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THE VENT is a forum for rants, raves, pleas and laments from hockey fans across the world about the NHL lockout. It runs every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. If you've got a take on the lockout and need to let it out, email us at�puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com, Subject: The Vent.

Ryan from Toronto proposes a one-for-one approach to protest:
I think I fall into the category of what you might call a "hardcore fan." I started skating at 3, playing hockey at 5 and I'm still going strong in my beer league at age 37. I have been a Toronto Maple Leafs fan since I was a kid (does it get more hardcore (stupid) than that?) and have diligently bought the merch, gone to games, ordered Leafs TV and spread all kinds of word-of-mouth marketing about this great game.
Now, if I had a buddy who was devoted to his lover and in return he was shown zero respect, do you know what I would tell him? I would look him straight in the eyes and say that she doesn't deserve him, that he can do better, and that he should get his jacket because we're going to Jilly's.
I have decided that the NHL does not deserve me. They have shown me no respect despite the devotion shown to them for my entire life.
My promise is this: for every day that this strike exists, I will boycott the same amount of games once hockey resumes. It looks like the season is just about over for me.
Meanwhile, Andy T's kidney has apparently been acting as a metaphor for the NHL since 2004. My guess is he'd prefer if it just kept working. How bizarre:
My story as it pertains to these last two NHL lockouts is fairly unique. My relationship with hockey is now much more love/hate than I would care for it to be. Around the time the last lockout began, I was 19 years old, and suddenly out of the blue, I developed kidney disease and my life changed forever. I always joked that it was the lack of NHL hockey that struck me down so fiercely with illness. Lending some support to this idea is the fact that I was in the hospital recovering from a kidney transplant operation when the last lockout was settled. As a Carolina Hurricanes fan, I often joked that part of my reward for a tough draw when it came to my health was the team winning the cup in 2006, the first season after my transplant.
In that same year, 2006, it was actually because of hockey that I met the woman that would become my future wife (Nicole H from a previous rant). In what is surely someday to become one of the greatest love stories ever told (or not), we met in a hockey chat room. NHL hockey was the first and greatest thing we had in common, and it ultimately gave me the best thing that ever happened to me. We even had a hockey themed wedding with everything from hockey stick bouquet, to hockey wedding cakes, to personalized shirts with our last names used as guest books to sign, to a color scheme that borrowed colors from both of our favorite teams, the Canes and the Caps.
So from that point on, things have been pretty rosy. We finally got married in November of 2011. We took an abbreviated honeymoon trip to New York, which mostly revolved around us attending a Capitals game on Long Island, and a pilgrimage to the NHL store in NYC. In March of 2012, we took our full honeymoon, to Canada, this time based around following the Canes to Toronto and Ottawa, and also catching a Habs game at the end of the trip.
Then came this summer. As the doom and gloom of the lockout approached, my health began to take a turn for the worse again. I spent the vast majority of the summer in and out of the hospital, and shortly before this lockout began, my transplanted kidney failed. So here I have found myself again, without hockey during a very difficult time in my life. Three days a week I have dialysis, as I did eight years ago, which isn't the most pleasant of experiences. Those are three days that I dread. And I really wish that I could have hockey back so that I could have three to four nights a week that I could look forward to. Three or four nights that just help me forget the bad things for a while. And I know from reading many of the vents that I'm not the only one that wishes they had their escape from whatever troubles them in life in the game of hockey.
I still love hockey, and I will come back to the NHL. But some days I do wonder why when the game I love so much hasn't been there for me during some of the times that I've needed and wanted it most. It is somewhat telling that when I see friends and loved ones that I seemingly hear more questions about how I'm handling the NHL lockout rather than how I'm handling my wait for the next transplant and my health issues. I'm hopelessly addicted to the NHL, and I hope it comes back soon. At this point, with no living donor found yet this time, and a long wait on the transplant list if I don't find one, I'm hoping that my timeline finally becomes unlinked with NHL lockouts and that hockey begins sooner than I find a kidney. And if it does, it will go a long way to healing my relationship with the NHL, and helping me heal as my journey to another kidney continues.
And finally, Eric O'Connell has two points to make. First, he's the fan the league wants most and they're losing him. Second, at this point, making concessions wouldn't be viewed as weakness. It would be viewed as strength of character, since it would show you care for the fans:
I may be different from a lot of other fans. I wasn't brought up loving hockey from the time I was born. I've only ever played street hockey with my friends and I can barely skate. But my brother loves this game. During the 07 finals he was watching the Ducks play so I sat down to watch with him. I was impressed but it still didn't make a big impression on me. The next year however, I went to a Rangers vs. Bruins game. I was blown away. The power of the hits, the athleticism of the goalies, the sounds of the puck on sticks, the passion of the players. It was mesmerizing. It instantly became my favorite sport to watch in person. Even though the Rangers lost 3-2 in a shootout, I was hooked.
I've watched almost all of their games in the seasons since then. In the off seasons I devour books and articles about hockey history and strategy in order to gain more knowledge. You see, I'm a college student now and I one day hope to be either a sports broadcaster or writer.
Bottom line: I want to be involved in the sports industry.
This summer I was offered an internship to blog about the Rangers. I was ecstatic. A team that had come off its best season in almost twenty years and I would be writing to a dedicated and growing fan base. I knew the labor strike was coming but I figured "No way they blow up all the momentum they've gained and lockout again."
Well, here we are. I'm sick of it. I thought I'd be able to hone my skill which would help me down the road in a very competitive field, while still watching the Rangers this season. Instead I'm stuck until the lockout ends.
And you know what's so stupid? I'm exactly the fan the league wants. I wasn't raised on this game, I became seduced. I've bought a bunch of jerseys, I've watched every Winter Classic/Heritage Classic, all the playoffs. I even have tried to somewhat successful results to get my friends to get into the sport. Now I tell them to not bother. The league and players don't care about us. I'm not going to spend my hard hard earned dollars on their merchandise and I won't defend it to my friends anymore The league and players want the money. That's it.
I guess I'll stick to the NFL and MLB. Football was smart enough to realize locking out the players and missing games was a no-can-do. Wouldn't it be great if Roger Goodell and David Stern called Bettman and told him he would be a (bigger) moron for locking out again? For all his faults, Goodell doesn't come across as an owners' "Yes Man". He looks like a molder of consensus. Bettman is a yes man.
I also have one other point grinding my gears: If the owners or the players gave another small to moderate concession I wouldn't say "Wow what a weakling, they caved." I'd stand and shout "THANK YOU FOR SHOWING YOU CARE ABOUT THE GAME AND THE FANS IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK!! "
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In Amar'e Stoudemire's defense, he has never gone on record as refusing to give up his spot as starting power forward on the New York Knicks. It was coach Mike Woodson that seemed intractable to that end, calling Amar'e his starter before the season in spite of Carmelo Anthony's fine work at the position last year, only backing down when Stoudemire's arthroscopic knee surgery forced him to take to the sidelines. And, in Stoudemire's defense, he's worked his tail off to overcome what was an embarrassing second season as member of the Knicks last year ? missing 19 games, injuring his hand after punching a fire extinguisher, making fewer than half his shots for the first time since he wasn't of legal drinking age.
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Now, as Stoudemire readies himself for what he hopes is a mid-December return to action, the talented but personally frustrated forward/center is watching as sources around him throw out bits and pieces of info that are sure to warm the hearts of Knick fans frustrated with his injury-plagued play over the last 12 months. Apparently, Amar'e wouldn't mind it at all if the Knicks chose to bring him off the bench once he's healthy enough to play. ESPN New York's Ian Begley takes it from here:
"All he cares about right now is helping the team and winning," said one source, who has been around Stoudemire regularly in recent weeks. "He'd be fine with coming off the bench if that's what they want."

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"He just wants to win," the source says. "He sees how well they're playing and just wants to help. He'll be fine with whatever they want to do."
We're just fine with that. As fans from afar, it would be nice to see the 10-4 Knicks carry on their winning ways, especially with so many good things coming out of a frontcourt that features Anthony and center Tyson Chandler doing the dirty work.
Of course, the Knicks and Stoudemire have $64 million reasons to be sheepish about turning Stoudemire into a sixth man scorer off of the sidelines. That's how much the team owes their one-time franchise player between now and 2015, the contract is completely uninsured even if Stoudemire has to walk away from the game due to knee troubles, and the embarrassment for Amar'e, coach Woodson, and the front office might be too much to keep him out of the starting lineup.
Embarrassment and stubbornness that, unfortunately, has proven to get in the way of New York's winning ways in the past.
Before the season started, we held out some hope that a full training camp and improved Stoudemire could find a way to work in the same frontcourt as Anthony and Chandler, and though Stoudemire hasn't gotten a chance to sway or squash those hopes so far this year, the team's remarkable play with him out of the lineup this season and during parts of 2011-12 is just too much evidence to overcome. Amar'e might be back with new moves, a more refined Hakeem Olajuwon-styled post game, and healthier knees later this year; but at this point it just doesn't matter.
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The current lineup is working. The current lineup is 10-4, even with Jason Kidd missing some time and Rasheed Wallace hitting fewer than 39 percent of his shots. The current lineup ? Kidd when healthy, Raymond Felton when eating properly, Ronnie Brewer when not breaking things, Carmelo Anthony when never at small forward again please, Tyson Chandler when awesome ? has to stick. New York has been too good to mess with it.
And, at this point, Stoudemire is a center. It's what happens when you slow down.
At center last season, even in the midst of myriad health and chemistry setbacks, Stoudemire flourished offensively at the pivot position. His team kind of blew chunks defensively, but these are things you can work with while Amar'e works things as a go-to pivot player off the pine. In my ideal world, Stoudemire would be taking shots away from Wallace as Rasheed fires eight and a half three-pointers for every 36 minutes he plays (!) while only shooting only 31.3 percent from behind the arc. But Rasheed has significant value, so far at least, as a defender off the bench. Lineups featuring him play expertly on that end. And with his spacing ? at least what Rasheed thinks is his spacing ? in place, perhaps he and Stoudemire can find something together as bash brothers off the bench.
That's the hope, which is all we really have for Amar'e these days. It isn't as if he has let down the Knicks, they signed him to that contract knowing full well that there is no precedent for big men playing through microfracture surgery into their 30s and half a decade (at the time of Stoudemire's first game as a Knick) following the procedure. Stoudemire's worked to the best of his ability, and between his awful defensive instincts, dodgy knees and lineup frustrations, it isn't working.
Time for something new. Stoudemire ? or, at least, two sources close to him ? apparently agrees.
Here's hoping his coaching staff does as well.
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If there's one thing that I think we can all agree on, it's that life has been a little too smooth for Andrew Bynum lately.
From the totally uneventful start to his first training camp with the Philadelphia 76ers and news that he definitely wouldn't need another preseason injection in his right knee to his on-time return for the start of the regular season, ability to do more than low-impact work on an anti-gravity treadmill, avoidance of any insane bowling-alley injuries and steering clear of totally open-ended indefinite shelvings, it's been smooth sailing for the 7-footer ever since he was traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to the 76ers as part of the four-team blockbuster that sent Dwight Howard to Hollywood and Andre Iguodala to the Denver Nuggets. Just one look at the 25-year-old big man makes it clear that everything is going great, thank you very much.
Given how copacetic everything's been for Bynum these past few months, then, maybe it's a good thing that he now finds himself embroiled in a testy legal row with his former next-door neighbors that's appears best described by Janine White of the Philly Post as "a battle of 'he said "you threw pennies at my Ferrari and chipped the paint,"/they said "we don't like your weed smoke drifting from next door."'" A little adversity, at long last, might be just the ticket for good ol' Andrew. Keep him from getting complacent, you know?
News of the courtroom drama came to us first, as all good things do, from TMZ:
Bynum [...] claims that ever since he moved into his fancy home in Westchester, Calif., more than seven years ago, he's been constantly harassed by his neighbors, Ramond and Cindy Beckett.
According to his lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Bynum says ... the Becketts have objected to his "profession, his race, his friends, his cars and his taste in music."

