by Minter Dial | Oct 9, 2008 | Politics, Sports
I am a disgruntled Philadelphia Flyers fan this morning when I discovered that Ed Snider, the Flyers’ owner, has chosen to have GOP Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin drop the opening puck at the season opener. Granted she is a hockey mom. However…...
by Minter Dial | May 16, 2008 | Sports
Feeling penned in, Philadelphia Flies the Coop to live another day…winning Conference Final Game 4 by 4-2 The Philadelphia Flyers have had a great 2008 season when all is said and done and, regardless of the outcome of game 5 in Pittsburgh (the chances of a...
by Minter Dial | May 4, 2008 | Sports
Well, it’s time I fessed up. Our Philadelphia Flyers bullied the Montreal Canadiens 6-4 (in Montreal) in Game 5, enough to win a convincing Conference Semi-Final playoff by 4 games to 1. My prediction had been for a Habs victory in 6 or less games. Got that...
by Minter Dial | Apr 24, 2008 | Sports
As is frequently the case, in the big games, it is all about creating your ‘luck’. But in sports fan-dom (sitting in your canapé or reading BBC.co.uk, etc), you win some and you lose fun (oops, I meant ‘some’). The Reds of Liverpool (my team in...
by Minter Dial | Feb 24, 2008 | Leadership, Sports
Well, Philly fans, here we are in the midst of another stinging Philadelphia Flyers’ losing streak. The Philadelphia Flyers are now winless in a franchise-tying 10 games in a row, have lost the services of LW Simon Gagne (“A”) for the season and now...