The recently-sold, soon-to-be-outta-here (I guess) Philadelphia Phantoms still have the rest of this season to play out at the Spectrum. And what better way to honor the Broad Street Bullies of the 1970s than by playing in these weird new jerseys!
To be honest, though, I kinda like ‘em. They’re so hideously ugly — really, guys? orange, black and white stripes? — that it warms my heart. Go get ‘em, Broad Street Bully Phantoms!
Not everyone is as lucky as the bankers and automakers; not all of us can just go to Congress and ask it to print up some free money. And, so, yet another consequence of the poor economy: Pro athletes are selling their beloved championship rings.
Last but not least, there’s this “sample ring” from the 2008 World Series; it has Pete Rose’s name on the side so you can totally fool your friends and say you got Charlie Hustle’s World Series ring. A steal at $3,000!
Not since that dude shot a bottle rocket across the 700 level of the Vet back in ‘97 (I think) has there been an incident as ridiculous as the one at the Flyers’ game Saturday: Someone threw a homemade smoke bomb (not purchased at a store!) onto the ice after a Flyers’ goal was waved off in OT.
The Flyers are really pissed, talking about canceling season tickets and whatnot. Also, ha ha, here is the description of the suspects:
The description being released is of two males about 6 feet tall. One is described as an African-American wearing a white Flyers jersey and a white male also wearing a Flyers jersey, with his face painted.
A white Flyers fan and a black Flyers fan. With those descriptions, we’ll find ‘em in no time.
Bobbi and Garry Adair of Montgomeryville were on a down elevator last Sunday at the Westin in Center City - he in a Phillies shirt, she in a Donovan McNabb Eagles jersey - when the door opened.
In stepped Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (left) and her security guys. Palin wore a New York Rangers sweater with “Palin 08″ on the back.
Bobbi Adair greeted the veep candidate and asked what she was up to.
Going for a run, Palin replied.
“Not in that shirt you’re not,” Adair says she told her.
Which explains why Palin jogged in a green No. 5 jersey, topped by a pink cap. News anchors later praised her sartorial sense.
I can’t believe the Adairs. Could you imagine how funny it would be if Sarah Palin ran around Philadelphia for a photo op with a New York Rangers jersey on? It’d be front page news for weeks. And the team the Flyers play opening night? Of course: The New York Rangers.
Will Bunch is predictably hilariously upset about all of this: “Flyers fans should be outraged — even conservative ones, because this misuse of a hockey game for his political agenda is flat out wrong.” That’ll be five minutes for misuse of a hockey game.
Let the “Hockey Mom” puns begin. Sarah Palin is dropping the puck at the Flyers opener. I assume that Sarah Palin, being a true blue fan of the game and an aw-shucks folksy Alaskan, is not doing any sort of “ceremonial” nonsense; she is probably refereeing the contest as well.
Comcast Spectacor’s press release says otherwise; they must just be pulling our chain. An excerpt:
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the nation’s most popular hockey mom, will join the winner of the Philadelphia Flyers regional search for the “Ultimate Hockey Mom” contest and drop the puck at the ceremonial opening face-off as the home team Flyers host the New York Rangers at the Wachovia Center on Saturday, October 11 at 7 p.m.
“Because of the tremendous amount of publicity she has brought to our sport, we invited the most popular hockey mom in North America to our home opener to help us get our season started,” said Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider who founded the Flyers in 1967. “We are very excited she has accepted our offer and we are very proud of the publicity she is generating for hockey moms and the sport of hockey.”
See, they’re bringing out a regular hockey mom along with Palin so you can’t boo her. (This is like when Pat Croce introduced Sugar Ray before Game 5 of the 2001 NBA Finals.) Also, why only a regional search for the Ultimate Hockey Mom? Pretty soon John McCain’s going to suspend his campaign to say we should only vote in Alaska.
It’s a good thing Palin finally got some publicity for the sport of hockey, though.
I’ll be honest here. I had no idea any of these people were actually still alive.
Kate Hudson’s wasted no time in finding new companionship… the actress and Lance Armstrong just ended their relationship. [...] Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that Hudson is once again seeing an ex-boyfriend of hers, a fella by the name of Eric Lindros.
Ahh, yes, former Flyers center Eric Lindros! One can only imagine this relationship will break up after a particularly rough night of sex sends Lindros to the hospital with a concussion.
Who even knew Columbus had a team? Who even knew that on Friday afternoons I’d have to resort to hacky jokes like the previous sentence? (Okay, we all knew that one.) The story (cleverly headlined “Umberger?”) notes that ol’ Archie went to Ohio State and that the Flyers re-upped Jeff Carter for three years and $15 mil.
If you’ve watched sports in Philadelphia for any amount of time, you might be familiar with the BMW ads from a dealership called West German. In short: They make buying a BMW from the dealership akin to achieving Nirvana.
We finally caught the famed/hated remix with the Flyers’ Mike Richards remix the other night, and… I must say, this is simply the most convincing testimonial ever. Now switch to Camera 2 one more time.
Uh, so that was interesting. After Jayson Werth tied a Phillies record for 8 RBI on Friday night, Philadelphia’s sports franchises shut down on Saturday and Sunday.
The Phillies lost yesterday after a long rain delay, but it was Saturday night’s game that they lost in true Philly fashion: Ex-Phillies catcher Rod Barajas hit two home runs, including a grand slam, to push the Blue Jays past the Phillies, 6-4.
And, on Game 5 on Sunday, the Flyers were eliminated in a rout. The Penguins won, 6-0, which at least wasn’t as bad as the 8-0 elimination the Flyers suffered a few years back against Buffalo on May 5 (the “Stinko de Flyo” game).
With the Flyers out, it’s all Phillies for a few more months. Let’s hope they don’t run into any horrid former teammates again. Tonight, they have a horrid current teammate on the mound, as Brett Myers and his 5.91 ERA goes against the Washington Nationals.
Then the son asks everyone in the Cathedral to sign the “Let’s go Flyers, let’s go.” Fight song. And again, rather than appreciate the sentiment, my immediate reaction was, “He just jinxed the Flyers.”
Yes, that’s right: Clark DeLeon is blaming the dead cop’s son for the Flyers’ loss. “Geeze, couldn’t that kid think of anyone but himself once in a while?” I assume he was thinking. A poster at Domelights — clearly a liberal hippie communist college student — advocates tossing all the copies of Metro in the trash, which you may know is against the law.
Not everyone is as lucky as the bankers and automakers; not all of us can just go to Congress and ask it to print up some free money. And, so, yet another consequence of the poor economy: 
