Monthly Archives: April 2012

#lakings #stlblues — game two twitter highlights

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In lieu of the usual post-game bullets, here is a selection of tweets from the game.

  • lakings dirty
  • #stlblues need to run quick. not as some dumb retribution to the#lakings team but as retribution to quick’s on dirty antics
  • Pretty weak call. I like how the ref standing next to Jackman didn’t call it but the ref 85 ft away calls it

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Note to Bernie Miklasz: Your Hysteria is Irresponsible

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Hey, dumbass:

If Pietrangelo plays, he’s not vulnerable, because he doesn’t have and never did have a concussion. We know this because if he did have a concussion and the Blues skirted the protocol to allow him to play when he could be permanently disabled by a second injury — then it would be the Blues (not the Kings) who have no moral compass.

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Does Dwight King deserve a suspension for boarding Pietrangelo?

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As I’m writing this, I’m watching the live #LAKings Twitter feed scroll by on the right margin of this site, and with each passing tweet the over-blown outrageous blood-lust of Blues fans is pissing me off more and more. “Let’s take out Brown. **** it.” “All the good the league did by suspending Torres is undone by not suspending King.” “Immediately disqualify cheap shot artist King.” Etc.

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From the vault: Ken Hitchcock, Crime-Fighter

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Hitchcock, who vacations in Kelowna, was sitting in a parked car and sprung to action when he saw the struggle. Hitchcock pinned the shoplifter against a window. The motorcyclist grabbed the teen’s arm, but he broke away. Hitchcock straight-armed him against the window as he struggled.

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Concussions: What the hell can we do about this?

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Andrew Sullivan: Is Big Football the next Big Tobacco?

Leading with the helmet is not the primary reason there has been a rise in a recognition of concussions and their long-term effects.  Helmets are not designed to prevent concussions. They’re designed to prevent skull fractures. Concussions are the result of a brain injury that happens from “inside-out” – the brain impacting against the inside of the skull as the player’s head suddenly stops. No helmet technology will ever prevent that.

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