Monthly Archives: October 2007

Forget the Ducks’ first 13 games. Just forget ‘em.

That’s probably the message behind this 2-day break the team is taking from the ice.

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The best college fight song that no prep team is using.

With the Ducks on a road trip, I start thinking about these things.

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The best haircut in high school football

I caught a glimpse of the Miller-Carter game on Friday night and thought I saw the second coming of Kevin Greene.

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Don’t call it the freeway series.

The Ducks have extended a contest to name their rivalry with the Kings.

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“It’s just one game.”

That’s what Randy Carlyle said after the Ducks’ 6-3 win over the Red Wings, when I asked him if he felt the Ducks’ offensive problems were relieved at all by the 6-goal outburst.

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Selanne and Niedermayer: An update.

Teemu Selanne’s body language said more than words could. As the sold-out Honda Center crowd chanted “one more year” to him and Scott Niedermayer before the game, the temporarily ex-Duck pushed his hands downward the “quiet, leave me alone with … Continue reading

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How much do the Ducks miss Teemu Selanne?

Turns out you can’t believe everything you read in print.

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Dropping a Final Thought like Jerry Springer.

Talk about incongruence. The Nationwide Tour is full of Aussies, Welshmen, Mexicans, Canadians, Brits, all of whom came to this country to make a living as professional athletes, and what are the Americans in the grandstand watching?

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Stat line of the day

There won’t be room for this in tomorrow’s paper, but I was nonetheless impressed with Brad Elder’s scorecard Friday: 0 bogeys, 0 birdies, 18 pars. Elder, you might remember, won this tournament at Moreno Valley in 1999.

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Who are you, Empire Lakes, and what have you done with California?

Looks like Chris Anderson, the surprise first-day leader and West Covina native, is going to finish tied for 9th place. He shot a 2-over today in weather that made me question if I was even in California anymore. I asked … Continue reading

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