Vancouver Canucks fans were so upset that their team lost game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals to the Boston Bruins, they chose to riot. Here is what one rioter said:
"This is releasing tension, man. What else are you going to do when you lose the Stanley Cup? You riot."
Dear crazy rioter guy:
First of all, you didn't lose the Stanley Cup, the Canucks (hockey team) did. By this comment, I assume that you are one of those fans who says "we" when he talks about the team he follows. As in, "We would have had a chance to win game 7 if we had scored more than 0 goals." Not we. You don't play for them. And since you are quick to assume a collective position, let me also take a moment to instruct you not to use "we" when you speak about sports fans. Because I want as much distance as possible from "fans" like you.
Click here for more photos of the awful scene in Vancouver.
A Video
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban talks about game 7 of the NBA Finals and the fans at the game:
This is great for a number of reasons. Surely ESPN's producers squirmed when they let a curse get through on air. It is cool for an owner to acknowledge his team's fans like that. It is satisfying to hear one more dig at the lackluster fans in Miami. Most importantly, this is now my favorite misuse of literally. Our fans punked the sh*t out of their fans...Literally.
Ew...
A Photo
From the Sports Illustrated gallery of College World Series heroes, here is Huston Street pitching for the 2002 Texas Longhorns. Street is a polarizing figure among Rockies fans. Even those who have less patience with him must admit that he is a bright spot of the first half of the season and is not part of the problem for an underachieving team.
A Tweet
@mcuban (Mark Cuban): Heard a rumor that Obama was planning on coming to Miami for Gm 7..Will ask him when we visit :) ...#MavsSavingTaxDollars
One more thing about Mark Cuban. Periodically people mention his name as a potential owner of a Major League Baseball team. Fans love the idea, owners and other management figures hate it. Take former commissioner Fay Vincent, who said that Cuban is bad for the NBA and he would be bad for MLB. It is these types of empty and flimsy claims that reflect so poorly on baseball owners. It gives fans the impression that the owners like the status quo, where unless their name is Steinbrenner, they are nowhere to be found or heard from while they line their pockets with money. Fair or not, it makes fans question whether or not they even know who is on their team or care how their team is doing. Cuban would uproot that system and apparently that makes them pretty cranky.
A U.S. Open Pick
Actually, I am picking two golfers. Lee Westwood because I will pick him until he wins a major. Bubba Watson because of his outstanding military appreciation outfit and because of his role in this video (for those who do not know, he is the big lefty in the overalls):
One More Thing
I've been watching the first round of the U.S. Open and the Tigers v. Indians game side by side for most of the afternoon. I observed some interesting parallels between the two.
- I first noticed this because Austin Jackson and Rory McIlroy were on screen at the same time. While McIlroy is more well known than Jackson, they are both young guns who have enjoyed moderate success and now struggle under heavy expectations. That had me intrigued, so I looked for other parallels between the two unrelated sporting events. And then this happened...
- ...Phil Mickelson and Miguel Cabrera were on screen at the same time. That got me thinking...They both are immensely talented, they both have significant accomplishments and accolades in their respective careers, they both have a way about them that makes me concerned that something is really wrong with them on any given day, and they both are a little big and cannot seem to find clothing that fits. Cabrera seems to overcompensate by wearing an XXXXXL uniform, while Phil disturbs fans young and old with his smedium shirts year after year. Fascinating.
Links
Bill Simmons celebrates the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6669763/a-black-gold-day-boston-finally
Jeff Passan on the troublesome owners of the Florida Marlins http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ah0RR1g6p3V99LBo.dpbT_05nYcB?slug=jp-passan_morrison_marlins_petty_ownership_061611
Mark Kiszla thinks that Dexter Fowler's time with the Rockies is done http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_18268185
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