Bynum filed his suit against the Becketts on June 1, according to USA TODAY Sports' Rachel Shuster. The couple countersued about six weeks later, on July 11, calling Bynum "a great basketball player and a terrible neighbor" who, during the course of their time living next to one another, acted more like a rock star perpetually trashing his hotel room than a homeowner interested in being part of his community.
The list of Bynum's alleged offenses, according to the Becketts' filing:
? "Blasting loud, profane, and disrespectful music and video games at window-shaking volumes"
? "Letting his dogs run loose through the neighborhood"
? "Apparently engaging in illegal drug use and permitting marijuana smoke to drift into the Becketts' backyard"
? "Constructing a fence on his property which is not in compliance with the community codes and regulations" (NOTE: truly the most evil and insidious of suburban crimes)
? "Conspicuously brandishing firearms in an attempt to threaten and intimidate the Becketts in retaliation for their legitimate complaints"
? "And, perhaps most seriously, by recklessly racing his luxury cars through the neighborhood at dangerous speeds where children or others could be injured or killed."
Bynum, for his part, has flatly denied the Becketts' charges, and claimed in his court filing that the couple had a penchant for "throwing coins at his Ferrari (which chipped the paint), screaming at him about his music, and even banging the side of his house with 'a long stick.'" Not quite as serious as allegedly flashing weapons and street racing, but still less than ideal behavior. (Especially if the stick was sharpened.)
While the legal-filing back-and-forth seems uniquely suited to someone whose present status seems as chaotic as Bynum's does, and these are serious allegations, they are, of course, merely allegations. The "playing my stereo really loud" would seem to track with some of the bratty/petulant behavior Bynum displayed during his years as a Laker, and the speeding/street-racing charges don't seem especially outlandish given Bynum's past vehicular transgressions. The big-font headline stuff ? the guns, the drugs ? we'll hold off on lending too much credence in the absence of more information; tales have a tendency to grow taller in the telling, after all.
If there turns out to be some legitimate backing to the claims, though, their revelation would seem to be the absolute last thing that Bynum would need as he works to rehabilitate both his knees and his image in the interest of trying to procure a max-level contract when he hits free agency this summer. "Oh, your body can't handle anything beyond a special treadmill AND you flash guns at neighbors? Here's as much money as we can possibly give you, for as long as we can do so. Please accept it with our compliments."
(Who am I kidding? These are NBA owners we're talking about. Of course that would happen.)
All we really know right now is that Bynum can't practice, he can't play and these days he can't seem to keep any and all public discussion of his behavior and attitude from skewing negative. This certainly won't help matters much there, irrespective of how the Bynum/Becketts court case is eventually resolved. In the meantime, the 76ers continue to live life without their expected centerpiece, plugging to a 9-6 record (just 1 1/2 games behind the Atlantic Division-leading Brooklyn Nets and second-place New York Knicks) behind the sterling play of point guard Jrue Holiday (18.5 points on 46/40/80 shooting splits and 9.1 assists per game) and a defense that allows the league's eighth-fewest points per 100 possessions, according to NBA.com's stat tool. Without Bynum, their 23rd-ranked offense seems unlikely to improve significantly and they seem ill-equipped to score enough to rise beyond the lower tier of the Eastern Conference playoff picture; then again, with Bynum seeming for all the world like the NBA's poster child for bad-karma magnetics, maybe Philly would be better served just letting him take the next few plays off.
One positive element to this story: The Becketts recently sold their Westchester home, according to TMZ's report, so their time as Bynum's neighbors has come to an end. This is probably for the best; regardless of which side's allegations are true (or if any of it is at all), this seems like a relationship that had gone past the point of reconciliation. It's like the old saying goes: Not even good fences can make good neighbors if the fences are not in compliance with community codes and regulations.
Hat-tip to Sportando.net.
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On Sunday, we'll have a full bowl lineup to peruse.
Notre Dame will have a partner in the BCS Championship Game. We'll see if Kent State (or Boise State, or Northern Illinois) officially finishes in the top 16 of the BCS standings and gets a coveted spot in a BCS game. Everyone will be able to make travel plans and study their team's bowl opponent.
Until then, we have the last bowl projections. And the most interesting case with the bowl projections is Georgia Tech.
The Yellow Jackets are 6-6 and can remove any drama by beating Florida State in the ACC Championship Game and getting the league's automatic BCS berth, but that's not the most likely outcome. Georgia Tech is a two-touchdown underdog and has already prepared in case it loses, filing a waiver to the NCAA to get a bowl-eligibility waiver if it finishes 6-7. Somebody will be very upset at the final outcome of that decision.
Right now, we have 71 teams projected to be eligible for 70 spots (sorry to Central Michigan, which was the odd team out at 6-6). That includes a projection that 5-6 Pitt wins at South Florida on Saturday and becomes eligible, while 5-6 UConn loses to Cincinnati and stays home. The bowl bubble teams will be watching the Big East closely this weekend.
Those bubble teams will also be very interested in Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets' case for the waiver makes sense: The only reason they are playing in the ACC title game is that Miami and North Carolina are ineligible. Miami declared last week that it wouldn't accept a bid to the conference championship game if it earned one, as it prepares for NCAA sanctions. Without the ACC title game, Georgia Tech would be 6-6 and going to a bowl game. A 6-7 UCLA team was allowed in a bowl last year after it lost the Pac-12 Championship Game. Punishing the Yellow Jackets for being a replacement in a conference championship game doesn't seem quite right.
It also doesn't seem right that a bowl eligible team gets left out of the postseason for a 6-7 team that had plenty of chances to get a seventh win. And, it's probably safe to say that the team that gets dumped off the bowl bubble won't come from one of the major conferences. A team like Western Kentucky or maybe another MAC team might get left out. The college football system typically favors the larger teams from the larger conferences. Georgia Tech seems confident, as do representatives from the Music City Bowl, who are already assuming its bowl will have an ACC team (which would require Georgia Tech being eligible).
We have Georgia Tech out in our final projections. Although, the way college football works, it's probably unlikely the NCAA would show favor to a MAC or Sun Belt team over one from the ACC. We shall see.
There are already some teams that have officially accepted bids. Here's the list:
? Navy, Fight Hunger Bowl
? Air Force, Armed Forces Bowl
? SMU, Hawaii Bowl
? Louisiana-Lafayette, New Orleans Bowl
? San Diego State and BYU, Poinsettia Bowl
? Utah State, Potato Bowl
? Nevada, New Mexico Bowl
With those bids included, here are the final bowl projections before the bowl schedule is set. Asterisks are for replacement teams for conferences that couldn't fill their tie-ins:

