Forum: Other Sports

Hello fellow hockey fans. It's another season of hockey in both the National and American Hockey Leagues. Of course, we will also talk shop on the 2019 IIHF World Championship tournament in Slovakia. From the puck drops in both the NHL and AHL season openers to the teams raising both the Stanley and Calder Cups, you can talk hockey here.

Welcome to your new nightmare, Coach. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23396895/david-fizdale-agrees-deal-become-new-york-knicks-head-coach

Will anyone derail the Golden State Warriors of a three-peat? Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and the Dubs will attempt to win three consecutive NBA titles, the first since the Los Angeles Lakers did it in 2000-2002. We will also have more 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifying action from June 2018 to February 2019 to determine which 32 team will compete in that tournament in China from August 31-September 15.

Cup has been won. Time to think about next season. Probably the most exciting Islanders off season in decades starts now.

Another year. Another season in the college gridiron. The FBS College Football Playoff National Championship takes place inside Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California while Frisco, Texas' Toyota Stadium host another year of the FCS National title.

Hofstra University, where I went, is ranked Number 25 in Softball and is the top team in the northeast. The RPI is released weekly on Mondays, and last week the SEC and Pac-12 had 15 of the top 17 teams. Schools in the northeast don't do well. The top RPI in the Big East is DePaul in 75th, and the top RPI by a Big East team on the east coast is St. John's in 162nd. Hofstra is 26th in the RPI, and the next best RPI by a team in New York is Fordham in 107th. Connecticut is the top...

BU coach David Quinn tapped to take over on Broadway. Played briefly with the Binghamton Rangers - hopefully this works out better for all parties involved. https://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/rangers-coach-david-quinn-boston-university-1.18620921 (Also, hopefully his tenure isn't limited to 2018).

https://nypost.com/2017/09/23/the-knicks-have-finally-traded-carmelo-anthony/

There's a topic for the World Cup. I decided to start a topic for clubs. You can post about clubs from any country in any competition (domestic or a champions league), players changing clubs, and when matchups are made for a tournament. Every club in the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League and its qualifying rounds is known except for the Polish champion, who will be decided on Sunday. The Group Stage will have 32 clubs. 10 of them come from qualifying rounds, and the 22 known clubs are: ...

The road to Madison Square Garden and the Alamodome awaits the fate of teams on Selection Sunday. Which 68 NCAA Men's Division I programs will go to the Big Dance, the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, and which 32 will go to the National Invitation Tournament? We're about to find out at 6 PM ET/3 PM PT on TBS.

Will the Canadian men win their 10th Olympic Gold Medal in Ice Hockey? Or will another nation wrestle the Olympic Gold Medal away from Canada? The NHL players won't be in South Korea, but the KHL players will. Meanwhile, will Canada continue their dominance in women's hockey after winning their fourth consecutive gold medal in Sochi 2014? Or will another nation like the United States capture the Gold Medal in women's ice hockey? Dates: 14-25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea...

The 2018 Winter Olympics from Pyeongchang, South Korea start in a month from February 8-25, 2018. Will the United States join Norway as the second nation in Olympic history to win 100 Winter Olympic Gold Medals? Which nations will try to enter the Top 3 and break up the winter powers of the United States, Canada, Germany and the Russian contingent who comply with IOC doping regulations and compete under the name "Olympic Athletes from Russia"? And if Viktor Ahn returns to his birth...

Hofstra's game-winning three-pointer after an intentionally missed free throw to win 85-84 at Monmouth was on three ESPN shows including being SportsCenter's Play of the Night. I went to Hofstra. Conferences in the northeast are doing worse than usual in the Conference RPI. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which has 8 out of 11 teams within 2 hours of New York City, is 26th out of 32 conferences, which is much worse than its average rank of 17.2 in the last five complete seasons. ...