New York Islanders: State of the Union
After two consecutive 100 point seasons and a second round playoff appearance for the first time in many fan’s lifetimes, the Islanders are following suite and regressing back to their old ways.
After two consecutive 100 point seasons and a second round playoff appearance for the first time in many fan’s lifetimes, the Islanders are following suite and regressing back to their old ways.
The New York Islanders have made the playoffs in 3 out of the past 4 seasons and are one of only 5 teams in hockey that put together two consecutive 100-point seasons over the past 2 years.
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there from the Check Down Sports team! This holiday always brings back fond sports memories for all of us with our fathers.
For basketball fans, it doesn’t get any bigger than this. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will not only look to become the first team in NBA Finals history to come back from a 3-1 hole, but they will hope to end the city of Cleveland’s decades-long title drought.
The first noise of the NHL offseason was made on Wednesday by none other than the Chicago Blackhawks.
As the illustrious career of Kobe Bryant wound down to it’s final game, I began to think about how almost all of the sports icons that I grew up with have either retired, or are nearing that same fate.
With the Stanley Cup Finals all but decided already, there really is not too much left to discuss. The Penguins have a commanding 3-1 series lead and have dominated the Sharks for most of the series. Were you wondering the last time a team came back from being down 3-1 in the Stanley Cup Finals? It was 1942. While it would be incredibly exciting to watch the Sharks come back,…
The San Jose Sharks are in a 2-0 hole after playing the first two games of the series away at the Consol Energy Center. Nick Bonino found twine late in the third to steal Game 1 and Conor Sheary ended it in OT for the Penguins in Game 2. Only a mere two goals separate these two teams, but the result is a seemingly insurmountable two game series lead. These…