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Live, from Pittsburgh!

That’s right, folks. The biggest Ball of Them All (six-three, to Frisco’s five-foot-nothing) is holed up in the Mellon Arena...

Sour Grapes snubs Crosby

Click here for an interesting riff on the chill between Sidney Crosby and Hockey Night in Canada, which refers to the the...

The Kid’s ok

When the Detroit papers are celebrating a Pens win in the Stanley Cup final, you know the series has gotten a little stale. But be...

Welcome to COTU, Hughie

Centre of the Universe, that is. Scuttlebutt from the Corpse, via our cousins at Sportsnet , has it that Jim Hughson will be the...

Letter from Oz

Sometimes those post-game quotes fail to capture the emotional undercurrent of a series. Luckily, we here at Balls are pretty...

Future ref-erence

Reader Sandy von Kaldenberg raises an intriguing idea in response to my rant on even-up reffing: since improvements in TV...

Three cheers for the IIHF

Some speculate that Gary Bettman is celebrating at NHL h.q. that the semifinals are an all-American affair. Maybe so, but Canada...