In the second period of the Chicago Blackhawks’ Game 1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings, Niklas Kornwall breathed heavily near the Detroit goal and the sheer force of his lungs knocked Marian Hossa to the ice, drawing a tripping penalty. Or so it would appear:

Red Wings blogger George Malik called Hossa out for this one, and as you’ll see on the post, so did Detroit coach Mike Babcock.

But here’s another thought: Hossa did dive … after the puck. He wasn’t necessarily looking to embellish on this play, based on the replays. He was making a lunging stab at the puck with his stick.

Either way, it was a terrible call, although one that didn’t directly influence the 4-1 final score.

What’s been your opinion of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs officiating? I’d give it a C-plus thus far, with the acknowledgement that Game 6 between the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals – the Rangers, facing elimination, weren’t shorthanded once in the game – smells the fishiest.

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You probably went on a couple cool field trips in grade school, maybe to the zoo or an art museum.

Perhaps you had a field trip as great as the kids pictured above did, but it's doubtful.

LSU senior associate athletic director for external affairs (hopefully the kids didn't have to memorize his job title) Herb Vincent tweeted out some pictures of a first grade class having a field trip at Tiger Stadium.

The picture above of the kids running through the tunnel is about as good as it gets.

Memories of a lifetime for 1st graders: running out the chute in Death Valley @lsufootball twitter.com/LSUherbvin/sta…

— Herb Vincent (@LSUherbvin) May 15, 2013

This certainly was a stroke of genius for some adult to take the kids on a field trip they will never, ever forget. Now watch all the field trip requests that will pile into

Doug Whaley (r.) was named GM of the Buffalo Bills (USA Today Sports Images)

Buffalo Bills assistant GM Doug Whaley has been promoted to general manager, the Bills announced on Thursday morning.

Whaley replaces Buddy Nix, who stepped aside from that role on Monday and is now working in a "special assistant" role to the club.

"He did a great job of helping to pick players and scouting," Nix said of Whaley. "He’s a level-headed mature guy and he makes the right decisions. He’s very loyal and will be to the Bills for a long time."

Whaley, 41, joined the Bills as director of pro personnel in 2010 after spending over ten seasons in the scouting department with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Whaley was promoted to assistant GM in 2011 and has been viewed as the Bills' "GM-in waiting." Whaley was involved in the team's search for a new head coach in January and received a contract extension in February, though it remained unclear when Whaley would replace Nix as general manager.

Well, that ought to take care of mistaken identity cases like the one Jarron Collins shared with Y! Sports NBA columnist Marc J. Spears last week. Fashionable and functional. What a thoughtful parting gift, Jimmy Kimmel.

And thanks to the all-seeing/all-sharing community of Reddit, we know that the shirt's actually already made an appearance in the wild:

(AP)

The Minnesota Vikings may not be entirely sure who their future franchise quarterback is, but they apparently know who it won't be. It was announced on Wednesday that head coach Leslie Frazier has decided to move backup quarterback Joe Webb to receiver on a full-time basis. Webb, who started the Vikings' first playoff game since the end of the 2012 season due to starter Christian Ponder's elbow injury, completed 11 of 30 passes for 180 yards, one touchdown, and one interception in the Vikings' 24-10 wild-card loss to the Green Bay Packers. Those passes were the first Webb had thrown since the 2011 season finale against the Chicago Bears.

Webb was a quarterback/receiver combo player at Alabama-Birmingham, and the Vikings selected him in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL draft more for his impressive athleticism than his positional specificity. Now, with Ponder established as the starter and former New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel signed on as the backup, Webb will add to a receiver corps that was weakened in the offseason by the trade of Percy Harvin to the Seattle Seahawks, but bolstered by the addition of Tennessee receiver Cordarrelle Patterson in the first round of the 2013 draft. It was after the Patterson selection that Frazier informed Webb of his new full-time role.

"Coach brought me in the office and talked to me about the different plans they had and stuff,” Webb told Sid Hartman of the Star-Tribune. “I haven’t played [receiver] since my rookie minicamp, but I think I can adjust to it pretty good. You just have to put in a lot of work. Coach Stew [wide receivers coach George Stewart] will do a lot of that with me, so we’ll see what happens.”

It was thought by some at the time that the Vikings were drafting Webb to be a receiver, but after Brett Favre's injuries in 2010, the team's quarterback situation was nebulous enough for Webb to get some time under center.

You can look at any level of competition, but you will be hard-pressed to find a grab better than the one pulled down by Riverdale (N.Y.) Horace Mann School outfielder Eric Mass during a game against traditional rival Brooklyn (N.Y.) Poly Prep Country Day.

As you can see in the video above, with the game on the line -- Horace Mann was nursing a 3-2 lead with two outs in the bottom of the 7^th inning with runners in scoring position -- Mass was charged with chasing down a deep, deep fly ball.

In fact, the ball was hit so deep that it would have been a home run in almost any other park. However, at Poly Prep Country Day, the ball was still in play because the diamond’s outer fence in right field traipses behind the batting cages, giving Mass and other right fielders a few more feet to chase down deep balls if they can navigate the plentiful obstructions.

Mass did just that, though he almost took himself out on a batting cage and sent himself tumbling forward in the process.

The catch was a particularly important one for Mass and Horace Mann because of the rivalry it won. HM had fallen in 12 consecutive matchups with Poly Prep, and would have fallen for season number 13 if Mass hadn’t pulled in his miracle grab.

(AP)You know the speech we’re talking about. It happened prior to the Boston Red Sox April 20 game against the Kansas City Royals, which was their first game at Fenway Park following the tragic events at the Boston Marathon and the subsequent manhunt that paralyzed the city for nearly 24 hours. We also know you remember the powerful (and colorful) words longtime Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz used to punctuate his heartfelt message on that highly emotional day.

Within minutes of the speech, Ortiz's phrase "This is our f***ing city" was the most talked about topic on social media, and within 24 hours it was already being attached to t-shirts with several companies looking to raise money for those affected by the Patriot Day bombings.

Needless to say, it caught on faster than a "Stone Cold" Steve Austin catchphrase in the late 90s, and now Ortiz himself is going one step further by selling actual bats emblazoned with his famous quotes over at a bigpapi.com.

And, once again, all net proceeds will go to the victims of those horrific events.

Following a brief retirement, Juan Roman Riquelme is back with Boca Juniors and he's up to his old tricks. In the 25th minute of the second leg of Boca's Copa Libertadores round of 16 tie against Corinthians, Riquelme launched a shot from distance that floated over the diving keeper and into to far side of the net.

Though Corinthians would score early in the second half, Riquelme's goal proved to be the difference as Boca won by an aggregate score of 2-1. Things could've gone differently if Pato didn't have a costly freakout on a golden scoring chance late in the game, though. Have a look...