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I asked my parents if they knew that Chuck was from Rochester and my Dad said, yes, and that they went to the same high school and even shared classes together! Not sure why he never mentioned that back in the day when he used to listen to that music all the time. After high school, my Dad moved to Buffalo to attend UB, and he stayed until retirement (hence me being born and raised in Buffalo)....he was also a Sabres and Bills season ticket holder before retirement to warmer climes (hence me being a huge Sabres and BIlls fan).

Seems like a supremely talented individual who needs an organization that gives him the right linemates and puts him in a position to be successful doing what he does well.

RIP. Hulk Hogan leaves behind a complicated (complex?) legacy, I guess. One thing's for sure: The dude was an absolutely phenomenal entertainer. IMO, he was incredible to behold and electric to experience when at the peak of his powers. A force of nature.

I really think he did well in those tournaments because they are less structured. You are playing against, and with, teams that have a total of a few weeks to get to know each other and implement systems. Not only that but in the NHL, the D-partners (and lines for that matter) you are playing against sometimes have years together, know what they are supposed to do and know what each other will do. If there is any advanced scouting of opposition in those tournaments, its a fraction of what the NHL does. In short, compared to the NHL game, those 'slap the team together' tournaments are more a form of pond hockey, throw the puck out there and play some hockey! (not quite, but compared to the structure of the NHL. Cozens is going to do better in an environment where you don't get punished for mistakes as much, where positioning isn't as important. Where when he has some major holes in his game advanced scouting isn't there to drill it into the opponents head how to exploit it. I think in an NHL where your teamates were different every year (like re-draft the teams every year), there was minimal scouting, and little to no training camp/practice....in a league like that Cozens very well might be one of the top 50 or at least 100 players in the entire league. But that is not the NHL....but it is a lot more like the World championship tournament.

I hope you can sleep now.

I think they would have gone national on someone else’s back if he wasn’t around. But that doesn’t really change anything. All that matters is what did actually did happen and that was Hulkamania.

Maybe, maybe not, but it doesn't change the fact that Austin had a shorter, but actually higher 'peak'. I'm not trying to diminish Hogan, the WWE would likely not have gained popularity without him. However, they were already gaining popularity by the time he came around (making the production more family friendly/moving to Saturday morning and saturday niight broadcasts, etc.) and they had plenty of other stars to market that were very popular (Savage, Andre the Giant, Jesse Ventura, Roddy Piper, Brett Hart, Ultimate Warrior, and others.) Hogan was the biggest star of the 80s, but the world of wrestling was going to grow with our without him, the question is simply 'how fast'?

I don't know whether Ruff is confident in UPL. He certainly can't say otherwise; we've seen recently what happens there. Adams obviously does, and it is stupid, as you say. "Maybe this year he proves us wrong" is forever now. Unless he has some weird Tim Thomas arrival moment, he is what he's going to be, and that's not a playoff-caliber starter in the NHL.

Without Hogan blazing the trail, does Austin ever get that sizeable an audience to shine in front of?

I heard Mangione play at the West Seneca West HS auditorium. I think he was on a personal crusade to open ears to jazz.

Everything in the quote box is from the article. I don't agree with the "consensual part" as clearly the girl involved felt some line was crossed. I am fine with approaching Hart but Adams will not. He and Ruff believe in UPL and are stupid and stubborn. There's almost no evidence that UPL is consistent enough to be a reliable starter without a team selling all out for defense. Maybe this year he proves us wrong but if I had a team in 14yr playoff drought and was responsible for 5 of those years, I would be a bit more cut throat than Adams is or will ever be.

There was a period of time during the Wilson ownership of the Bills where the attendance took a steep drop because there was a prolonged period where even ardent fans recognized that the franchise was not considered to be a serious franchise. That malaise happens not when there is a year or two downslide but when it is extended and when there is a belief that the ownership is not seriously invested in winning. To me, that malaise has happened during the extended tenure of the owner of the Sabres. The dichotomy between the football and hockey franchise with respect to how the fan base responds is noticeable to me. The football's fanbase is as rabid as ever while the hockey fanbase has steadily eroded. You would never see any fanbase take over the home field in football while it has happened when Toronto takes the ice against Buffalo in our own arena.

Better hope it still applies before we lose someone else.

