The morning after every Stanley Cup Final game, Puck Daddy takes an expanded look at the race for playoff MVP. Here’s the one from after Game 4.
1. Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks
Kane’s been up and down in the postseason, but if you weigh the final games heavier, he’s got a strong Conn...
Last Sunday, we took a look at the statues of Boston and Chicago and the way they've been temporarily transformed into tributes to the Cup finalists.
It was just one of many ways a city can show its support for the home team.*This Sunday, we look at another, larger way.
Above is a photo of...
Join Travel Brigade in the Windy City as we make our way to top attractions, eat delicious food, hit the theater district, enjoy great hotels and the experience Lakefront parks. We will have interviews with The Second City comedy club, the Art Institute of Chicago, a local food critic, Water...
Now that the Stanley Cup Final is here, that means a bunch of media that never touch hockey in Chicago and Boston will attempt to add puck to their coverage with the naïve befuddlement of a Neanderthal watching a satellite launch.
WCIU in Chicago has a morning show called “You & Me This...
A key component that is often left out of the blame-riddled teen pregnancy/single mom conversation is the fathers. Considering that there are, and have been, prominent shame-y ads pointed directly at young mothers, there isn’t quite as much directed at the fathers. Fathers who also made the same...
The Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins will meet in the 2013 Stanley Cup Final beginning on Wednesday in the Windy City, after the Blackhawks ousted the Los Angeles Kings in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final on Saturday night.
Here’s the schedule for the NHL’s grand finale, via the NHL...
The Chicago Blackhawks advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in four years, ousting the defending champion Los Angeles Kings in Game 5 by a 4-3 final in double-overtime.
The Blackhawks face the Boston Bruins in the first all-Original Six since the Montreal Canadiens defeated...
Join Travel Brigade in the Windy City as we make our way to top attractions, eat delicious food, hit the theater district, enjoy great hotels and the experience Lakefront parks. We will have interviews with The Second City comedy club, the Art Institute of Chicago, a local food critic, Water...
It’s not unusual for an athletic field to feature signs that advise about the rules of the game being played at the site. What is more unusual is for those signs to offer rules and reminders for parents rather than the athletes themselves.
In an endearing and humorously heartening response...
In Dec. 2011, Jack Jablonski’s hockey dreams were shattered.
Then a sophomore for Benilde-St. Margaret's (Minn.) High, Jablonski was paralyzed when he was accidentally checked from behind into the end boards at a holiday tournament.
His story captured the sympathy and attention of the hockey...
The ongoing saga of the plucky 2012-13 Chicago Bulls has spiraled into the realm of the ridiculous. Battling injury and illness, and just 48 hours after downing a much-hyped Brooklyn Nets team on the road in a deciding Game 7, the Chicago Bulls found yet another gear in their remarkable season...
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.
• Oh that’s priceless: “Habs fans get doused with popcorn as the Toronto Maple Leafs drop the last game of the season...
CHICAGO — The matchup between the Indiana Pacers and Atlanta Hawks was supposed to be this postseason’s infamous “NBA TV Series,” a combination of somewhat anonymous teams playing very ugly games to an audience that would rather watch more high-profile series on other cable stations. Instead...
...gun violence -- Is all lost? Dafaq?
http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/23/cnn-regular-and-political-strategist-chicago-gun-violence-the-fault-of-the-gop-video/
The Chicago Bears have announced that they were unable to reach agreement on a new contract with longtime middle linebacker Brian Urlacher and that both sides will move forward in 2013.
"We were unable to reach an agreement with Brian and both sides have decided to move forward," general...
I hear they have excellent hotels on the south side.
They have corruption tours of the city offices.
They give free tours of the gun free zones and even throw in a flak vest for free.
I know you'll enjoy your visit to a liberal utopia like Chicago.
Sadcat - I spent one of the worst years of...
I've got some questions about these bobblehead dolls of Darwin Barney, the Gold Glove-winning infielder of the Chicago Cubs, which will be given away at Wrigley Field on June 1. Of the 10,000 dolls made, 1,000 of them will be gold!
• The gold ones. Are they really milk chocolate underneath...
Join Travel Brigade in the Windy City as we make our way to top attractions, eat delicious food, hit the theater district, enjoy great hotels and the experience Lakefront parks. We will have interviews with The Second City comedy club, the Art Institute of Chicago, a local food critic, Water...