I usually rely on my child or VHS tapes to help relive my youth, but these days that duty has fallen upon a couple of athletic teams competing for championships in their respective sports.<\/p>\n
When I was a kid the best team in the NBA was the Boston Celtics, and the best team in the NHL was the Edmonton Oilers.<\/p>\n
Here we are 40 years later and history is repeating itself, once again letting me relive my aforementioned childhood.<\/p>\n
Celtics did their job last night, moving up two games to none in their series against the Mavs.<\/p>\n
The Oilers have their work cut out for them, but that work can become much easier with a win tonight in Miami.<\/p>\n
Come on, Edmonton, we can’t let an\u00a0ice hockey<\/em> team based in Florida win the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n (Fifth year in a row, by the way, that a team from Florida has appeared in the Finals while a team from Canada hasn’t one since 1993.)<\/p>\n The Oilers? Ils sont dus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I usually rely on my child or VHS tapes to help relive my youth, but these days that duty has fallen upon a couple of athletic teams competing for championships in their respective sports. When I was a kid the … Continue reading