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Alexander Pechursky Goes From Tri-City to the NHL For 1 Crazy Day

On Friday, Alexander Pechursky was playing for the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League. On Saturday, he found himself thrown to the wolves in an NHL game, hoping to salvage something for the Pittsburgh Penguins during a 6-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. The Penguins were finishing a five-game road trip and had...

Fedotenko Joins Guerin, Takes Less Money to Stay With Penguins

I don't know how Penguins general manager Ray Shero pulled it off, but he managed to not only retain the services of Ruslan Fedotenko and Bill Guerin, two of the teams top-six forwards from their Stanley Cup winning team, but he did so while getting them to take paycuts. After signing Guerin to a one-year deal on Monday,...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Hats Off to Petr Sykora, Pascal Dupuis, and Scott Hartnell

Entering Thursday's game against the Islanders, Pittsburgh found itself with a three-game losing streak. Consider the streak over, as the Penguins systematically dismantled New York with a 9-2 thumping at Mellon Arena. The Penguins received hat tricks from both Petr Sykora and Pascal Dupuis (each player's first ever hat...

Yesterday's Newsmakers in the NHL: Marty Turco's Bad Dream Continues

There was a time when Dallas Stars goalie Marty Turco was among the best in the National Hockey League. It appears as if those days are over, at least for this year, as the 33-year old netminder was lifted for the third time this season, after giving up five goals on just 19 shots Friday night. In the end, the Stars fell...

Yesterday's Newsmakers in the NHL: Steven Stamkos vs. Nikolai Zherdev

What an incredible night of hockey. Let's get right to it. The last time the Lightning and Rangers met, way back on November 6, Tampa Bay goalie Mike Smith went crazy on Rangers forward Aaron Voros, giving him a few subtle hacks to the leg, shots to the head, and various other random acts of violence. As a result, the two...

John Curry News From the Web

05/26/12 Madison masterpieces: John Steuart Curry murals, UW... Source: The Daily Page - Madison WI On a stroll through the UW campus, there's plenty of art to see, from the newly expanded Chazen Museum of Art to galleries within Memorial Union and Union South.
05/24/12 es.pn/Ldgmyn Source: Daily Skiff - Texas Christian Univ. - Fort Worth TX USA Today released its annual survey of athletic director salaries , noting that they're rising almost as fast as coaching salaries.
05/21/12 John Currie talks Big 12/SEC bowl game, bowls vs.... Source: The Wichita Eagle While catching up with Kansas State athletic director John Currie over the weekend, I asked him about a ton of different topics.
05/18/12 K-State Releases Statements On Big 12/SEC Bowl... Source: WIBW Channel 13 - Topeka KS Kansas State University President Dr. Kirk Schulz and Director of Athletics John Currie made the following statements earlier today in regards to the new five-year agreement by the Big 12 and Southeastern Conference to have their football champions meet in a postseason bowl game following the 2014 season.
05/08/12 CapTrust adds three executives Source: Triangle Business Journal - Raleigh NC Raleigh-based CapTrust has hired a trio of top-level executives.