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We realize we're getting into the sort of hard and fast Fan Dude rules that we absolutely abhor. Live in Boston and want to root for the Lakers? Go ahead. Live in Los Angeles and can't stomach the ownership for either team ? pick away, you've got 28 other NBA teams to choose from. Feel like ignoring your favorite team's Super Bowl chances because you loathe the team's starting quarterback, go ahead Kelly my friend. It's sports, it's silly, have fun with it.
Maybe, though, don't take a picture of a player's jersey from your favorite team stuck in a toilet just to get some free tickets. That's wrinkling this old prospector's nose a bit, as he reads a follow-up story about Zack Krupp, the self-proclaimed Bulls fan who earned two tickets to Monday's crushing Chicago loss to the Milwaukee Bucks by tweeting a picture of his toilet-submerged Kirk Hinrich jersey to former Bulls forward and current Bucks reserve Drew Gooden.
Gooden asked for as much over Twitter, declaring that the "first person that can twit pic me a Chicago Bulls jersey in the toilet will get my tickets for tonight's game." Home teams in every arena are kind enough to supply each opposing player with a pair of seats for that night's contest, Gooden apparently doesn't have any friends left in Chicago, and Krupp really wanted to see the game, so down Kirk went.
I don't like it, but I don't have a huge problem with it either. What is my issue is Krupp's favorite part of the evening, and his defense:
The ex-Bull left 14th-row tickets along with a postgame pass that enabled Krupp to mingle with some of the Bucks players. The highlight of Krupp's night, though, was meeting Stacey King, "my favorite announcer."

