Wisconsin Men’s Hockey vs Lake Superior State from Jim Zellmer.
Sunday evening’s Badger Hockey Showdown championship between the Wisconsin Men’s hockey team and the Lake Superior State Lakers produced an interesting outcome: a shootout after an inconclusive overtime.
Category: Sports
Wisconsin Hockey vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers
A tough weekend series for Bucky; a Friday evening tie (2-2) and a Saturday 5-1 loss.
Wisconsin vs. Illinois: A Working Face in the Crowd
Photo Moment: Wisconsin vs. Penn State
Smiles could only be found on Penn State fans’ faces during Saturday evening’s 48-7 victory over Wisconsin at Camp Randall.
A fan was tasered nearby.
Yankee Stadium VR Scene
Thanks to Pete for emailing Vincent LaForet’s very nice scene, not that I’m a Yankee fan.
Beijing’s Ghost Town
About ten hours after the end of last night’s closing ceremony, I headed to the Olympic Green, completely unsure of what I’d find when I got there. I hadn’t heard much about when the Green will open to the ticketless public, or if it would stay open until the Paralympics — so I knew it would either be packed to the brim, or completely deserted. I arrived to find the latter.
When I approached the Olympic subway line, the streets packed with tourists and scalpers just yesterday were now empty, and only one of dozens of security checkpoints to access the subway was open — and there wasn’t even anyone in line. Unsure if my accreditation card would still be valid, I approached the checkpoint to find a guard waving me through. Two of the guards were even taking a nap — it was obvious that I was their first customer for quite some time.
The Diver’s View
A beautiful vr scene from the diving platform in Beijing, host of the 2008 Olympic Games.
Chicago White Sox vs the Cubs: Capturing the “Spirit of the Weekend”
Walking around Chicago this weekend, I observed no shortage of White Sox and Cubs paraphernalia (the two teams played one another at Wrigley Field). This couple certainly expressed the spirit of the weekend.
Ubiquitous Packer Paraphernalia
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This photo was snapped at an early morning swim meet this weekend.
All Roads Still Lead to Lombardi
All you need to know about Green Bay is that Lambeau Field is on Lombardi Avenue.
Even the numerals in the Packers’ address, 1265 Lombardi Avenue, are significant — 12 for the franchise’s record number of N.F.L. championships, 6 when Curly Lambeau was the coach, 5 when Vince Lombardi was the coach. The 1996 team won the other title in Super Bowl XXXI with Mike Holmgren as the coach (he later defected to Seattle) and Brett Favre at quarterback (he is still the face of the franchise). But Lambeau and Lombardi remain its cornerstones.
Lambeau, a star tailback at Green Bay East High School who left Notre Dame after a year, organized the original Packers team at a meeting in the dingy Press-Gazette newspaper offices in 1919 when a local meatpacking company put up $500 for uniforms and pro football was a small-town sport.
Lombardi, a New Yorker originally out of Sheepshead Bay, St. Francis Prep and Fordham before coaching at St. Cecilia’s in Englewood, N.J., at Army under Red Blaik and the Giants’ offense for five seasons (including the 1956 championship team), gilded Green Bay with a major league mystique.