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It’s morning. While you get out your favorite coffee mug, pour a glass of orange juice, and make sure you have enough milk for your bowl of cereal, get yourself back up to date with the happenings in, or at least somewhat near, the sporting universe.
The following are links that we’re certain Sarah Palin would love:
Former goaltender Rick Wamsley last donned the Bluenote in 1988 and retired from the National Hockey League after the 1992-93 season.
Yet no one would have blamed Wamsley if he was thinking that he might be pressed into emergency duty last week when the St. Louis Blues hosted the Florida Panthers.
Wamsley, an assistant coach and goaltender coach for the Blues, watched in the third period as Marek Schwarz became the fourth goaltender to see action for the team this season.
Schwarz helped finish off a 4-0 shutout Saturday for Blues rookie and hometown prospect Ben Bishop (Chaminade High), who limped off with what was termed a “lower body injury.†That vagueness has been a staple of NHL injury reports this season as teams now aren’t required to divulge specifics about player injuries. [Read more...]
I was browsing some Cleveland Browns news sites tonight, searching for information regarding the mysterious illness that is currently hindering Kellen Winslow (click the link above to find out more), and I stumbled across an interesting little bit of news: Brady Quinn recently spoke at a Republican rally for John McCain and Sarah Palin.
John McCain was in attendance (not sure about Palin), and Brady Quinn took the microphone briefly to make a few remarks. (There is no truth to the report that Brady held out for a better microphone, and that Derek Anderson then ste
pped in and wowed the crowd with surprisingly strong and deep remarks of his own, rendering Quinn useless on the sidelines. Nope, that was just a rumor).
According to Tony Grossi of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Brady Quinn’s father is a Vietnam Veteran who has long been an admirer of John McCain’s. Brady was able to introduce his father to McCain while attending the event. Browns left tackle Joe Thomas also attended the McCain-Palin rally with Brady Quinn, but did not speak.
Look, it is not my habit of mixing politics and sports here at Midwest Sports Fans, but this story caught my eye for a few reasons. Here are a few of them:
