All the Kings’ Horses: LA Kings Then & Now
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. Humpty Dumpty may have…
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. Humpty Dumpty may have…
“Go ahead and play the blues if it’ll make you happy.”— Homer Simpson At least to this point, up 3 games to 0 and poised for a sweep of their…
Will is a powerful word. Replace it with can, and the entire tenor of the conversation shifts. Can Lindsay Lohan stay out jail? It’s theoretically possible. Can the Pillsbury Doughboy…
Seventy-nine. In mathematics, it represents an emirp, as its reverse (97) is also a prime number. In music, the number of cumulative weeks Elvis Presley spent at #1 on the…
David Perron knows all about expectations. Drafted 26th overall in an admittedly sub-par 2007 draft class, he nevertheless made the Blues straight out of the Juniors, scoring 13 goals and…
The proud city of St. Louis has seen eleven World Series titles, one NBA championship, and one Super Bowl victory. And yet, over a span of 45 seasons, nary a…
For both the San Jose Sharks and the St. Louis Blues, the formula is fairly straightforward in their Western Conference Quarterfinals series. Score three goals. Over the past 28 games…
Horse hockey! — Colonel Sherman Potter, M*A*S*H In a wild, rough-and-tumble affair that featured seven power play goals, three fights, a boarding major and three roughing penalties, the San Jose…
Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat — F. Scott Fitzgerald Desperate for points, San Jose’s dispiriting 2-0 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes was, as described by coach…
Fame and fortune is a magnet. It can pull you far from home With a dream in your heart, you’re never alone. Dreams turn into dust and blow away And…
In 1920, after leaving the courthouse following Grand Jury testimony regarding his role in the 1919 “Black Sox” scandal, Shoeless Joe Jackson is said to have encountered a small boy…
Jeopardy answer: In 1917, this was the first American team to win the Stanley Cup Championship. Question: Who were the Seattle Metropolitans? Granted, it was nearly a century ago, during…