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What is wrong with the NHL?

03:32 PM ET 06.30

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Obviously, the main thing that's wrong with the NHL is relatability. Unless you grew up playing a sport, you're not going to be very inclined to play it. Of course, even though most kids play soccer no one watches that but that's a story for another time.More relevantly though, the NHL is in a pretty terrible bind. Who thought that expanding a league way beyond the talent pool then enforcing a salary cap which limits each team to one or two star players would make the league worse? Well, as much fun as watching 28 interchangeable, mediocre teams play eachother night after night is, I would…

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If I had one wish...

04:26 PM ET 06.23

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If a genie came to me and offered me one wish, it wouldn't be a tough choice at all. Sure, world peace would be fun, and getting rid of poverty go over well with the ladies. But as a good sports watching American man, there's really only one option - I wish that 2/3 of Boston's sports fans would ****!I know that Yankees fans can be abrasive, and Phillies fans can be mean (they booed Santa!). But some Boston fans combine both of these things with just a touch - okay a lot - of arrogance that makes watching sports with them all but impossible. Patriots and Red Sox fans flat out ruin…

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Sit down and shut up

11:35 AM ET 06.22

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Why is it that all I ever read on internet and print publications about baseball has one of two themes. Usually, its some sportswriter amazed at how the Yankees, Red Sox, Mets or Phillies somehow manage to remain near the top year after year (it might have something to do with $?). More rarely, but also more irritatingly, its someone like Joe Posnanski whining about how hard it is to be a baseball fan in Cleveland, Kansas City, etc. He's not the only one. When CC was putting on his XXXXL pinstripe pants, we got to hear about how hard it is for teams like the Brewers to compete in today's MLB…

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