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
News broke late Thursday that the Big Baller Brand, the shoe and apparel company spearheaded by Lavar Ball, has begun taking pre-orders for his son Lonzo Ball’s first sneaker for as high as a whopping $995 per pair. We as a country root for the underdog, so in theory, it should be welcome news to see that despite being reportedly shunned by “Big 3″ shoe companies Nike, Adidas and Under Armour, the Balls have found a way to fight corporate greed and find a new model to distribute shoes to the public without the conglomerates. That’s what we should be feeling. But it’s just not the case here. Ball has said that there are plenty of other options for the Big Baller Brand to achieve their billion-dollar
Less than two years after a terrible spill that left him broken and unable to race, Rajiv Maragh will ride one of the favorites at the Kentucky Derby.