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Stanley Cup Playoffs: 1st Round Preview
The NHL playoffs are set to begin for real. We’ve watched the top four teams in each conference play a round-robin against each other for seeding. We’ve watched eight other teams play their way in through a best-of-five preliminary round. Now, at 3 PM ET today, the puck drops on a traditional best-of-seven series in […]
Another Playoff Disappointment In Toronto
On Friday night it looked like the worm might finally be ready to turn for the Toronto Maple Leafs. A franchise that has endured heartbreak after heartbreak since their last Stanley Cup in 1967 was poised to turn the tables. They had made a stunning rally from 3-0 down to Columbus in Game 4 of […]
The Winnipeg Jets Flame Out
Two years ago the Winnipeg Jets were on the rise. In the spring of 2018 they won a big seven-game series against the Nashville Predators, a battle between two of the top teams in hockey. Winnipeg had a rising star at goalie in Connor Hellebuyck. Both the present and the future were looking bright. READ […]
The Notebook Nine Podcast – August 6, 2020
This week’s edition of The Notebook Nine podcast looks at the following… CLICK HERE TO LISTEN *The NHL playoffs, from Carolina’s sweep of the New York Rangers to the seven other series that are careening to potential Game 5s over the weekend. Montreal and Chicago each aim for upsets in the 5 vs. 12 matchups […]
Carolina Closes Out A Sweep
Henrik Lundqvist has given the New York Rangers some great moments in his career, most notably leading the team to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2014. But the 37-year-old goalie, his standing in New York already teetering, may have finally given up the ghost. The Carolina Hurricanes beat Lundqvist in the first two games of […]
Notebook Nine: 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs Preview
The long-awaited arrival of the NHL playoffs gets here in Saturday. There will be 24 teams congregated in two hub cities in Canada to settle the Stanley Cup. The top eight teams (four per conference) will get a bye and simply play amongst each other for a week to decide seeding. The other sixteen teams […]
Notebook Nine: 2020 MLB Preview
Tune into a fun discussion of the 2020 baseball season. Dan Flaherty, owner of TheSportsNotebook is joined by Steve Rhoads and Michael Edwards to discuss the following… LISTEN TO THE 2020 MLB PREVIEW PODCAST *How hot is the seat for Dodgers’ manager Dave Roberts? Should it be hot? *Are there any viable challengers to the […]
Notebook Nine: The 9 Best Regular Season Redskin Wins Over The Cowboys
In the most recent edition of The Notebook Nine, I ranked the greatest wins in Washington Redskins history. By necessity, those were playoff wins. But my memory banks are filled with so many other notable regular season wins that it seemed necessary to do a separate listing that would focus on those. Upon further review, […]
The Nine Best Wins In The Modern Era Of The Washington Redskins
An era ended this week when the Washington professional football franchise decided to retire the “Redskins” nickname. Whether you find that decision lamentable and unnecessary, as I do, or enlightened and overdue as others may, we now have a clearly delineated era of Washington Redskins football to unpack. So today’s Notebook Nine will focus on […]
Sports Returns: Nine Things To Watch For
Thursday, July 9, 2020 Sports is finally on the way back! Two weeks from tonight, major league baseball begins their 60-game schedule. Six days later, on July 30, the NBA will play out eight more regular season games inside the Orlando “bubble” before moving into the postseason by mid-August. The NHL will start its 24-team […]
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