GeneralLive, 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...
GeneralSour Grapes snubs CrosbyClick here for an interesting riff on the chill between Sidney Crosby and Hockey Night in Canada, which refers to the the...
GeneralLuc Bourdon killed in motorcycle crashThe very promising Canucks’ prospect died this afternoon after hitting a tractor-trailer in northern New Brunswick. He was...
GeneralThe Kid’s okWhen the Detroit papers are celebrating a Pens win in the Stanley Cup final, you know the series has gotten a little stale. But be...
GeneralWelcome to COTU, HughieCentre of the Universe, that is. Scuttlebutt from the Corpse, via our cousins at Sportsnet , has it that Jim Hughson will be the...
GeneralLetter from OzSometimes those post-game quotes fail to capture the emotional undercurrent of a series. Luckily, we here at Balls are pretty...
GeneralFuture ref-erenceReader Sandy von Kaldenberg raises an intriguing idea in response to my rant on even-up reffing: since improvements in TV...
GeneralThree cheers for the IIHFSome speculate that Gary Bettman is celebrating at NHL h.q. that the semifinals are an all-American affair. Maybe so, but Canada...
GeneralNo wiggling your ass in front of the netAs any NHL fan who is honest with himself will admit, the Detroit Red Wings are boring. Flat, bloodless and efficiently...