holy hockey goal batman

(you all know i write from the heart and about what i really feel- with a shot of humor. this is no exception.)

gotta get this out of the way- the title of this blog contains a few of my favorite things: hockey (let's go blues!), hockey goals (let's WIN blues!), and batman (who is my favorite comic book hero). and now onto the blog.

i have a few loves of my life: music and sports. they pretty much top the list of... well, anything for me. needless to say, every day consists of listening to music and at least trying to catch some of sportscenter (on espn) or trying to watch a game of sorts.

most mornings i actually do catch sportscenter. at times, i really REALLY love sc. just give me the highlights of the games i want to see (and some of those i don't), the sports-related news stories, and the top ten of course.

the past few weeks, sc has not been making me very happy. i mean, please DO break the news that michael phelps took a bong hit at a party. but please DO NOT talk about it for two hours straight, because i really do want to see some highlight reel.

also, is it a shock to espn that yet another baseball player admits to taking steroids? because in the line of love for sports, i would say baseball comes in third for me. (hockey takes the number one spot, while football comes in a close second.) and i'm not really shocked that a-rod, at one point in time said "me? steroids?! never!" and then turns around and says "well.... i mean.... there were those texas days.......", which will probably one day take us to "i only did steroids through 75% of my career, but, hey, everyone was doing it".

i don't need espn to report, in an expansion of the previous thought, on the fact that we FINALLY have the name of a-rod's cousin who shot him up with steroids that he really had no idea as to what they were. what am i going to do with his name? end up saying "really? you're dumb. you shot a famous baseball player up with 'roids and that's your claim to fame". that's about the extent of my thoughts on him.

and, finally, i do not need a brett favre-inspired, eight-hour-long version of sc. because then it really is no longer SPORTSCENTER. it's a brett favre tribute. and he retired last year as well. is the third time a charm? well... let's say he comes back. let me tell you what's going to happen. he won't relive those glory favre days. he'll play for a year. then he'll retire. isn't that what just happened?

i am not saying these stories aren't important. they are. but sportscenter is supposed to give me highlights from all sport happenings the previous day. not pick one news story and block out all other sports/players/games, etc. so, i've been a little down on sc lately, because i liked it when they gave me what i wanted.

in the past few days, they have been redeeming themselves.

i've gotten a great couple days full of top ten plays. did anyone watch the lakers-golden state game last night? i don't even really keep up with the nba. (i prefer ncaa ball.) but when i got home last night, i flipped on the tv and the game was on. and i felt the energy on that court and couldn't turn it off. kobe had a couple of great blocks (the one i thought would make the top ten did not, but another did) and the game was pretty close up until the end. i also hope that rachel caught the highlight from the suns-clippers game, where shaq makes a dunk, then does that infamous "nice job hand" stare. then afterward they show that kid from the clippers who, after a made free throw, stares at his hand. then the shot goes to shaq, who's cracking up on the bench. it was absolutely priceless.

during the months where there is no football or baseball, sportscenter's top ten usually consists of only nba/ncaa shots. but today was super cool, because number one in the top ten was a sweeeeeeeeeet nhl goal by the capitals' ovechkin. this kid is pretty much amazing. (in the video they refer to him as the "greatest hockey player in the world".) it's pretty impressive. watch closely, though, because the super impressive part is when he passes the puck along the boards- to himself. here's the clip.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=3917680

how sweeeeeeeeet was that?!

in closing, espn has now redeemed themselves.