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Kansas wins it all. I f***ed up with my SDSU over Duke pick, I didn't know Irving was coming back so soon. Good thing about Michigan St. division is that it's so weak, and if they turn into March St. again then they have a chance to go deep. My final four picks are Kentucky, Kansas, Duke (even though I have SDSU) and Pitt. Also, f*** Louisville. Seriously.

I guess I'd like them to play Calgary or Phoenix first round. If Minnesota or Anaheim make it in I'd prefer them too.

Nice patience by Knuble. Great play.

BOTTOMS UP

Geez. The reactions of LGW tonight makes playoff threads after a loss blush.

Speaking of concussions, there's a Bill Simmons podcast still up on the main page of ESPN where he talks to Chris Nowinski for an hour about concussions. Pretty informative. Chris really gets on how parents should really monitor their kids in youth sports, or avoid the risk altogether, as the possibilities of suffering a concussion would be worse for a less developed youth's brain than a fully developed brain (as we've all seen how dangerous it still is, for example Orr and Crosby) and how that can really affect that person later in life. They also mention how they believe Chris Benoit's concussions probably had a lot more to do with him freaking out one day and murdering his family, then killing himself, than the steroids usage that the media determined. Another tidbit-- I guess soccer has a very high concussion rate, behind American football and boxing, due to the headers players take during games and in practice. Taking headers always hurt like hell for me when I played and I was always reluctant to take them (would rather chest it down then take a kick) and I always wondered how they could do it consistently being that professionals kick a hell of a lot harder than high schoolers ever could.

I love his swing. Dare I say it's Griffey-esque; it just looks so smooth. Did anybody listen to the Ticket a couple days ago when they talked about Verlander possibly winning 20 games and being a consistent 20 game winner? I believe he'll do it this season and be consistent at it. His talent is unbelievable and at 28 or 29 now he's starting to get to that age range where the good pitchers finally put everything together.

Does this mean we'll tie?

Good God. Douchebags, douchebags everywhere!

This is reassuring. With his play-style he could play well into his mid 40's and still be great.

haha interesting name. It sounds like a rock stars' name.

Round 2....FIGHT!

It isn't just Rip, but others as well. Rips only been singled out in this whole debacle after a report came out that he ripped (pun intended) into the coach sometime in January, berating him and using foul language apparently. Kuester just isn't a good coach, and the players are not behind him at all, but the lack of professionalism on both sides is disgusting, especially by the players. Out of all the people to laugh at Kuester for being ejected the other night, I didn't expect Ben Wallace to do that. That alone tells me there's a major problem behind the scenes. Only thing worse is Joe Dumars not doing s*** about it. He needs to put his ******* popcorn down, get his fat ass up and do something about this, but of course his head is in the gutter STILL and he doesn't see a problem at all. Message to Tom Gores: In the words of the Chinese store clerk, "HURRY UP AND BUY!" We need a fire sale.

Can't wait for this game; I hope we bury them. Wings 5-1, Franzen finally gets on the board.

******* LASER

Well, it was right over his shoulder. Perfect placement. Good feed by Stuart too

Would they have counted a goal if we scored there with the octopi thrown?

I <3 Pavs

Makin everybody woozy. Great start.

haha Mickey-ism: "There was an egg in his back pocket and it was still in one piece!"

haha what a play. CLeary fighting off the desperate swipe, drawing another defender and dishing it to hudler with a beautiful feed to datsyuk with a beautiful goal.

How the hell? Whatev, we'll take it.

Lidstrom: 2 goal-posts - 1 assist.

Let's get it back. We've been pretty effective on the PP tonight, moving the puck around well.

We should put Ericsson at forward and park him in front of Roloson. Great hand-eye coordination.