Krupp admitted that he caught a lot of grief for throwing the Hinrich jersey in the toilet, but he tried to explain his position via this tweet: "I wasnt about 2 put my Rose or Jordan jersey in there. If I had a boozer jersey i woulda flushed."
Krupp stepped outside his school library Tuesday to tell us: "For the record, I am a Bulls fan, and I do not dislike Kirk Hinrich. I feel bad it had to be his jersey. Still, I got to see the Bulls and was there to support them."
Stacey King is his favorite announcer. I'm guessing the second-best part of the experience was when he got to hear "Gangham Style" for the 400th time in the last seven weeks.
I get it, I get it. I'm being a jerk. But he also reached out to one of the more loathed (professionally, because of his defensive miscues, not personally ? we actually really dig Drew Gooden as a dude) Bulls over the last decade while shoving the jersey of Chicago's starting point guard down a toilet while saying that he actually likes Stacey King and still calling himself "a Bulls fan."
Whew.
I am a Bulls fan, and one of the few remaining longtime Hinrich fans even though I am more than aware that he is amongst the most offensively challenged players in the NBA. Most readers here are aware of my loyalties, and are dismissing me currently -- as is their right.
But if some Milwaukee-area "Bucks fan" responded to a similar Twitpics = tickets challenge from Joakim Noah by submerging Gooden's jersey in the loo, I'd be just as "come on, guy" about the whole affair. And the defense that followed.
Just tell people you felt like havin' a goof, you're way into wading around with your arm submerged in a toilet, and that you probably wanted tickets from an athlete more than the undying respect of Chicago Bulls fandom.
And don't tell people you enjoy Stacey King's work. Yeesh.
(Just kidding ? love you, Stace. Now go ahead and roll it!)
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In the past weeks, Boston Celtics star point guard Rajon Rondo has been the topic of some controversy for his streak of double-digit assist games. In the eyes of some, Rondo has been changing his style of play to keep the streak going. For others, that's inconsequential given that players gun for milestones all the time. No matter the opinion, it's hard to watch Rondo these days without keeping the streak in mind.
On Wednesday night, Rondo ended the streak in ignominious fashion. With fewer than 30 seconds remaining in the first half of the Celtics' home game against the Brooklyn Nets, Kris Humphries fouled Kevin Garnett on a jumper, after which Garnett sold the contact and fell back into the first row of seats (and cameramen) along the baseline. Rondo, who was near the hoop, immediately grabbed and shoved Humphries. More players got involved, including the Nets' Gerald Wallace (who ran a fair distance to jump in, via Matt Moore), the Celtics' Brandon Bass, and a late-arriving Garnett.
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Rondo, Humphries, and Wallace were all ejected, and all three ? plus a few more of the participants ? can expect certain fines and possible suspensions in the next few days. Rondo finished with only three assists in 18 minutes, bringing his streak to an end at 37 games, which ties him at second all-time with John Stockton. Magic Johnson will continue to hold the record at 46 games. (Oh, and the Celtics lost 95-83.)
As Y!'s Marc Spears noted on Twitter, Rondo adores KG as if he were his big brother, so it's not terribly surprising that he'd stick up for his teammate. In the process, he also helped ensure that his team would lose and that a notable personal streak would end. I guess we learned that there's at least one thing Rondo considers more important than his personal stats.

