Friday linkage: AHL schedule drops, peek at Canada's jersey, Pens in Olympic camp

by FrankD on Aug 14, 2009 6:00 AM EDT in News Comment 2 comments

If your boss doesn't mind (or you have headphone at work), check out Sid's 8:30 interview on WXDX. As is the case with every game, you can listen live from the comfort of your desk. [WXDX listen live]
Philippe Boucher ponders the Penguins, his career and retirement. [Last post]
The AHL released its regular season schedule yesterday afternoon. For those of you in the Baby Pens' market, or for those just interested in maybe catching a game or two online, here's the season rundown. [WBS Penguins]
Former and current Pens make up for a pretty healthy amount of players checking in at Olympic camps. Faceoff Factor breaks it down by player and country because they like to make life easy for all of us. [Faceoff Factor]
The NHL is scheduling a bunch of preseason games at neutral arenas throughout the US, Canada and Europe. Perhaps a game will make a stop in your neighborhood. [From the Rink]
And finally, the first steps in the Patrick Kane cabbie confrontation are taking place in New York. The long, dramatic summer of criminal mischief continues. [THN]
The Steelers smacked down Arizona again, only this time no trophy is awarded. It's preseason, but when it comes to watching something on TV it beats baseball any day. [Behind the Steel Curtain]
Speaking of football - uh, Michael Vick is back in the NFL. Guess which city he signed with? Hint: It rhymes with Filly. [Bleeding Green Nation]

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I love that NHL hockey broadcasts aren't locked away under a subscription wall

Love listening to baseball on the radio, refuse to pay MLB 20 bucks for the privilege, though I came close to capitulating this year.

I think the NHL owes its fans free internet radio feeds in perpetuity for the Sportschannel America and Versus disasters.

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by ahtrap on Aug 14, 2009 11:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t mind baseball on the radio. I have to really be in the mood though. Sometimes it can be very boring, others very nostalgic. All depends on the announcer I suppose.

Hockey is hard to listen to on the radio but mainly because it’s the sort of game you don’t want to miss seeing. In the past I read a great article on a woman in Long Island who was blind and listened to (and taped) every Islanders game for years. Rick Reily wrote the article actually, and while I’m not a huge fan of his I did like the story behind it all. She eventually went to a game and even listened to the radio in the crowd. Thought that was pretty rad.

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by FrankD on Aug 15, 2009 5:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs