This week, I feel just like I do every other week: excited to be back. In case you missed them, here’s what’s been making news during the past week in Fish on Sports:
NHL
Well, the Trade Deadline has finally passed. We can now watch a TSN broadcast without their hockey analysts trying to take a selfie.
There were a lot of big moves. For starters, the Vancouver Canucks have traded goalie Roberto Luongo back to the Florida Panthers. In exchange, the Canucks get a goalie prospect, a young centerman, and a whole lot of broken dreams.
The Luongo trade comes just nine months after they sent Cory Schneider to the Devils at the NHL draft. I don’t know if they told Vancouver GM Mike Gillis, but usually, if you want to end a goalie controversy on your team, you don’t trade both of them.
It’s interesting to see the difference in trade deadline coverage between the two cities. In Vancouver, fans are asking whether their team will be competitive in the short term. In Florida, fans are asking themselves, “wait, we still have a hockey team?”
The Montreal Canadiens managed to pick up high-end forward Thomas Vanek from the New York Islanders. For the Habs, it marks the first time in recent memory that they’ll be able to dress someone who’s more than five feet tall.
There were more than ten goalies dealt at this year’s trade deadline. In a related story, the NHL is expected to set a new record for goalies wearing equipment that isn’t color-coordinated.
In other hockey news, Pat LaFontaine stepped down as the president of the Buffalo Sabres just over three months after he took the job. Even Kim Kardashian was like, “talk about a lack of commitment”.
NBA
LeBron James scored a career-high 61 points Tuesday against the Bobcats. Just to give you an idea of how much that is, take the amount of smart offensive plays J.R. Smith makes every game and add 61.
Speaking of NYC, Carmelo Anthony is in a bad state with the Knicks. In fact, he said the only choice a New Yorker can make that’s worse than playing for the blue and orange is hiring Woody Allen to babysit your kids.
Stephen Curry lost a shooting competition to his coach Mark Jackson during a Warriors practice this week. Not to be outdone, Mike D’Antoni beat Kobe Bryant in a frowning contest from the Lakers bench during the team’s last home game.
Here’s something kind of astounding: Michael Jordan apparently made $92 million dollars last year. He did it through a revolutionary kind of endorsement deal: every time Skip Bayless says he’ll always be better than LeBron, he gets $1.
NFL
Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas threw the hardest pass ever at the NFL Combine. He beat the previous mark held by Colin Kaepernick, which means the San Francisco star now has to kiss his biceps.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers unveiled their new uniforms via Twitter this week. Their new logo is said to reflect the team’s style of play more accurately – it’s an image of a guy dropping a pass.
Speaking of passes, Peyton Manning passed his latest neck exam, which clears him to play next season. Shortly thereafter, it was picked off by the Seattle secondary.
MLB
Barry Bonds is in the midst of his first spring training as a Giants hitting coach this year. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to participate in any team workouts this past Tuesday – his head was being used as a float in the Mardi Gras parade.
A photo surfaced on Twitter Monday showing Tigers catcher Bryan Holaday posing with Kate Upton while wearing her swimsuit. It’s being called the only picture of Kate Upton that doesn’t turn straight men on.
AND FINALLY …
Tiger Woods said it was “tough” telling his daughter that he “quit” mid-round at the Honda Classic. In fact, he told her that the only thing that was harder for him to stop doing was sleeping with all those porn stars.
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