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By Rya Backer Last week, to say the least, was a little crazy. As a producer here at MTV News, I was the very funny/talented/whipsmart Jim Cantiello's right-hand-lady. Together, we worked to pitch, execute, and create great content around all things VMAs as the week ramped up (and I helped pick out his suit). I [...]Mel Brooks Emeril Lagasse Nicole Richie Heidi Klum Mario Batali Eric Idle/ Mike Nichols Adriana Lima Ty Pennington Tom Cruise

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On Oct. 22, Detroit Red Wings 2010�first-round draft pick Riley Sheahan went out looking for something memorable to wear the following weekend. "Out searching for Halloween costumes," he tweeted. "No luck so far but hopefully we'll find something special."
Sheahan never followed up with what that special costume turned out to be and no photos surfaced (yet), but if the report from his Oct. 29 DUI arrest is any indication, it was a purple Teletubby outfit.
But it wasn't a television screen in Sheahan's belly. It was lots and lots of alcohol: Sheahan wasn't just drunk, but "super drunk," with a blood alcohol content of .30, nearly four times the legal limit and nearly double the super drunk threshold, which begins at .17.
That might explain why he was pulled over driving his 2012 Jeep Wrangler the wrong way, a move that might be even more conspicuous than being dressed like the most divisive of all the Teletubbies.
Yet another detail: police originally thought Sheahan was teammate Brendan Smith, another Red Wings draft pick, because that's whose ID he was carrying. The arrest report, via MLive:
"Riley had a Michigan driver's license in the license window in his wallet, which is what Officer Dyer used as his ID. Deputies found Riley's Canadian license in the wallet after it was turned in with his property and he kept telling them his name was Riley.
"Riley is only 20 and I asked him if he had Branden's (sic) ID so he could get in the bars. He shook his head yes and stated 'yea.'"
Smith is 23. Sheahan is 20. The drinking age in Michigan is 21.

And finally, to add insult to injury, Sheahan pulled this bone-headed move during a lockout, when it was almost guaranteed to be the biggest hockey news of the day.
Granted, the phrase "Teletubby costume" is guaranteed to get play even on a busy news day.
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... and considering he's getting housed in mid-air by a sweaty Al-Farouq Aminu, who's still in good position to get a decent shot off despite ostensibly Thesz pressing the Los Angeles Clippers guard, I really can't blame him. This is probably not one of Willie Green's career highlights. (Although, when you consider Willie Green's career, it might not be as far from the top as you'd think.)
Speaking of "think," what do you think is going through ol' Willie's head here? Best caption wins a nice, long, calming and cleansing bath to wash the New Orleans Hornets swingman clean off of you. Good luck.
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Crystal: "That was Bill Murray, man."
Crawford: "Sorry, bro. I meant 'Groundhog Day.'"
Crystal: "That was also Bill Murray."
Crawford: "Eeehr ... gotta go, man. Good luck with that 'Ghostbusters' reunion."
Runner-up, Azv321: "I mean, I really appreciate the offer to be in your movie, Mr. Crystal, but not only does the idea for 'Forget Paris 2: Back in the Habit' sound pretty terrible, the title doesn't even make sense. Maybe you should talk to Kareem again."
Second runner-up, ManBearPig: "Hey, don't tell anyone I said this, but I thought you and Gheorghe Muresan killed it in 'My Giant.'"
NOTE: We all thought that, Jamal. No reason to pretend otherwise.
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Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.

? The Grey Cup was on Sunday in Toronto and these fans just had to remind us all about the current hockey situation in the city. [Reuters]
? The Columbus Blue Jackets just can't catch a break, can they? Tuesday morning the team confirmed that Ryan Murray will have shoulder surgery next month and miss the rest of the season, meaning he'll also be gone from Team Canada's squad for the World Juniors. [Buzzing the Net]
? Aaron Portzline spoke with a disappointed Murray. [Columbus Dispatch]
? While it didn't work in 2004-05, why could mediation be the key this time around for the NHL and NHLPA? According to a source speaking to Pierre LeBrun, "Perhaps it can help focus the parties on the differences, perhaps things can be said to the mediator that cannot be said directly across the table." [ESPN]
? With the lockout dragging on, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is leaning closer and closer to making a decision to play in Europe. "I probably hadn't thought about it quite as much as I have the past few days."�[Post-Gazette]
? The Glendale City Council will vote Tuesday night on the proposed 20-year, $308 million revised lease agreement that will move along the process of Greg Jamison purchasing the team. [Phoenix Business Journal]
? Just how close was Shane Doan to signing with the the Philadelphia Flyers? So close that the team made up two different Flyers jerseys for the Coyotes captain (since No. 19 is taken by Scott Hartnell), as per his agent's Instagram account. [CSN Philly]

