former players Stories - Battle of California
Williams Sentenced to Five Years for Limo Driver's Death
On Tuesday in Somerville, former Net Jayson Williams was sentenced to five years in prison for the 2002 shooting death of his limo driver, Gus Christofi. Williams had plead guilty last month to aggravated assault to avoid facing retrial on a reckless...
Jayson Williams Hospitalized After Incident at Manhattan Hotel
Former Net Jayson Williams was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital after an incident at a Battery Park City hotel Monday morning. Williams, distraught over a series of personal issues, reportedly trashed his hotel room, was apparently suicidal and had to be stunned...
Update and Upgrade
Twice a year, we engage in a little exercise--grading and regrading Rod Thorn's roster moves. At the trade deadline and just before opening night, we take a look at the Nets' trades, drafts, free agent signings going all the way back to 2000, and assign a...
Let's Keep in Touch - Ex-Cowboys from 2008
Did you ever wonder what happened to some of your old buddies? You know, some of those crazy guys from high school or college? Some go on and do well. Others? Uh, not so good. This is just a quick update on some of our most recent buds that we no longer hang with; a quick look at what these...
A Ducks fan’s perspective on Chris Kunitz
(Author's note: Sometimes it's difficult to be a somewhat lonesome Ducks blogger on the internet. If you want a scouting report on Ryan Whitney, for example, there's plenty of Pittsburgh Penguins bloggers to solicit. But generally, when people want a Duck fan perspective on a player like Chris...
Ducks Gameday—Rucchin in the house
Calgary Flames (31-18-4, t-3rd in west) at Anaheim Ducks (27-24-5, t-5th in west)Uh-oh: the last time these two teams met, Matt Fenwick won a lucky shirt. As well-deserved as tonight's ceremony will be to honor Teemu Selanne, Anaheim's franchise leader in games-played, I'm thrilled that former...
1966 Kittens -- The Runts
From the Editor: This is the sixth in a series of short essays from A Sea of Blue member oldcat'69, who played as a walk-on on Kentucky's freshman team in 1965-66 during the Adolph Rupp era. I started not to write this last piece because the interest level (as measured in comments) went down...
At Least The Kings Are Kinda In the Playoffs...
The Kings have a number of ex-players that participated in the playoffs in some way. Here are forwards:Brian SmolinskiMartin StrakaEric BelangerTom KostopolousMark ParrishCraig ConroyGeorge ParrosSean AveryIan LaperrierePavol DemitraHey, that's not too bad. Some of them are pretty good, but most of...
B-Mo! Burke upgrades through West Coast Exchange
UFA forward Brendan Morrison reportedly is signing a one-year contract tomorrow with the Ducks. I haven’t heard the salary figure [UPDATE: TSN says 1 year, $2.75 M; thanks Mike in OC!], so I won’t get detailed into budget repercussions just yet. Still, here's three marginally useful thoughts I...
Moments in Archaeology: Sleek digs up a Relic
In the process of moving, I’ve had a chance to go through some of my old piles of junk, and as is usually the case in such undertakings, I have uncovered some real gems from the kid who would grow up to become Earl Sleek. Back before I had an internet alias or a blog to write on, I was still an...
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