Rangers Coach John Tortorella Explains Benching Of Brad Richards
"Kiss my a-- if you want to run something different," said Torts. "It's not about blaming that guy, and I don't want anyone to pile on."
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"Kiss my a-- if you want to run something different," said Torts. "It's not about blaming that guy, and I don't want anyone to pile on."
The Rangers dug out of their deficits and were still tied at the end of regulation. Surely the overtime bug would bite them again, no? No. Not this time.
Chris Kreider steered in a pass from Rick Nash 7:03 into overtime, and the New York Rangers stayed alive in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
Staff members kissing up to Boomer and Craig's neck fat led to quite the interesting "Moment of the Day."
Earlier in the program, Boomer noticed Craig had some neck fat protruding from below his Rangers hat.
Jerry tells us our old pal Brandon Inge was in the hockey spirit in Pittsburgh, and we like him.
The Rangers won Game 4 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Bruins last night at Madison Square Garden, and to the surprise of no one Boomer was pretty fired up.
"If not for the minor setback with the shoulder, he might already be here," a team official told the New York Post. "We are at the point where you can say it's probably two or three more starts (for Las Vegas)."
Injured New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira could soon start playing in minor league games while pitcher Andy Pettitte is also working his way back to the majors.
"Everyone on the team likes Mark personally, but there's a general feeling among some of the players that maybe it's time to give someone else a chance," an unnamed player told Mike Freeman of CBSSports.com.
Tortorella is writing his own epitaph. Unless his defining messages bring about a miracle, he seems to be in his final days of coaching a team that has been a heartbreaking disappointment each of the last two playoff years.
NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony led the second team, joined by guards Russell Westbrook and Tony Parker, center Marc Gasol and forward Blake Griffin.
Starter Henry Hynoski will have surgery Friday to repair his medial collateral ligament and a chip fracture in his left knee. The three-year veteran was hurt Wednesday on the second play from scrimmage during an 11-on-11 drill at an organized team activity.
As the feats, and really the legend of LeBron James grows ever larger, he has begun to transcend the game itself, much to the dismay of many fans. Consequently, is he, or Commissioner David Stern, the greatest villain currently in the NBA?
In a photo published by the New York Post, Jeter was seen exiting a Greenwich Village Starbucks with the name "Philip" written on his coffee cup.
