Way to go CBS...

Question:
How much love do the L.A. Kings get from their own local news?

Answer:


(Thanks for the link, Vince.)

Hermano

The Game is NOT Televised?!

Ahhhh, I HATE it when my Kings are not televised!

I HATE it even more when I don't realize they're not televised

until I turn on the TV and see college football on Fox Sports channel

and the F'ing Ducks on the other Fox Sports channel!

I'm steamed!

Ersberg in Directv Commercial

Not sure if this commercial is national or only shown locally but Erik Ersberg is in a DIRECTV commercial.

I don't know how long it's been on the air but I first heard about it today from my fiance and I saw it today when I was watching an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' that I recorded from last Friday. First Aubin, now Ersberg. How many other Kings goaltenders are in the pipeline to be in a commercial?

And speaking of 'Friday Night Lights', Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton have got to be the absolute best married TV couple. They are amazing together on-screen. And how many of you got teary-eyed when Tim Riggins realized he lost his best friend to the NYC? It's so heart breaking watching Tim Riggins get emotional.

x-posted to HLOG

Versus 1, Fox Sports (West) 0

I'm going to keep a running tally this season of things each network (Versus and Fox Sports) does so wrong that I can't help but be pissy. Each time one network ruins my night of hockey, the other network will record a tally in the win column. Basically, the more you suck the better the other network will look. Right now, Versus is on top because last night Fox Sports (West) tried once again to convince viewers that watching a hockey game on TV is SO MUCH BETTER with the rinkside view.


Re: Rinkside View

Dear Fox Sports,

WTF?!

Do you really think hockey has been incorrectly televised for decades?

Do you really think viewers at home only want to see a small portion of the play?

Do you realize how many times I missed a play because the rinkside view was incapable of capturing a larger portion of the ice?

Do you really think viewers want to suffer from nausea due to the rickety motion of the camera at rinkside?

I understand that you think viewers want to see the game from ice level since behind the glass tickets are so expensive. However, those tickets are severely overpriced because of the total in-house experience. The emotions that overcome you while sitting that close during a hockey game cannot be replicated at home with the rinkside view. I absolutely hate watching a hockey game on TV from the rinkside view. Fox Sports should be ashamed of themselves for even thinking that televising a game in this manner is a good idea. Rinkside View Sucks. Rinkside View is utter trash. Rinkside View should never ever be used to televise a hockey game ever again.

Also, Fox Sports, you still suck at correctly lighting the game. It's a good thing last night's game was also on HD because otherwise I would have given Versus 2 wins for the night.

Fox Sports, get your shit together and learn how to broadcast a game.

Regards,

k.m.s.

We Take a Break From Hockey for...the Lost Season Finale

I always thought it was Ben.

I can't believe it's Locke.

*sigh*

I'm actually really sad about this.

My only hope is that in some weird Lost way,

it isn't really true.

The Beeper King and the Cup

"It's the Stanley Cup, honey.
It's hockey's ultimate prize.
And me and it are teaming up to fight illiteracy."

I love 30 Rock and Dean Winters.

The Tournament

There are very few things that I miss about Versus. One of the things that I dearly missed during the 2007 playoffs and continue to miss is The Tournament, a mockumentary about a youth hockey team that is actually more about the parents. The NY Times has a really good review of the show: "Hockey Is a Lot Like Life, Only Colder".

I came across this show during the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs. One day the BF mentioned that he saw a TV show about hockey and DVR'd it because it thought I might like it. I immediately became addicted to the show and would squeal with glee whenever VS aired a marathon.

I never played ice hockey so I can't exactly directly relate to the kids, parents, or families. However, I did grow up playing soccer and began playing club soccer (i.e., traveled around SoCal) at the age of 12. Knowing how crazy some of the parents and coaches were on my team and others and how apathetic some of the kids were, I can only imagine that youth hockey is like that but 100 times worse, or funnier, however you see it.

The Tournament touches upon the realities of almost any youth sport, such as: waking up at 4am to drive to a game, the devoted mom who keeps her family in line, the other mom who is more than willing to drop her kid(s) off with the devoted mom, the dad who thinks his kid is the star and needs more playing time, or rather, should play the entire game even if that's impossible in hockey, the dad who envisions his kid will be a pro athlete even though the kid is only 8, the ridiculous and completely unnecessary competition among the parents, and the boy who just wants to play hockey...and take jazz dance classes.

The characters in The Tournament may seem far-fetched and ridiculous but they seem so real and I think the actors who play them do a lovley job in bringing the comedy and realness to their characters. I love how the devoted mom always looks so beat down, will do anything for her son while patiently holding her tongue as her crazed hockey husband does one idiotic thing (tells his wife that she has hair like Bobby Clarke) after another. I liked her, felt her love and devotion to her family, and yelled at the TV when she didn't put her husband in his place and didn't stand up for herself when the other mom used her. I even supported her when she contemplated having an affair with an old friend, who is deeply in love with her, not because this man is so dashing and wonderful, but because I wanted her to be happy and could see the giddiness in her whenever she was around him. The other mom is so out of touch with reality that it's comical. Sure, she may have recently become single and is dealing with how to raise a son by herself, but I had to restrain myself from throwing rotten tomatoes at her when she thanked the devoted mom for taking her son to practice because she really had to go to the gym. The devoted mom's husband is so enveloped in the notion that his son will be in the NHL that it made me wonder how far he would go to get his son there.

All the main characters on the show each have their own extreme quirks that come together to make youth hockey seem like one fucked up experience for the kids and parents. Each episode is chock full of hilarious moments and I can't believe The Tournament isn't one anymore (or at least I think so). This is definitely a show I would watch on a regular basis and hope that it does come back for more seasons.

Eye Candy

Jordi's attempt to convince me to watch Supernatural:

Jensen Ackles