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based on her hands, she looks like she'll be a lefty-goaltender. not a bad choice. good job coach.

It was Forney. He sat 10 seats away from me with the Sioux players who did not dress. He had a TRF shirt on and his long blonde hair.

No hard feelings for you either... My point is that you were so quick to blame Bettman and I was pointing out the fact that he's part of the problem, but you act like he could solve everything. There are a$$hole owners out there who do things so they can save a buck. It's not Bettman's fault they are trying to make money. Thats why most owners buy teams. Not because they enjoy the sport, but because they want to make money. I think had Bettman not gotten those expansion franchises where they are, then hockey would have a much tougher time getting back on its feet. But because you have more than just a tiny interest in the south because they have teams to cheer for, you have a better chance of getting MORE people back. And your point about people wanting to see a fightfest instead of a 2-1 clutch and grab is irrelevant. I'd rather see a bunch of basketball players try and skate than watch anything with clutch and grab. If you give people the option of a 2-1 game, where it's not clutch and grab (like this year is going to be, much like college hockey turned into) then people who are serious, or at least those who are "dreaming to be gretzky and lemieux" would rather have that. Either way, you look at Canada and what do you see? Yes, they've lost franchises and I think that's bad for the sport just like you. But they also play hockey in every city. We don't have that in the U.S. Whether attendance sucks or not, it will pick up. And even if it doesn't, does that mean that Anaheim, Florida, and Tampa are bad ideas? Either way, you've got hockey at least implanted in SOME people's minds and thats a start. I'm not expecting overnight results, but if we want to turn into the Canada's, the Russia's in the future, then we need to start planting the seed throughout our own country. Finally, the baseball team that didn't make the olympics was filled with mostly single and double-a players. The setup of the tournament was that if you lose one game, you're done. USA lost by one run in the championship game. Joe Mauer played in that game, but was benched in the final inning with one man on, for someone who was not Joe Mauer. Dumb coach.

You're right. Instead of trying to reach out to fans from across the country, lets keep it as small of a sport as possible. Let's not expand into the "Land of Nascar" (Don't get me started on that, but NASCAR is the 2nd most-watched sport in the U.S. and tracks extend from New Hampshire to California.) and instead just keep it a mostly Canadian/Upper U.S. sport. Let's let Canada keep it's fascination with hockey and win a majority of World Championships. Why would we, the greatest country in the world ever want to give kids in the south a chance to learn hockey, to become some of the best players in the world, and to continually challenge Canada and other countries on the national stage. Damn, I can't believe Bettman had the balls to move into another dumb southern region. They're probably too busy eating collard greens, playing with their pigs, and making cotton.

Like you'd know anything about hockey.

There will be a story on weston tonight on kx4 news at 10.

when do the regional rankings start to come out?

Kauk?

So this is why you want the name changed? Because you think it will stop racism? You think it will stop those idiots from saying "go back to the reservation." If the name does get changed, I want to be around 100 years down the line and ask your great grandkids about the defining moment in the Sioux nation. Knowing they'd be coming from you, their answer would probably be "When UND changed it's nickname and worldwide racism stopped forever. We lived happy, played tag in strawberry fields, and nobody ever died ever again."

The tribe never passed a resolution yesterday. It was an meeting by tribe members to discuss the issue. A vote is expected on Friday. The AP got their information wrong, the Forum reported it wrong. UND officials do not have a response, because nothing has been done. Also, next Tuesday there will be a meeting amongst tribal leaders to discuss the nickname. You can trust my sources, they are from the top.

There you go again, making stuff up to try and prove your point. Where, at all, even close did fightonsioux say he doesn't "care what the tribes have to say." You stretch what others say and then twist it so you think you have this great point, that is actually you just making things up. You are bringing a lot of honor to the Sioux people. Despite the fact that you are not AI, you're decision to side with them brings negative views towards them because of the way you act.

From the wire: American Indian activist Vernon Bellecourt says it would be wrong-headed for the N-C-A-A to consider allowing schools to use Indian nicknames, even if tribes give their OK. Bellecourt also says the issue should go beyond Indian nicknames to include other monikers -- like Notre Dame's Fighting Irish. He says he's heard from people of Irish ancestry who are opposed to the nickname use. He says they think they're being portrayed as drunks or leprechauns.

Hockey's Future released Atlanta's 2005 draft review, which includes Andrew Kozek. They had a nice comment about UND - However, unless my info has changed and there was a trade, they ended on a bad note.

I'd say contact your own reps. There's going to be a lot of support of the name sent to Dorgan, Pomeroy, Conrad...a few more people isn't going to hurt it. But if you get reps from outside of the states affected, it may have some more punch in congress and they may be able to do something about it. Especially considering there is a monopoly case going on right now about the NCAA.

I think it starts this feburay, as in 2006... and then just the band part starts in 2008

If i'm reading this article on ESPN right...it means UND can't use the Sioux name in the postseason and unless they change it, this will be one of the last year's they host any post-season event. UND got screwed We'll see exactly what they call hostile or abusive. That is the funniest quote ever. He says it's none of the NCAA's business, yet this comes right after they make a new rule putting these schools in a bad situation. What are they gonna do at the Ralph next spring?

Nice article about Chorney being drafted on hockey's future. It also mentions that the oilers really wanted Oshie. Hockey's Future

not sure if they are going to be put back into the draft...but if they were it would be chris porter, brady murray, and matt smaby.

i was hoping NJ would trade up to get him

We should have it up within the next two weeks. Also, here's a little tip for you. If you have an HDTV (Not just HD-ready) and you have the regular cable order, you can pick up those local HD channels for free. It's just a technical glitch, not some special offer. Also, they have HD-DVD players with HD tuners in them. You can also get those local HD channels if you have the HD-DVD player hooked up to your tv and regular cable.

Fargo cable sucks