? Florida Panthers defenseman Erik Gudbranson participated in a skate with teammates on Tuesday for the first time since September. He had injured his shoulder wakeboarding. [Miami Herald]
? A few more charity games are coming up in the next few weeks. First, employees of Carhartt will take on some Detroit Red Wings alumni on Dec. 7 in their eighth annual game benefiting local residents with disabilities. The next day, Dec. 8, Steve Ott, Dan Cleary and Shawn Horcoff are hosting a game featuring a number of NHLers like James Neal, Keith Yandle and Brenden Morrow that will help local charities in Windsor, Ontario.
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? Kevin Allen gives you 10 hockey storylines in leagues that are actually playing right now. [USA Today]
? A look at past NHL drafts and where NCAA players have landed. [NHL Numbers]
? The ECHL's All-Star game jerseys will remind you a lot of the Colorado Rockies ... the baseball team. [Icethetics]
? A good recap of the Operation Hat Trick charity game from Saturday night. [The Hockey Writers]
? What are some benefits of there actually being a lockout? [Mile High Hockey]
? Finally, a Blackhawks fan takes to the streets of Chicago during Black Friday to lament the lockout. Also, Jesus loves hockey:

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We can't accurately say that Ryan Broyles made the most of his Week 12 opportunities, because ? by his own admission ? he "left some plays out there" in Detroit's overtime loss to Houston. However, the rookie still managed to haul in six balls for 126 yards on 12 targets, with this improvised, field-flipping 40-yard OT grab included. The kid can play a little.
There's a decent chance that Broyles has shown enough to vault Titus Young on the Lions' depth chart. Young, you'll recall, is so deep in the doghouse that he was benched against the Texans. Broyles should remain a useful fantasy asset in Week 13 and beyond, a key weapon in a high-volume passing game. (Detroit has averaged 45.5 pass attempts per game this season, easily the most in the league).
Broyles had a ridiculous collegiate career at Oklahoma, setting the all-time FBS reception record (349) despite missing the final four games of his senior season due to injury. The Lions thought so much of his talent that they drafted him in Round 2, even though he was just five months removed from ACL surgery. He was mostly a bystander in the early weeks of his first NFL campaign ? Broyles saw just one target in the Lions first five games ? but he's set up for a solid finish. Add as needed. Broyles is available in 78 percent of Yahoo! leagues.

* The Larry Fitzgerald tape was ghastly in Week 12, and it obviously wasn't Fitz's fault. He caught just three passes on 12 targets, doing all of his damage on the Cards' opening series. Whenever Ryan Lindley targeted Fitzgerald on deep or intermediate routes, bad things happened; three of the rookie's four interceptions occurred on passes intended for Fitz. Separating from coverage wasn't an issue for Fitzgerald, but Lindley's misreads and misfires were.
Things got so bad in the loss to St. Louis that when Fox gave us this image...

