Tag: Hockey

5 posts

  • The Stanley Cup of photography
    (Front page of the Chicago Tribune on June 29, 2013; courtesy Assignment Chicago) What are you more proud of: Your local team winning a sports championship or your city’s photographers? Our city’s photographers work is more outstanding than the achievement…
  • The NHL lockout stops me from…
    It’s so much fun throwing things out a 14th floor window. The thing I find frustrating about the NHL lockout: it is prohibiting the possibility of me throwing paper out my 14th floor window again. When the Blackhawks won the…
  • Blackhawks helmets wrong size on Art Institute lions
    Someone made some wrong measurements, because the Chicago Blackhawks helmets don’t quite fit onto the heads of the lions in front of the Art Institute. The Art Institute of Chicago posted a very nice photo album online of the helmets…
  • America dominates Air Hockey
    In the 29 years since 1978, USA has won Air Hockey World Championships 27 times. Talk about dominance. Air Hockey is America’s sport! Tim Weissman won eight times in a row. He should be in the top 100 American athletes…
  • What is the most popular team color combination in sports?
    Of all the sports from baseball (MLB), basketball (NBA), football (NFL) and hockey (NHL) I’ve recorded the team color combination for each team. Each team got two colors: a primary color and a secondary color. What would you say is…