“Spooking Cindy: Part III” By Margee

Christmas has come early to IPB, Gentle Reader, because what should we find waiting in our inbox today, but the third and final part of Margee’s magnum opus, “Spooking Cindy”! Read it here, and be humbled. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll never look at the Penguins the same way again. * * * * [...]

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“Spooking Cindy: Part II” By Margee

Well, here it is, Gentle Reader — the highly anticipated second chapter of Margee’s brilliant “Spooking Sidney”. Get ready for thrills and chills, action, adventure, and heartbreak. We are so proud to be posting this great work of literature, and hope you enjoy this installment as much as we did. * * * * * [...]

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“Spooking Cindy: Part I” By Margee

You may recall, Gentle Reader, that we are now taking submissions for our Sidney Crosby creative writing challenge, “Spooking Sidney”. The first entry in this open-ended series is Part I of Margee’s “Fear Street”-inspired magnum opus. For some backstory to this brilliant and spine-tingling tale, we recommend you revisit (or visit for the first time) [...]

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Announcing “Spooking Sidney”: A Writing Challenge

The other day we were lucky enough to have breakfast in New York City with the inestimable (and outrageously foxy) Margee, of SportSquee fame. And it being a meeting up of such brilliant blogging minds, we spent much of the time lamenting how we have felt short of material of late. So while we sat [...]

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Advice Week: Sid Edition

Dear Sid, I hear it’s really hard for teams to dominate in Game 7′s on the road. Is that true? Alex, Washington DC Dear Alex, Not for me it isn’t. –Sid

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Things That Are Stupid

1. The Sid/Ovie “Debate” This is so played out. We’re exhausted by the volume and the predictability of the whole thing. Yes, we KNOW you think Sid’s a whiner. Yes, we KNOW you think he has no personality. We’ve been hearing it for YEARS. And over those years, the pro-Ovechkin party line is that he’s [...]

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The Last Word On The All-Star Starting Lineups

The All Star Game starting line-ups have been announced and as usual we’re incensed at who’s been deemed an “all star” and who’s been deemed “less than”. We look at the guys who were “voted in” by the “fans” and have a hard time trying to figure out which league these so-called “fans” have been [...]

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