Sean Avery has not been on the Rangers in five years, but the fans are still carrying on his spirit. The Garden faithful serenaded Senators defenseman Dion Phaneuf with a “sloppy seconds” chant during the Rangers’ 4-1 Game 4 rout of Ottawa that evened the Eastern Conference semifinal. It came after Phaneuf fought with Rangers defenseman Brendan Smith in the third period. The chant was in reference to Avery’s crude comments toward his ex-girlfriend, actress Elisha Cuthbert, in 2008 when she and Phanuef first started seeing each other. Cuthbert and Phaneuf have now been married for nearly five years, but Rangers fans were not shy about bringing up the painful memory. “I just want to comment on
Happy Friday everybody! We’re only a week-and-a-half away from the NBA Draft Lottery, and many of you have prospects on the brain. We’re going to get more in depth on the guys at the top once we know where the Sixers are going to pick, and best believe the community will have a chance to vote on their favorite prospects in the coming weeks. For now, a few questions from the mailbag. If any of you want to submit questions for future editions, use #LBMailbag on Twitter or hit us up by email through the options provided in the site header. For the sake of this discussion, I’m going to assume we’re using the “consensus” top three of Markelle Fultz, Josh Jackson, and Lonzo Ball in some order. After
Curt Schilling believes Adam Jones is lying about hearing racial slurs at Fenway Park and wants him to prove it happened.