If Prince ever wrote a song about his home state’s illustrious hockey history, Saturday’s three-OT thriller between Eden Prairie and Duluth East for the class 2a title would be his muse.

I have no idea whether, like most Minnesotans, Prince enjoys hockey, but he loves muses.

Check out how this contest ended…

I would go to the Minnesota high school hockey state finals before I’d go to game seven of an NHL finals.

Deadspin has a video where you hear one of the announcers say this was a horrible way for this game to end. They watched three periods and 2+ OTs worth of this game, and I watched a shift, and I still say that guy is wrong.

Tweet this at Chuck Klosterman and help get his reaction.

Minnesota’s Mr. Hockey Scored A Diving Game-Winner In 3OT For The State Title (Deadspin)

Currently, there are NBA memorabilia items up for auction on ebay that are both priced higher and more ridiculous – for example, a framed, vinyl-copy of the Thriller album signed by Michael Jackson and Michael Jordan. However, this has to be the most curious case of trying to cash in on a superstar’s early accolades that I’ve seen since last year when I found someone selling eight scrapbooks of Lebron James complete press clippings for $250 K. For just under five grand you can purchase a set of four yearbooks from Lower Merion High School, in Ardmore Pennsylvania, from 1993-96.

It’s no coincidence, that during that four year span, the Lower Merion “Aces” varsity basketball team was led by Kobe Bryant. He was also voted to Homecoming King and Most Likely to Succeed his senior year. (A+ to the seller for including every single shot of Kobe from each book in the listing.)

Redacted: Bears mentioning that First Cuts posted this find yesterday – someone selling an 8th grade yearbook that Kobe signed for $9,995.00! His message: “Blosom, you are a good dancer and very sympathetic. Love, Kobe Bryant.” (H/T @chrislittmann)

A couple good joshers from the wide world of prep football today. Chuck Klosterman (and other ex-high school athletes from North Dakota), these are in your wheelhouse…

The more draconian of the two, eight players at Upper Arlington High School in Ohio have been suspended for tonight’s game after some suggestive behavior in the team photo…

Upper Arlington High School has suspended at least eight players for tonight’s football game against Findlay High School.


A report from a Columbus television station says that at least eight senior players have been suspended from school and will not participate in the game against the Trojans because of sexually explicit gestures made in a picture…

So, eight imbeciles made the shocker in the team picture. Reminds me of the time one of my Catholic grammar school pals, we’ll call him Tito Jackson, flipped the bird in the second grade class photo. (He used both hands actually, which were hanging by his side. It was the double inverted salute, in fact.) My mom was less than thrilled when she saw that, and I didn’t get to play Nintendo track n’ field at Tito’s house for quite some time.

Like Tito Jackson, the actions of these H.S. baffoons did indeed see the light of day. The photo wasn’t discovered until it appeared in the school’s football program book and posters distributed to local businesses.


Upper Arlington suspends 8 players for Findlay game (WFIN.com)



Meanwhile, it wasn’t player hijinks that stunted the order of Alcoa and Fulton’s game last night,  but something out of an Indiana Jones or Kevin Bacon movie…

With Alcoa leading 20-7 in the fourth quarter last night, the game had to be postponed because of sinkhole all of suddenly opened on 41-yard line.

OK, maybe Tremors is a bad comparison here. The hole was only a foot in a half in diameter – it wasn’t exactly eating midfield.

Sensing victory, Alcoa coach Gary Rankin wanted to play it out using half the field. Instead, they’ve postponed until 5 p.m today. That is, unless it develops into this…

Sinking to the occasion (KnoxNews.com)