by TheSportsBrat™ | May 22, 2014 | Sports Sundries, The Brat Vault
The 43-year-old Teemu Selanne had a cute way of announcing he was coming back for one more season last summer. He put out a video. In the video he’s playing golf, badly. He mumbles to himself in his native Finnish as he screws up again and again. Finally in a...
by TheSportsBrat™ | May 9, 2014 | Sports Sundries, The Brat Vault
It’s spring – must be time for winter sport playoffs. Right now, several basketball teams and hockey teams are in a fight for their respective championships. If you’re a fan, you’re already well aware of that. In fact, you may have even shed a...
by TheSportsBrat™ | Apr 28, 2014 | Sports Sundries, The Brat Vault
So, you should have it figured out by now how the NHL and NBA playoffs work. They’re both best-of-seven series between 16 teams and… well, there’s a tutorial for both the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs and the NBA Championship Playoffs. There has already been...
by TheSportsBrat™ | Jan 1, 2014 | Sports Sundries, The Brat Vault
New Year’s is a time for new starts, or it feels like it should be anyway. How about when you’re a rookie? You’re playing in the fabled “big leagues” for the first time. It may feel like all eyes are on you – and quite often they are. But...
by TheSportsBrat™ | Nov 20, 2013 | Sports Sundries, The Brat Vault
Say, what’s behind that mask? Have you ever seen a hockey goalie in action? I mean, really working it on ice, stopping the puck. They drop to their knees then hop back up again. They snatch the puck out of the air with that big lobster-glove they wear. They bat...