January 18, 2008

Canadian To Attend First Hockey Game

The 76ers are so hard up for publicity this year -- the Phillies are currently on the front of Philly.com -- they've resorted to latching on to the Flyers, who at least have a winning record. And what's the newest publicity scheme?

Why, 76ers center Samuel Dalembert will attend his first NHL game!

Philadelphia 76ers' Samuel Dalembert will be attending his first National Hockey League game when the Flyers host the Ottawa Senators on Sunday, January 20, at 7:00 p.m. at the Wachovia Center. Upon arrival, Dalembert will be presented with a personalized Flyers jersey (DALEMBERT # 1) that he will wear throughout the night. "I'm really looking forward to my first Flyers' game this weekend," Dalembert said. "It is going to be great meeting the guys and experiencing the action up close and behind the scenes, all for a good cause."

Dalembert was born in Haiti, but he grew up in Montreal and recently became a Canadian citizen. How "Have you ever attended an NHL game?" is not the first question on the Canadian citizenship test I will never understand.

The press release also notes that Dalembert "will make a French connection in the Flyers' locker room when he visits with French-speaking players Martin Biron, Danny Briere and Simon Gagne after the game" and that his trip to the Flyers game is actually a prize won at an auction by some dude from Delaware. How "Attend A Flyers Game With A Sixers Player" was an item up for auction I will also never understand.

Full press release after the jump.

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June 28, 2007

Dr. Joel Fish To Console Players Unfortunate Enough To Be Drafted By 76ers

Do you prefer your news from a biased source? How about an unabashedly biased source? Well, tonight is the NBA draft, and the 76ers are covering the draft on Sixers.com!

Actually, the updates aren't bad at all, but I'm not coming up with another lead. I mean, I did I learn this:

Dr. Joel Fish, the team's psychologist, is also in the draft room now, there to lend his thoughts when needed.

Now why would the 76ers need Dr. Fish? Oh, oh. If a player's drafted by the 76ers, he's going to be despondent. That makes sense then.

If you're looking for other Sixers draft coverage, Philly.com is going to have 2400 people blogging the draft. I also tremendously enjoyed my friend Dave Zeitlin's day-before-the-draft wrap-up yesterday, and he's also blogging tonight. Be sure to check it out if the West Chester Daily Local's server is working, which it almost certainly won't be.

Draft Day Frequent Update [Sixers.com]
Sports Corner [Daily Local]

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February 22, 2006

Quickies: Much more important than the 'War on Christmas'

• Hey, you know Darfur? Sure you do! It's the war we're all really up in arms about and a multinational coalition is invading because there's a genocide and... er, wait. We don't all care about it and it's effing crazy. A former Marine who witnessed some of the atrocities speaks at the Free Library tonight. [KYW 1060]

• Hey, college kids! Don't have an independent student newspaper at your school? It turns out the administration can just censor anything they want! Especially if you print cartoons with Muhammad in them. [Reuters]

• If you have a gun lying around, you can turn it in for some Sixers tickets. Apparently nobody working this promotion has seen the Sixers play this year. [Inky]

• Just an update on the fate of The Platters, who have (apparently) 974 people claiming to once be a member: Gov. Rendell has signed legislation making it illegal to perform as a member of The Platters if you weren't. Phew. [KYW 1060]

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February 20, 2006

Robbing Andre to pay Nate

Despite the Flyers and Sixers going undefeated this weekend (they were both 0-0), it wasn't a great weekend for Philadelphia sports -- although the Soul did win. Put simply, Andre Iguodala got screwed. Iggy (or Dre or AI2, take your pick) should have won the dunk contest.

Seriously. Look at where he is in the photo. You see how his head's about to slam into the backboard? Yeah, he ducked and dunked on a reverse after taking a pass from Allen Iverson off the backboard. He dunked from behind the backboard. I seriously am still unsure of how it happened.

The trophy went to 5-foot-9 Nate Robinson, who did have some impressive dunks -- including one over shortest-dunk-contest-winner Spud Webb, but if you dunk it from behind the backboard, you deserve to win. There was a rumbling that Kenny "The Jet" Smith changed his vote so Robinson would win, but that's not true. He did, though, give Iggy too low of a score.

If you missed Dre's dunk, video's available at NBA.com, though it's not really loading for me, so before it disappears, you can check out the dunk over at YouTube.

Dwarves suck (Politically correct title alteration by me) [The 700 Level]
Rim Shot [DN]
Win puts Soul in a tie for first place [Inky]

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January 17, 2006

Quickies: Second encore

• Okay, no Ben backlash here: This 1,200 photo montage of Ben Franklin by Tom Gralish is pretty damn cool. Especially when Franklin Mills (left) is included! [Inky]

• 89-year-old Walter Cronkite has a new 65-year-old girlfriend. Man, imagine the harem Ben Franklin would have if he were alive today! [Inky]

• Did youse all see the Sixers game Friday night? Ehm, maybe not. But the Sixers were down 16, rallied to tie it, hit a three at the buzzer of the second OT to send it into triple-overtime, then won it by a point. And, then, in a great encore, they lost by 28 yesterday! Whoo! When do the hockey playoffs start? [DN]

• And, in case you haven't seen it yet, Miss New Jersey has a blog. Miss New Jersey? Isn't that like being the funniest war movie? (Rimshot.) [Camden Courier-Post]

• The Washington Post's ombudsman gets something wrong, and Will Bunch lays the smack down. That's my boy! [Poynter Online via Eschaton]

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