Blittner’s Blue Line: FINALLY, Team USA Wins Gold And The Islanders Get Their Man

Hockeyology

by Matthew Blittner - May 27, 2025May 27, 20250

“USA! USA! USA!” How apropos that on Memorial Day Weekend, Team USA ended its 92-year drought to win Gold at the IIHF Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship. Tage Thompson of the Buffalo Sabres, scored the overtime “Golden Goal” to give The USA its first championship at the event since 1933. And

Mets Need to Pick Up Their Play

Baseballology

by Russ_Cohen - May 23, 2025May 23, 20250

People kept telling me not to worry about the Mets. They were and will continue to be fine. They’re a good team with some flaws that have come up and that’s one of the reasons the Philadelphia Phillies were able to catch them. If you’re just waking up, the Mets

John Rhys-Davies Questions Some Uses of Artificial Intelligence

Entertainment

by Russ_Cohen - May 20, 2025May 20, 20250

Artificial intelligence will have some great uses to serve mankind. It will also have some that will take from mankind. I had two books stolen from me among millions of books. For the historic information is my guess. How does AI get smarter? Have you ever asked yourself that question? Enter

Blittner’s Blue Line: Heartwrenching Moment And Third Round Preview

Hockeyology

by Matthew Blittner - May 20, 2025May 20, 20250

“That one’s for Dad!” Across the various broadcasts of Game Six, throughout the American Airlines Center and around the hockey world, that’s what everyone was thinking when Mark Scheifele scored the opening goal mere hours after his father, Brad Scheifele, unexpectedly passed away. Mark’s goal 5:28 into the second period gave

Claudia Wells is a Part of the Back to the Future Reunion at Fan Expo Philly

Entertainment

by Russ Cohen - May 15, 2025May 15, 20250

There is a “Back to the Future” Reunion at Fan Expo Philly. That should be amazing, and you can find out more about it here. Getting back to Claudia. She’s delightful. She’s an animal lover and an entrepreneur as well as an actress. I found out she was in “Herbie the

Catching Up with Soccer Goalkeeper Maarten Paes

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by Russ Cohen - May 15, 2025May 15, 20250

Maarten Paes is a talented netminder who plays for FC Dallas and for the Indonesian National Team. He has a busy lifestyle, and he took the time to answer some burning questions Russ: What's it like to be a goalie? I cover hockey and I know what hockey goalies are

Blittner’s Blue Line: Don’t Touch The Officials

Hockeyology

by Matthew Blittner - May 13, 2025May 13, 20250

Under no circumstances should an NHL player EVER make physical contact with an on-ice official during the course of a game. About the only exception to this rule is after a game ends if a player wants to shake hands with the officials to say, “thank you.” Otherwise, it’s hands

Roku Baseball Was Acceptable

Baseballology

by Russ_Cohen - May 11, 2025May 11, 20250

I wanted to see how Roku Sunday Baseball was going to do, and it was acceptable but not as good as a New York Mets broadcast. This broadcast was easy to matchup to a Mets broadcast and right out of the gate the sound was a bid muddled. It seemed

Blittner’s Blue Line: Coming Together For A Cause, Plus Draft Lottery And More

Hockeyology

by Matthew Blittner - May 6, 2025May 6, 20250

“Come Together, right now” – The Beatles, Come Together, Abbey Road, 1969. For all the talk that hockey is a fierce, unrelenting sport with warrior types everywhere, it is also a community that comes together when one of its own needs them the most. Last year, NHL.com’s Brian Compton – one of

Mets Starters Going Six or More Innings is the Key

Baseballology

by Russ_Cohen - May 3, 2025May 3, 20250

When Clay Holmes went six innings. He was one of the few Mets starters to do it this year and that was nice to see. So far, Holmes is making a smooth transition but it’s early in the season and there will always be ups and downs. Kodai Senga pitched into