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General Category => Hockey => Topic started by: ugarte on February 11, 2011, 10:19:26 AM

Title: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: ugarte on February 11, 2011, 10:19:26 AM
Hockey's 10 Most Distinctive Arenas (http://on.wsj.com/gBg8PW)
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: Chris 02 on February 11, 2011, 10:31:25 AM
At least the writer acknowledges,

Re: Michigan

"Never mind that they stole most of their cheers from Cornell,"
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: Josh '99 on February 11, 2011, 11:40:52 AM
Well hey, they got this right:
QuoteLEAST LIVELY: Princeton
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: ugarte on February 11, 2011, 11:50:06 AM
Quote from: Chris 02At least the writer acknowledges,

Re: Michigan

"Never mind that they stole most of their cheers from Cornell,"
Forget the writer: a team spokesman cops to it. And admits that all Michigan added was vulgarity.
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: css228 on February 11, 2011, 04:13:25 PM
Gotta say they blew it without even really mentioning Lynah
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: nyc94 on February 11, 2011, 04:25:03 PM
As bad as the diss on "30 Rock" last night?

Tracy considering various offers after apparently winning an Oscar:

"Cornell commencement address? Sorry, but Tracy Jordan doesn't do safety schools."
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: ugarte on February 12, 2011, 09:59:18 AM
Quote from: nyc94"Cornell commencement address? Sorry, but Tracy Jordan doesn't do safety schools."
I don't know how he's going to make it up to Fat Balls.
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: billhoward on February 12, 2011, 10:51:41 AM
Quote from: Josh '99Well hey, they got this right:
QuoteLEAST LIVELY: Princeton
The story said it was on account of the opponent being Sacred Heart. At Cornell games, I've seen Princeton fans drift in throughout the first period and first intermission. Hobey Baker Rink remains the ultimate prep school facility.

Cornell wuz robbed. RPI, too, on account of there being no category for weirdest building now a hockey rink.
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: marty on February 12, 2011, 12:54:27 PM
Quote from: billhoward
Quote from: Josh '99Well hey, they got this right:
QuoteLEAST LIVELY: Princeton
The story said it was on account of the opponent being Sacred Heart. At Cornell games, I've seen Princeton fans drift in throughout the first period and first intermission. Hobey Baker Rink remains the ultimate prep school facility.

Cornell wuz robbed. RPI, too, on account of there being no category for weirdest building now a hockey rink.

And for RPI, the building could have been an alternate location for some of the scenes in "Six Feet Under".  That should qualify for an 11th category.
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: RinkRatInExile on February 12, 2011, 06:12:43 PM
Quote from: billhoward
Quote from: Josh '99Well hey, they got this right:
QuoteLEAST LIVELY: Princeton
The story said it was on account of the opponent being Sacred Heart. At Cornell games, I've seen Princeton fans drift in throughout the first period and first intermission. Hobey Baker Rink remains the ultimate prep school facility.

Cornell wuz robbed. RPI, too, on account of there being no category for weirdest building now a hockey rink.

Whenever I went up to RPI, I kept thinking about how Ric Flair wrestled Terry Funk in an "I Quit" match there.
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: marty on February 12, 2011, 06:36:39 PM
Quote from: RinkRatInExile
Quote from: billhoward
Quote from: Josh '99Well hey, they got this right:
QuoteLEAST LIVELY: Princeton
The story said it was on account of the opponent being Sacred Heart. At Cornell games, I've seen Princeton fans drift in throughout the first period and first intermission. Hobey Baker Rink remains the ultimate prep school facility.

Cornell wuz robbed. RPI, too, on account of there being no category for weirdest building now a hockey rink.

Whenever I went up to RPI, I kept thinking about how Ric Flair wrestled Terry Funk in an "I Quit" match there.

The Doors and the Dave Clark Five played concerts there, too.  (Dave Clark five is not a hockey unit-DaveClarkFive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoRLIJJSG4o&feature=related))
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: hypotenuse on February 18, 2011, 06:37:50 PM
If you read the on line comments to the WSJ article, many of them mention the glaring omission of Lynah-- including a number that identify themselves as non-Cornellians.
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: Josh '99 on February 23, 2011, 03:51:04 PM
OH!  I forgot to mention that it should be noted, as a matter of obligation, that sports coverage in the WSJ sucks and anything in there should be taken with a grain of salt anyway.
Title: Re: TRAVESTY in the WSJ
Post by: Trotsky on February 23, 2011, 05:48:44 PM
Quote from: Josh '99OH!  I forgot to mention that it should be noted, as a matter of obligation, that sports coverage in the WSJ sucks and anything in there should be taken with a grain of salt anyway.
They used to have those really cool lithographs but IINM they "improved" them away.