper writer was Jimmy Breslin.There is no other choice. As with Babe Ruth, there was a way to do it before him, and after he...
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Jerry Krause, 1939-2017
Within the last 24 hours, I've learned that San Francisco 49ers great Dwight Clark has ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), that Chicago Bears legend Gale Sayers has football-induced dementia, and that Jerry...
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Dallas Green, 1934-2017
Dallas Green and Larry Bowa, October 21, 1980Considering how angry he got, I'm surprised he didn't yell himself into a fatal heart attack before he got the job done in 1980."I'm a screamer, a yeller...
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Which Teams Have Been Shortchanged by the Baseball Hall of Fame?
The death of Dallas Green, without his having been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, makes me wonder: Which teams have been properly honored with Hall of Fame elections, which ones have been...
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How to Go to a Yankee Game -- 2017 Edition
Hard to believe, but the 2017 Major League Baseball season is upon us. Opening Day for the Yankees is Sunday, April 2. First pitch, away to the Tampa Bay Rays, is scheduled for 1:05 PM. The home opener...
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Bruce Arena Made America Great Again
Last night, the U.S. national soccer team played its 1st game in the 2nd tenure as their manager by Bruce Arena. It was their 1st since the firing of Jurgen Klinsmann.Klinsmann was one of the best...
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How to Be a Red Bulls Fan In Houston -- 2017 Edtion
This afternoon, the New York Red Bulls hosted Real Salt Lake, and couldn't get the job done, playing to a 0-0 draw.Next Saturday, they travel to Texas to play the Houston Dynamo. They did not visit...
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