UCF's 2013 football schedule, its first in the Big Whatchamacallit Conference, to me is like buying me a shiny new sports car, telling me all about it, and then when you give it to me at the end of the week, you tell me I have to sit in the back seat and have you drive me around.
Does that suck? So does the football schedule.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>People have asked that I get more positive w/ my tweets so I am: I love walking on the beach at sunset (though the sand gets into my shoes).</p>— Norman Chad (@NormanChad) <a href="https://twitter.com/NormanChad/status/306448271696613377">February 26, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/srixongolf">srixongolf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23TourYellow">#TourYellow</a> stands out in Florida's Bermuda rough, esp. in the morning. But I play the Pure White too at times.</p>— Ken Jackson (@Phoulballs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Phoulballs/status/306453381675900928">February 26, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/srixongolf">srixongolf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23TourYellow">#TourYellow</a> stands out in Florida's Bermuda rough, esp. in the morning. But I play the Pure White too at times.</p>— Ken Jackson (@Phoulballs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Phoulballs/status/306453381675900928">February 26, 2013</a></blockquote>
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Saturday, February 2, 2013
Solar Bears, Olando honor town's last championship
The Orlando Solar Bears gave a nod to their lineage on Saturday by -- finally -- honoring the 2001 International Hockey League champions with a championship banner at the Amway Center.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Solar Bears honor Orlando's 2001 champions Saturday
The Orlando Solar Bears will close out the week on Saturday by hosting the Trenton Titans, but that's not why it's a big night for big fans of the team edition we've come to know as Solar Bears 1.0.
The team will -- finally -- unveil the Turner Cup championship banner, the spoils of winning the International Hockey League title on May 26, 2001. There was no ceremony back then because, thanks to the movement of several IHL teams to the American Hockey League following the season, and the demise of a handful of others, the IHL folded about 20 minutes after the ice was cleared that night. The Turner Cup will be in the building; fans
will have an opportunity to take pictures the Cup
on the concourse level (although reps from the Hockey Hall of Fame will be chaperoning it, kids, so don't do something stupid like pour your $7.50 Miller Lite in the top and try to have a swig).
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| Oh what a night ... May 26, 2001. |
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Solar Bears win twice in impressive home stand start
And now for a post that will mention neither Lance Armstrong nor Manti Te'O (damn, too late) ...
Who are you and what have you done to the Orlando Solar Bears?
The revived hockey club, essentially an ECHL expansion team, had just come off a six-game road trip that had gone badly -- 1-5, losers of the last four and the last three by the combined score of 18-5.
What's worse, some of the team's best talent had been summoned to Houston of the American Hockey League (Nick Petersen) or to St. Louis of the NHL (Ryan Reaves). Continuity was not on the side of Coach Drake Berehowsky and his staff, but on the bright side the schedule will be.
Thursday, a stretch of 21 home games in 33 dates started ... and boy did it ever.
Who are you and what have you done to the Orlando Solar Bears?
The revived hockey club, essentially an ECHL expansion team, had just come off a six-game road trip that had gone badly -- 1-5, losers of the last four and the last three by the combined score of 18-5.
What's worse, some of the team's best talent had been summoned to Houston of the American Hockey League (Nick Petersen) or to St. Louis of the NHL (Ryan Reaves). Continuity was not on the side of Coach Drake Berehowsky and his staff, but on the bright side the schedule will be.
Thursday, a stretch of 21 home games in 33 dates started ... and boy did it ever.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
I said MOVE ON.
Top 2 topics on ESPN and Yahoo! Sports this morning .... Manti Te'O and Lance Armstrong.
News because the gorillas of sports journalism said so. It's all garbage. So I urge everyone to avoid all headlines about these issues and just move on. MOVE ... ON.
(Hey, if you need something to do while waiting for tomorrow's AFC and NFC Championship games, the NHL season finally starts today!)
News because the gorillas of sports journalism said so. It's all garbage. So I urge everyone to avoid all headlines about these issues and just move on. MOVE ... ON.
(Hey, if you need something to do while waiting for tomorrow's AFC and NFC Championship games, the NHL season finally starts today!)
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Can good ever come from the chaos in State College?
Just when I thought that talk of the Penn State molestation scandal (notice my choice of words, this is not a "sex" scandal) would start to fade after Jerry Sandusky was convicted on 45 counts ... the noise has fired up all over again with the release of the Freeh Report.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Solar Bears name Drew Berehowsky head coach
Getting closer to Opening Night, people.
