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  • 2011 MLB Awards: Another Look at the Year That Was

    Now that everybody has settled down from one of the best postseasons in history. It’s hardware time! Here is the complete list of awards handed out this season. World Series Award...

  • NHL Re-re-re-realignment: The REAL Scoop! (Part 1 of 2)

    On a random day last week, I woke up and decide to solve the NHL’s realignment problem. Quite a daunting task I might add, but I thought I was up for...

  • Two More Reasons to Work Hard All Year

    The MLB has finally done the right thing and made some necessary changes. One of them being a new wild card format, allowing more teams to enter the postseason, which is long overdue....

  • The Season is Saved! Welcome Back NBA?

    Toronto Raptors vs Houston Rockets tg200812 145 © by Rudy E. Escoto Lockouts are an ugly business. They hurt everyone - the fans most of all. And they are the ones who least understand...

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    Phantom Picks December 3, 2011

    As we crack open the third box on our advent calendars, and head deeper into the holiday season, The NHL also matures. No more, good start/bad start talk. Were in the...

  • We’ll Take Him!

    With the Anaheim Ducks having probably the most disappointing season of all 30 clubs. It seems they are faced with two choices. The first would be to shake up the team....

  • Phantom Saturday Night NHL Picks

    All right stop, collaborate, and listen. Phantom Picks is back with a brand new edition! Anyways… With Black Friday’s craziness behind us, we turn our heads to tonight’s action. There are...

  • Back in Black: The Return of the Planet’s Greatest Hockey Player

    Twenty games into the NHL season, and donning the black sweater of the hometown Penguins, Crosby made his return. And what a return it was! With his debut announced only 24...

  • When the Wheels Fall Off

    “Form an orderly line!” People are getting hurt they’re jumping off of the Leafs bandwagon so fast! And then there are the diehards. Who are still waiting for their “savior” (Reimer)...

  • Phantom Picks November 19, 2011

    I know you’ve been waiting all week for this… And the wait is finally over! Saturday night hockey and Phantom Picks are back! It looks to be a tough week, with...

  • goalTender, Loving, Care – A problem facing NHL goalies

    The most important position on every team seems to be the most vulnerable these days. What happened to showing goalies a little TLC? Good goaltending is essential for a team’s success....

  • Phantom Picks – Playing the Odds in the NHL

    Welcome to another edition of Phantom Picks! I will attempt to give you the inside track on the teams that are under/over valued throughout the Saturday night lineup. I’m no hero,...

  • Come and Get It!

    Which is exactly what Peter Laviolette and the Flyers said to the Tampa Bay Lightning Wednesday night. The Lightning were using their usual 1-3-1 defensive system (which is a favorite of head...

  • Phantom Picks

    New to the Last Word On Sports world is, Phantom Picks. Just like “tips from the tipster”, Phantom will be giving you the low-down on the best picks in the lineup...

  • Do I Have To? A Rant All Hockey Fans Need to Understand

    IMG_1741.jpg © by Dustin Hall Photography THIS IS A RANT.  But rant’s can be fun, right?  Be warned, it’s one that I’ve been repeating since the post-lockout era started. My Saturday, Hockey Night...

  • Because We are the Champions, My Friend!

    The Cardiac Cards! The Cinderella Cards! The Comeback Kids! How about the World Series Champs!!! This is one fairy tale that didn’t end at midnight. In fact it will be etched...

  • Leave My Game Alone!

    Well it looks like the critics have put fighting on the back burner and taken up a new crusade – mandatory visors. They want to make visors mandatory for every player...

  • A Fatal Move that Might Cost the Cards the Series

    He’s no Bill Buckner, but manager Tony La Russa might have made the error that costs his team the series. After game one’s pinch-hit heroic’s, game two looked to be going...

  • Out of the Gate: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not?

    With seven games in the books so far in the National Hockey League, it’s safe to say which teams will be making the playoffs this year and which teams pulling their...

  • World Series- Game 1

    The Cardiac Cards are 3 wins away from completing one of the best Cinderella stories in baseball history. But, there is a pretty big obstacle in their way; That obstacle being...

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