Hockey season
begins tommorow and I am cautiously optomistic (As I usually am) about the Flames. J-Bo really shores up our defence and although we will miss Cammaleri’s (sic) offensive output, hopefully the boys can make up for it.
It’s going to be an interesting Northwest division, The Oilers will be improved this year with a better coach and a better goalie and the Canucks look to be a powerhouse.
Bring it on, I’m ready…..
We’ve learned comedian Artie Lange just pled guilty to one count driving under the influence of a habit-producing drug.
Cops say Artie — who was pulled over in Tom’s River, NJ on July 10 — had a prescribed sleeping pill in his system when he got behind the wheel.
Lange was fined $664, his driver’s license was revoked for seven months and he has to serve 12 hours in an intoxicated driver resource program.
Lange’s lawyer, MIchael Grasso, says Artie pled guilty because “If we would have taken it to trial the interest of the media would have outweighed the best interests of my client.”
Grasso also said the prosecution planned to call more than 10 witnesses and he would have had to counter that with a dozen witnesses of his own — so the plea just made sense.
-The Undertaker/Teddy Long limo gimmick made me chuckle thinking of the “Where to Stephanie!!!” Moment of yesteryear. I wonder if I can find a YouTube…
-Ziggler/Knox vs. Finlay/Morrison was good.
-I still don’t understand that weird machine-gun-thing Batista does during his entrance.
-Miz and Morrison looked like they had fun on “5th Grader.”
-Viscious backdrop-driver by Harry in his win over JTG.
-’Taker and Punk was technically sound and well booked.
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Let’s see what the future holds for TNA…
-Homicide is in World Elite now?
-Suicide and Dinero was fun.
-Wow, that Nash promo was creepy and pointless.
-The Rhyno/Team 3D segment was interesting.
-I’m coming around on Matt Morgan.
-Jeez, I was ready for AJ to blow Sting right in the middle of the ring.
-Knockouts Tag Title match was good.
-This thing with Borash and Foley and the picture is lame.
-Joe/Daniels/Homicide was really good.
-Matt Morgan is over.
-Apparently the relationship between the MEM and World Elite is over. And World Elite came out looking badly.
-The Alissa Flash beatdown was cool.
-What did Stevie do to Nash‘s balls?
-Daffney is awesome.
-Abyss was juicing pretty good.
-It appears TNA have gone the opposite of WWE in terms of the PG rating. Lots of blood and sexual conduct.
Let’s see what 4 weeks into the future brings us….
-Cedric and the car was annoying. I think the guest host thing is played out.
-Im enjoying the Legacy/DX feud.
-Cedric is a big WWE fan, he loves Cowboy Bob Thorton…. Fuck.
-Miz and Bourne was decent. Miz gets better every week.
-I hate contract signings.
-The US title belt-stealing thing is lame. Waste of a segment.
-The Cedric switcheroo was pretty transparent.
-Saying goodbye to Lillian was classy.
-MVP is going sleeveless.
-Heels win so Cena runs the gauntlet next week.
Let’s fast forward 4 weeks…
-The Austin Aries Lottery will determine who gets a title shot tonight…
-Kenny Omega wins, but he’s not here…. Next pick is Grizzly Redwood. Ugh.
-And he is defeated by A-Double.
-Erik Stevens and Brandon Day was blah.
-Necro Butcher and Jimmy Rave was a fun brawl.
-Main event 6 man was awesome.
Calgary Flames General Manager Darryl Sutter announced today that Theoren Fleury has been released from his try-out agreement.
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“I believe Theoren did a great job and should be proud, especially considering all the factors including age, time away from the game and lifestyle change,” said Sutter.
“This is not a hockey story; it’s a life story. Our agreement with Theoren was that he had to be one of our top six wingers and there were never any intentions of assigning him to the American Hockey League.”
“I am very thankful to Darryl and the Flames organization for following through on the commitment to provide me with this opportunity,” said Fleury.
“I said in the beginning that no matter what the outcome, this would be a success story. I intend to take the next few days to review this experience and make decisions with my family regarding next steps in my life.”
Flames training camp continues at the Pengrowth Saddledome this weekend with the final pre-season game scheduled for Saturday, September 26th versus the Vancouver Canucks.
Twenty-seven players (three goaltenders, 8 defensemen and 16 forwards) remain on the training camp roster.
I’ve subscribed to Blip.fm and I will pop up DJ’ing some tunes from time to time. Check out the link to the right or on Twitter.
The time has come to be realistic. I have the last 4 weeks or so of wrestling TV (Raw, Smackdown, Impact, ROH and ECW) on the PVR and I will never catch up at the rate I am going….
So I have erased everything up to this past Monday. Hopefully now I will be able to keep up. I’m sure I can catch up on the ever-so-intricate storylines in a flash….