Like many of you, I listen to a lot of podcasts. Each week I drive three hours from New Jersey to Maryland, and pass the time listening to one podcast after another, including many related to online marketing (yes, my goal is still to build a side hustle along those lines), and a recent podcast […]
What a Beauty! My “Hockey’s Greatest” book review
Are you looking for a memorable gift for the hockey fan in your life? I can highly recommend you check out Hockey’s Greatest, a captivating coffee-table book from Sports Illustrated featuring an introduction from NHL writer extraordinaire Michael Farber. SI was good enough to send me a review copy of this heavyweight 256-page tome, which carries […]
My review of “Nashville Predators: The Making of Smashville”
For Nashville Predators fans, there aren’t many books which delve into the history of the franchise, either at the organizational or personal level. There’s Hockey Tonk, which chronicles the early days of the team, My Toughest Faceoff, about longtime associate coach Brent Peterson and his battle with Parkinson’s Disease, and most recently former fan favorite Jordin Tootoo […]
Are you mad at the NHL? Do something about it, then
It’s been a rough summer for the NHL, with multiple players associated with incidents of domestic violence and/or sexual assault. Twitter has been ablaze with outrage from all corners over these incidents, and how the NHL and its teams are handling these situations. So what? In the rush to craft the wittiest snipe or most […]
“Blood Feud”: Revisiting Hockey’s Greatest Rivalry
Adrian Dater’s “Blood Feud” chronicles what was one of the greatest rivalries in all of professional sports, that between the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche from the mid-90’s through the early 2000’s. As someone who grew up a Red Wings fan, following their trevails from the “Dead Wings” era of the early 80’s through […]