Category Archives: The Franzen
Out.Coached.
I know what you may be thinking but — despite the title in the header of this blog — this is not a website dedicated to the Chicago Blackhawks Game 4 performance. In fact, one of the reasons we named … Continue reading
Winners Never Quit
One of the easiest things to do in life is to say ‘fuck it’ and walk away. Things ain’t happening. You get the short end of the stick. You keep shooting and nothing goes in. It goes in and then … Continue reading
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Poetic Playoff Prophecy Vol. II: Round Two, Fight!
Well, the first round somehow went mostly as predicted by my seat-of-the-pants verse. We went 7/8 on overall predictions with the Flyers over the Penguins in seven games being the one we totally whiffed on. No matter. In my own … Continue reading
New faces, old hate
Mr. Getzlaf, good to see you again. Mr. Niedermayer, it’s been too long. Mr. Pronger … don’t ever touch me. You’re an asshole. It’s Ducks vs. Wings again, and I couldn’t be more excited, but things are a little different … Continue reading
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Aging Gracefully
Sports, and sports fandom, exist partly to mark the passage of time. You can see it in the names we give to some of the events (the October classic, March Madness, etc.), by the way a diehard fans of certain … Continue reading
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Your Stanley Cup Champions … the Detroit Red Wings
I’ve watched the Detroit Red Wings win three Stanley Cups. This is the sweetest. These guys are an incredible team. Maybe the best I’ve ever seen in Wings uniforms. And that, people, is saying something. Words sort of fail right … Continue reading
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Detroit Domination (aka The Post-Series Gloat)
First, I would like to sum up the Colorado Avalanche-Detroit Red Wings series with one picture, before I proceed to waste 1,000 words on it: Now … to business. Aside from the schadenfreude of watching the Toronto Maple Leafs and … Continue reading
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