Derek Jeter is that someone. On the day Joe Girardi said he, too, might take off and leave this mess for someone else to fix, his 39-year-old captain said he expects to win a championship in 2014, just as he expected to win one as a rookie in 1996. “Always. Bottom line,” Jeter said at […]
Continue readingIt’s created by a coach attempting to mesh three players together into a cohesive unit; it’ll stick around for anywhere from a few periods to a few games; and then it’s either broken up, with the spare parts added to different lines, or it passes the chemistry test, living on for months or perhaps for […]
Continue readingThe best moves at the NHL trade deadline are usually the ones teams don’t make. Sure, there’s always a chance a team finds that perfect, Butch Goring-sized puzzle piece to complete a championship picture. But more often than not, the NHL trade deadline is like impulse-buying a poorly constructed boat: filled with overpayment, eventual regret […]
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