The Orlando Solar Bears have selected the coach who will lead the team onto the ice in less than four months, and he's Drake Berehowsky, who comes to the City Beautiful and the Amway Center after three years as an assistant coach with the AHL's Peoria Rivermen.
His hockey pedigree is without question. Berehowsky, 40, played 549 NHL games and 22 playoff games with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks and Phoenix Coyotes from 1990-2004. A tough and rugged defenseman, he accumulated 149 points (37 goals, 112 assists) and 848 penalty minutes.
While he has no head coaching experience, he has served as an assistant in Peoria and ) with the Barrie Colts and Brampton Battalion of the major junior level Ontario Hockey League. He is currently completing his Level 2 Coaching Certification from Hockey Canada
Berehowsky will oversee the Solar Bears hockey operations and will be responsible for coaching the team, recruiting players, working with the Minnesota Wild/Houston Aeros (Orlando's NHL/AHL affiliates), and supporting the Solar Bears youth hockey initiatives.
It's obvious he got the job because the Solar Bears' brass loves him. Here's some quotes from the team's press release this afternoon:
Managing Partner Jason Siegel: "Drake's positive energy and enthusiasm is infectious. We expect our team to take on his personality and drive. Our fans are really going to enjoy getting to know him."
Managing Partner Bob Ohrablo: "Drake possesses all of the traits we are looking for in our Head Coach. He was an aggressive, hard-nosed NHL defenseman with a long playing career, a successful assistant coach and a student of the game. Drake has certainly demonstrated a passion for winning."
Chairman Joe Haleski: "Throughout his playing career he was a feared opponent on the ice and a leader in the dressing room."
From the coach's own mouth: "I am proud to take the reigns in Orlando and look forward to building a winning organization. We will recruit players that possess the skill and heart to win on the ice and that want to be involved in the community off the ice. I want players that aspire to win the ECHL's Kelly Cup while in Orlando and the NHL's Stanley Cup in the future."
Berehowsky has five children ages 1 to 6 with his wife Lori.
Expect the team to open its training camp and hold free agent camps in late September, as the roster begins to come together. Opening Night is Oct. 13 in Fort Myers against the reigning Kelly Cup champion Florida Everblades. The 'Blades come to play in the Solar Bears' home opener at the Amway Center on Oct. 20.
The Orlando Solar Bears have selected the coach who will lead the team onto the ice in less than four months, and he's Drake Berehowsky, who comes to the City Beautiful and the Amway Center after three years as an assistant coach with the AHL's Peoria Rivermen.
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| New Solar Bears' Coach Drake Berehowsky |
His hockey pedigree is without question. Berehowsky, 40, played 549 NHL games and 22 playoff games with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Nashville Predators, Vancouver Canucks and Phoenix Coyotes from 1990-2004. A tough and rugged defenseman, he accumulated 149 points (37 goals, 112 assists) and 848 penalty minutes.
While he has no head coaching experience, he has served as an assistant in Peoria and ) with the Barrie Colts and Brampton Battalion of the major junior level Ontario Hockey League. He is currently completing his Level 2 Coaching Certification from Hockey Canada
Berehowsky will oversee the Solar Bears hockey operations and will be responsible for coaching the team, recruiting players, working with the Minnesota Wild/Houston Aeros (Orlando's NHL/AHL affiliates), and supporting the Solar Bears youth hockey initiatives.
It's obvious he got the job because the Solar Bears' brass loves him. Here's some quotes from the team's press release this afternoon:
Managing Partner Jason Siegel: "Drake's positive energy and enthusiasm is infectious. We expect our team to take on his personality and drive. Our fans are really going to enjoy getting to know him."
Managing Partner Bob Ohrablo: "Drake possesses all of the traits we are looking for in our Head Coach. He was an aggressive, hard-nosed NHL defenseman with a long playing career, a successful assistant coach and a student of the game. Drake has certainly demonstrated a passion for winning."
Chairman Joe Haleski: "Throughout his playing career he was a feared opponent on the ice and a leader in the dressing room."
From the coach's own mouth: "I am proud to take the reigns in Orlando and look forward to building a winning organization. We will recruit players that possess the skill and heart to win on the ice and that want to be involved in the community off the ice. I want players that aspire to win the ECHL's Kelly Cup while in Orlando and the NHL's Stanley Cup in the future."
Berehowsky has five children ages 1 to 6 with his wife Lori.
Expect the team to open its training camp and hold free agent camps in late September, as the roster begins to come together. Opening Night is Oct. 13 in Fort Myers against the reigning Kelly Cup champion Florida Everblades. The 'Blades come to play in the Solar Bears' home opener at the Amway Center on Oct. 20.
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