...I might have teared up just a little.
When you find yourself pining for Kevin Kolb, then ... well, yeah. You've arrived at a dark place. Kolb is still recovering from his disgusting injury (detached ribs), so the seven-day forecast calls for more Lindley.
* You won't see many receivers do less with 17 targets than Brandon Marshall did on Sunday (92 yards, no TDs), but he did manage to catch 12 balls vs. the Vikes. He's an almost impossible cover in post-up situations. Opposing corners have been lobbying for offensive PI flags on Marshall all year (not without cause), without success.
* DeSean Jackson is headed for IR after suffering multiple rib fractures on Monday night, so the Eagles will need to promote a few more kids from JV. In fantasy leagues of unusual size (16-plus), owners will need to consider names like Damaris Johnson and Riley Cooper. But c'mon, we're talking about an awful passing game. Let's hope you can avoid this mess entirely.
* Miles Austin (hip) and Kevin Ogletree (concussion) are hoping to practice on Wednesday in some capacity, which is good news for Dallas as the team prepares to face Philly's exceedingly friendly defense. Cole Beasley and Dwayne Harris combined for 20 targets on Thursday, as Tony Romo put the ball in the air an absurd 62 times.
* Note the double-digit target total for Jarius Wright, a fourth-round Minnesota rookie who filled in for Percy Harvin on Sunday. Harvin (ankle) is no lock to return for the Green Bay match-up in Week 13, so keep Wright in mind as a PPR Hail Mary. Despite appearing in just two games for the Vikings, Wright has already exceeded the year-to-date fantasy production of drop-prone Jerome Simpson, which is both remarkable and pathetic.
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Rory McIlroy's impending switch to Nike Golf isn't official just yet, but based on recent reports and the hints he dropped following his fifth win of the season at the DP World Tour Championship, it's safe to say he'll likely be playing clubs with a Swoosh on them next year.
Switching to a new set of sticks can be a daunting proposition, especially when you're the top-ranked player in the world and have been playing the same brand of clubs (Titleist) since you were 14. McIlroy would be crazy to turn down the money -- it's rumored to be upwards of $250 million over 10 years -- however, there's no question he's taking a big risk, especially after the dream season he just produced.
While some may see the switch as a risky decision, McIlroy's coach Michael Bannon believes his student is up to the task, telling the Guardian's Ewan Murray that the new equipment shouldn't be a problem whatsoever.
"He'll have no problems at all with new equipment," Bannon said. "If you look at the clubs he is going to change to, all the shafts are the same. He is also going from blade to blade, which is quite an easy thing to do.
"The ball is fine, he just has to practice a wee bit more with it and get used to the feel of it. He has to play a few rounds of golf as well, which he hasn't been able to do (with new equipment) yet.
"People overstate what the change could mean. It is something to talk about but I think this will be an easy transition for him. I don't see it being a problem at all."
Fair enough. But as Golf Digest pointed out in a recent feature on the costliest equipment switches, sometimes the move to new sticks doesn't pan out. �Will McIlroy join the list in a couple years? Probably not. The way he's playing at the moment, I think he could play with a some persimmon woods and an beat-up pink putt-putt ball and still win.
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We can't accurately say that Ryan Broyles made the most of his Week 12 opportunities, because ? by his own admission ? he "left some plays out there" in Detroit's overtime loss to Houston. However, the rookie still managed to haul in six balls for 126 yards on 12 targets, with this improvised, field-flipping 40-yard OT grab included. The kid can play a little.
There's a decent chance that Broyles has shown enough to vault Titus Young on the Lions' depth chart. Young, you'll recall, is so deep in the doghouse that he was benched against the Texans. Broyles should remain a useful fantasy asset in Week 13 and beyond, a key weapon in a high-volume passing game. (Detroit has averaged 45.5 pass attempts per game this season, easily the most in the league).
Broyles had a ridiculous collegiate career at Oklahoma, setting the all-time FBS reception record (349) despite missing the final four games of his senior season due to injury. The Lions thought so much of his talent that they drafted him in Round 2, even though he was just five months removed from ACL surgery. He was mostly a bystander in the early weeks of his first NFL campaign ? Broyles saw just one target in the Lions first five games ? but he's set up for a solid finish. Add as needed. Broyles is available in 78 percent of Yahoo! leagues.

* The Larry Fitzgerald tape was ghastly in Week 12, and it obviously wasn't Fitz's fault. He caught just three passes on 12 targets, doing all of his damage on the Cards' opening series. Whenever Ryan Lindley targeted Fitzgerald on deep or intermediate routes, bad things happened; three of the rookie's four interceptions occurred on passes intended for Fitz. Separating from coverage wasn't an issue for Fitzgerald, but Lindley's misreads and misfires were.
Things got so bad in the loss to St. Louis that when Fox gave us this image...

...I might have teared up just a little.
When you find yourself pining for Kevin Kolb, then ... well, yeah. You've arrived at a dark place. Kolb is still recovering from his disgusting injury (detached ribs), so the seven-day forecast calls for more Lindley.
* You won't see many receivers do less with 17 targets than Brandon Marshall did on Sunday (92 yards, no TDs), but he did manage to catch 12 balls vs. the Vikes. He's an almost impossible cover in post-up situations. Opposing corners have been lobbying for offensive PI flags on Marshall all year (not without cause), without success.
* DeSean Jackson is headed for IR after suffering multiple rib fractures on Monday night, so the Eagles will need to promote a few more kids from JV. In fantasy leagues of unusual size (16-plus), owners will need to consider names like Damaris Johnson and Riley Cooper. But c'mon, we're talking about an awful passing game. Let's hope you can avoid this mess entirely.
* Miles Austin (hip) and Kevin Ogletree (concussion) are hoping to practice on Wednesday in some capacity, which is good news for Dallas as the team prepares to face Philly's exceedingly friendly defense. Cole Beasley and Dwayne Harris combined for 20 targets on Thursday, as Tony Romo put the ball in the air an absurd 62 times.
* Note the double-digit target total for Jarius Wright, a fourth-round Minnesota rookie who filled in for Percy Harvin on Sunday. Harvin (ankle) is no lock to return for the Green Bay match-up in Week 13, so keep Wright in mind as a PPR Hail Mary. Despite appearing in just two games for the Vikings, Wright has already exceeded the year-to-date fantasy production of drop-prone Jerome Simpson, which is both remarkable and pathetic.
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