Because of a couple of projects stealing my free time, and then getting socked by the flu, I haven't been able to make any posts here. So with that in mind, here's a few random tidbits I've been thinking about sports lately.... While I'm a huge proponent of video replay in sports, the NHL really... Continue Reading →
Worcester ECHL franchise officially starts with Monday press event
Worcester ECHL owner Cliff Rucker, DCU Center General manager Sandy Dunn, and Worcester ECHL President and General Manager Toby O'Brien pose after the press event announcing the new franchise. (Photo: 210Sports) With the snow flying outside the DCU Center Monday afternoon ECHL Commissioner Brian McKenna announced the 29th league franchise has been awarded to Cliff... Continue Reading →
Worcester local media reporting ECHL bid “approved unanimously”
Late last night local cable news outlet Charter-TV3 on "Worcester News Tonight" reported that Cliff Rucker's bid to bring an ECHL team to Worcester was approved unanimously by the ECHL's Board of Governors. The brief report by Sports Director Kevin Shea, which you can watch right here on YouTube, mentions no further information. 210Sports contacted... Continue Reading →
Rucker’s bid for Worcester ECHL franchise culminates today in Michigan
As the snow falls today here in Worcester out in Kalamazoo the weather is clear and it's a supposed to be balmy day of 36°F. But for hockey fans in central Massachusetts it's not the weather out in southern Michigan that's important, it's the results of the ECHL Board of Governors' vote to admit Cliff... Continue Reading →
Wideman incident not as cut and dried as some think
If you're a hockey fan odds are good you've already heard of the incident Wednesday night in Calgary where former Worcester IceCats and Boston Bruins defenseman Dennis Wideman crosschecked linesman Don Henderson as Wideman was heading toward the Flames bench after being checked by Nashville Predators Miikka Salomaki. Wideman has been suspended indefinitely by the... Continue Reading →
Danny Amendola hit was a total cheap shot, but not against the rules
New England Patriots' Danny Amendola (80) hits Kansas City Chiefs' Jamell Fleming (30) in the firsthalf of an NFL divisional playoff football game, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, in Foxborough, Mass.(AP Photo/Steven Senne) (Steven Senne) Football is a violent game. Men that weigh 300 pounds or more running full speed into each other generating huge hits... Continue Reading →
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