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I was the ###### at that game. Drive diagonally upward with the puck, quick left-right juke with the puck to get separation from the defender, and bounce the puck off the half wall into the net. Then use the one button you had to hack the ###### pixels out of your defender until he made a fart noise and slid ass first across the ice. Total realism.

On Friday, a US Distrcit Judge struck down the ban on same sex marriage in Wisconsin and refused to grant a stay on the ruling. The clerks office in Madison decided to stay open late and over the weekend to accommodate the flood of marriage license paperwork. All weekend I've been watching a nonstop train of photos and videos on Facebook of impromptu weddings of many of my friends in Madison, often getting married on the Capitol steps and on the lakefront. There's a lot of special couples in my life getting to exercise the right they always should've had. It's precious.

Put the dough into a decent lid. It'll last you for quite a few years. Get one that fits well; I can offer tips on this. Stick-wise, get a wooden stick (these are <$50; I like Sherwood) or if you have the little extra capital, pick up a cheapo composite ($50-75, I like Easton). As a beginner, your stick will last quite a while and you definitely don't need to spend more money here. So, for example, just looking at what Great Skate has on sale, this wouldn't be the worst thing if the helmet fits: Easton cheapo composite stick: $60 http://www.greatskat...lex/detail.html Bauer 4500 helmet combo: $90 http://www.greatskat...mbo/detail.html Cheaper helmets are probably available at non-hockey-specific sporting goods stores, like ######. Like the Bauer 2100 for $50 here: http://www.dicksspor...ductId=12010873 Just make sure your lid and cage fit well. If it doesn't, it'll be uncomfortable and/or painful, it might slide all around your noggin, and if you take one in the chin, it may not feel that good if the cage doesn't do its job.

In my adult league there's a team that played in a lower division last season that was playing in our higher division this season. The other teams in that lower division complained that the team "was too rough," so the league manager decided that the team had to play one level up. Despite their veteran goalie/captain's warning that they would get demolished playing in the higher level, the players on the team thought they could hang, so they decided to play this season one division up. We played them again yesterday, but because of scheduling weirdness, we needed a substitute goalie. We grabbed one of the goalies who had played on the ice before us, which by coincidence happened to be the league manager. He's been playing in net for about a year. These guys are not very good. And the guys on the team are a mix: some nice guys that are happy playing and a joy to play against, and a sprinkling of dumbasses. We were up 7-2 about midway through the game when we decided to back off and play possession, and we held this until about six minutes left in the third. One of their guys was able to net one off a rebound. So he decides to celebrate the goal, "WOOOOOOO FIVE HOLE, BITCH!" Keep in mind that the goalie he decided to taunt is the both the Gary Bettman and Brendan Shanaban of the league, and he's been playing goalie for only a year, and he's playing at least one level up, and he's playing his second game in a row. Naturally, the taunt attracts the attention of some of our teammates, but since we usually have cool heads, it got more attention of the refs instead, who realized what the game was. He gets assessed a minor for unsportsmanlike conduct. Of course, being a dumbass, when he was told this, he flips his ######, initially refuses to get in the box, then refuses to stop running his mouth. He earns the ten and is told to leave. The ref skates by the bench and says, "well, you might as well run up the score on these guys now." We didn't take him seriously, but we did score on the ensuing powerplay; good possession down deep, and a nice feed to a crashing point man, good slapshot from the top of the circle. And of course one or two of the other dumbasses on the other team get butthurt. "Nice slapshot, BRO," one sarcastically chirps, poorly. We line up for the faceoff at center, and their guys lineup, but their bench keeps running their mouth until, almost expectedly and inevitably, one of their guys throws a slur out. The ref calls the game on the spot with about five minutes left to go. They perfected their 0-14 season on a technical. Ceremonially, we head for our goalie to give him his pats and thank him for subbing. In an unusual move, because of the way the game ended, the refs waive off the customary hand shake, so we head for the bench to exit. More interesting ly, the non-dumbass guys from the other team line up to shake hands at center ice, defiant to the refs' order to skip it. Upon noticing this, we immediately line up too and give them their due. I'm not angry or emotional about this game, but it was the weirdest finish in a long time. Definitely not the biggest of ###### moves I've seen on the ice, but just weirdest combination of dumbest and bushleaguey-est. tl;dr: Down 7-2, goal taunt from a a bad loser, gets himself ejected, slur ends the game early, good guys on other team uphold the handshake. Weird.

As a physicist, I understand and appreciate this. Drivers that stomp on the gas and brakes have high jerk factor.

There area calls that are black and white and video review can eliminate human error. There are also calls that are not only judgement calls, but part of a larger system of balancing calls and game management internal to the refs during a game that should not be interfered with. I'd need to see the details before judging a video review system.

Former AGM wants his former 17th overall back? Well, no ######.

Good lengthy segment. Good stuff from Rip. Nice to get Marty on too. "You've been in the league since 1970 and been to every city. What are the Sabres thought of around the league as a franchise?" "In terms of league people league-wide, how is the Sabres organization thought of?"

Between D1 and USHL, lots of potential hockey for families on the cheap, yes.

Nailed it! So Congel's out, thankfully. Hopefully with that comes the elimination of the Seneca Mall site as a consideration.

Maybe I got that wrong or mashed up with Parent.

Parts and pieces: Rip plans on writing a book, he jokes that it may possibly be several books. About 15:00 in, Rip has a great, succint line about Sabres that have passed on, including Rick Martin, his best friend: Best all around players, not just skill, but work ethic: Greatest individual performance against the Sabres: George Babcock once hid in the overhead bin on an airplane and scared the ###### out of Craig Rivet when he opened the bin and George jumped out at him. On the Sabres next year: Rapid fire questions: Best captain: Gil Perrault Best coach: Lindy Ruff Best guy in the locker room: Danny Gare Most unsung player: Michael Peca Toughest player: Christian Ruutu. He played four games with a broken arm. Player with most surprisng career/most unexpected to make it in the NHL: Dwayne Roloson Player that would make the best coach: James Patrick. Helped out a lot, was runner up for the Norris trophy five straight years. Always picks up the check: Rick Jeanneret Never picks up the check: His partner, Rob Ray

There's been a large increase in sports franchise values since 2011 (the end of the pit of the recession). Dodgers went from $800M to $1B and sold for $2B. Bucks went from $258M to $405M and sold for $550M. Clippers valuation went from $305M to $575M, but are offered $2B. Recent purchasers overpaid the valuations by 35-250%. However, the Bucks are in Milwaukee and the other two are franchises in the 2nd largest American TV market. The over payment for the Bucks was 35%. The over payment for the Dodgers and Clippers was 100% and 250%, respectively. This is the enormous red flag for Bills fans, proof that what we feared all along may be coming to reality: LA has way too much money and buyers there are extremely willing to spend way too much. The Bills are valued at $870M, which is up slightly from $792M in 2011. However, if moved to Los Angeles, they may be valued at something closer to the value of the Jets, the Giants, the Bears, the Eagles, or the 49ers, an average 2013 valuation of $1.33B. If the Bills are allowed to move, the purchase price will likely exceed $2.5B (twice that of a possible LA valuation). If they're not allowed to move, they may sell closer to $1.6B (slightly less than twice that of the Buffalo valuation). $2.5B is a lot of money. It's enough to pay more than half of all City of Buffalo residents (~130000 people) the annual per capita income (~$19k). Can a buyer that plans to keep the Bills in Buffalo realistically justify that? Full disclosure: I will stop rooting for the Bills if they come to LA.

Gracias. I'll enjoy it after work.

I would enjoy a link to the audio if/when available.

I haven't been engaged in this thread, so this is off topic. A good introduction to net neutralitypreventing cable company ######ery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRrHyU

That's why Pirate Island doesn't get any advertisarrrs.

Suing, among other entities, the school district. Classy.

But this one goes to 11.

My girlfriend is adamant that it's #2. I debated it with her a little bit. Is it cultural exploitation for profit or being artistically influenced by a culture she lived in and was exposed to for a few years? There are arguments for both, but I really don't give a ######.

So is he a sleeper? Or a plug? Or the perfect tread for Tank Mark II?

You see Golisano and Congel come to town with an offer after Congel left the Medley Centre is shambles, and it can't really be better described than the plot of "Marge vs the Monorail," the renowned episode of the Simpsons written by Conan O'Brien. I can't be 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure that Scott Congel needs to ###### off. Oh, and EJ Manuel's going to the Pro Bowl. http://msn.foxsports...l-season-051414

But we should always strive for excellence.

Here's the induction writeup: http://buffalosports...t-rip-simonick/ Congratulations, Rip. He is the longest serving equipment manager in the NHL, dating back nearly to the club's inception in 1969. Rip was there for it all... Rip was instrumental in saving Malarchuk. Spoiler tags for expectedly gruesome: He remembers almost not making out of Buffalo alive during B77: He's been used as a spokesman for Blademaster (ice sharpening) equipment. He's got a fan-made parody twitter account: https://twitter.com/Not_Rip Rip was inducted into the Sabres Hall of Fame in 2000, before many notable Sabres alumni. As of 2009, he was asked to work three NHL All Star games.