Hockey time...

Saturday night the best playoffs of the year start. Stupid VS broadcast. Maybe they can put that bike race on there instead and move the hockey over to NBC... That's be original. I haven't paid attention to the giro more than the barrage of photos of winners crossing the line with both hands off the bars. Good thing they don't crash /sarcasm... The race could be over, but if not, those cycling fans who want to watch 3 hours of Giro footage probably won't be too disappointed. eh? After the Italian TV took their feed offline, or just reserved it for those in Italy, i've kinda lost interest.

Back on the hockey thing. No team based in C eh N eh D eh is in the playoffs but hey, who cares. IT IS DETROIT AND de PENGUINS. But we can still tell more canadian jokes, eh?

Q: How do you keep bacon from curling in the pan?
A: Take away their little brooms.


Oh and I was struck by the oxymoron that is my line up of bikes. I've got a handful of Kleins. And a Giant.

Giant and Kleins.

Klein. German = small.

Giant Klein

okay - maybe it is funnier in my little world.

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More serious matters. Doping headlining at ESPN. Good stuff. How many lines in there open the door so wide that the skeletons in LA's closet can't be all but hanging out in the open.

Right now the best assurance an athlete can offer is that he or she hasn't failed a drug test. That was Marion Jones' defense. She'd said she was one of the world's most-tested athletes, but now she sits in prison, in part, for lying about her extensive drug use.

Heck if you can keep reading long enough there is even good stuff about the UCI.

And wicked bonus points for using the word Nincompoops!

It is a long article but damn it is a good one. Gives ya HOPE for sport!

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