Putdowns by numbers/The Red Line
Everyone’s a critic these days, and it appears the only job most members of the general public seem to think they can do better than that of a sportswriter is that of a referee. Back when I was a little brat, I had the occasional choice word for the officials of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association, I admit it. Then again, watching Jay Leno show messed-up headlines for comedy purposes was funny back then too. Now, I know that for every botched headline, there’s one (or more) mortified editors, and for every hockey game, there are human beings with names and day jobs under those referee’s stripes. But when I screw up, you’ve got a phone number and an e-mail to send your creatively worded hate. The officials of the WCHA have been getting it a lot easier this year. You see, the league has pulled the last names off officials’ jerseys this year, which has turned that time-honored tradition of giving the referee grief into a sort of taunt-by-numbers.
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Despite gaining only a split in their series with St. Cloud State this past weekend, Michigan Tech played as well as it had all season in the two-game series.
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In the past, we have espoused the belief that the NFL is a quarterback-driven league and at the midpoint of the season we can clearly see the difference between the teams with quality quarterbacks and the teams who are desperately searching for a...
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My first memory of the 2009 prep football regular season is trying to take the Lake Linden-Hubbell team picture on a drizzly Thursday afternoon in August.
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Despite dropping both games to Colorado College this past weekend, there were some positives for Michigan Tech.
The Huskies played well during even-strength situations.
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