Rusks. Rusks. They're a hard biscuit often given to teething babies. Hence the reference as the Scheffler baby made motions toward the Claret Jug. I posted a message on a Scots Language Forum on Facebook, and a top contributor had the answer. We were missing a Scottish ear and knowledge of Scottish foods, is all. Again, thank you Al Gore for the Internet.

Is the "as for the message sent" part yours or the articles? (My Athletic subscription lapsed and I'm not renewing.) There *is* an "ick factor" here. I couldn't agree more. But young people (and older people) do icky things, as all six of the individuals involved here did. In other words, whatever ick there was, was consensual. (And it does seem that Hart's participation was very limited and only involved doing splits.) Hart would be an improvement not only over Lyon, but also over UPL. And I wouldn't want any part of McLeod, either, but he's not the guy I'm considering in these posts.

Back in the heyday of WWF they’d come to Syracuse 2-3 times a year. My ex-wife’s grandmother loved it and thought it was real. I took her to a couple shows and the last time got great seats in folding chairs about ten rows back. She was an Italian immigrant who spoke English quite well but a tad broken. During one match Adrian Adonis was pummeling someone and she stood on her chair and started yelling “he cheating, he cheating, Ronnie that sumofanbitch is cheating”. Next thing I know she’s off her chair and running toward the ref screaming he’s cheating. My wife had to go get her and she was so pissed off shaking I was worried - she was at least mid 70’s. I didn’t dare take her to any more shows. RIP Rose, wonderful lady.

I think this quote from the Athletic article on this is exactly why I have an issue with just "moving on" and bringing in the players involved. It perfectly encapsulates how this was covered and the presiding feeling now that it is "over". https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6429400/2025/07/24/hockey-canada-trial-players-not-guilty/

There's the law side of things and the "this wasn't right" side of things. I heard enough of the testimony and the evidence to think even if legally these players cannot or even should not be punished, what happened was in that "this isn't right" realm. It's fairly clear from the factual sequence of events that things, at least in terms of my morality, were taken to far and have that "ick" factor. At the very least McLeod would be someone I would not want on my team due to his grievous lack of judgement.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/reddit-maga-voter-needs-medicaid I said months ago that the GOP needed to understand the demographics of who benefits from Medicaid and where. Apparently, their own constituents aren’t much aware, either. It truly sucks that anyone will be getting kicked off of their vital medical insurance, but the selfishness exhibited by the particular Medicaid recipient in Iowa cited in the attached article is often too indicative. Until they came for me indeed.

Aggregators, that’s a newly discovered species in the Central American rainforests, no?

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I did learn this morning that Bettman won't let him back in the league just yet. But I wouldn't have any moral qualms about it, especially given the judge's somewhat scathing critique of the complainant's credibility. I tend to trust the courts in places like Canada.

Of course that's the case. But if the Bandits and Bills were not good things would change. There's also a different dynamic where Bills fans only have a handful of games to attend in any given year so it becomes more of an event. But the point is that viewing percentage can lead to incorrect analysis of actual value given that the number of actual people showing interest by watching is lower. It does if it's not weighted when they do it in aggregate. Of course this is the kind of stuff that gets done by marketing, etc. to spin a narrative. They could be. I don't know them. I'm not talking football either. I am not saying the NHL should not care about Buffalo. I am merely saying that viewing percentages can demonstrate the relative interest to the population in any given market but that it cannot be used to compare market to market as the actual numbers can vary widely. Yes, Southern Ontario is likely not included in these numbers but it does not matter when measuring nationally televised, non-Buffalo Sabres events. In this case we are talking about a hockey event that did not include the team in the market. As such it's reasonable to assume some percentage (likely a high percentage) would have watched those games whether the Sabres were in Buffalo or not. The statistic in question was not a measurement of viewership of Buffalo Sabres games. It was a measure of interest in a nationally televised game. It stands to reason that the Florida markets were at the top as their team was in the game. It's a testament to Buffalo that so many are interested in the games. However, percentages don't translate directly to spend. Actual people spend actual dollars. If you use just a percentage then you could have a town of 100 people who all love hockey and tuned in. Do you think the NHL cares about those 100 people just because their viewership was 100%?

I think Team Canada used him well in the World Championship when he got 9 goals in 10 games. He was playing wing and used his speed to get open for a playmaking centre to feed him. If he carries the mail it becomes return to sender.

Cross-data source aggregators... Gotta love them.