College

While some of the esteemed bloggers are away, this gem hit the AP wire. Sounds like police-student relations are at an all time high, so any reunion in the next month or so should have no problems at all.

Mike Richards

Last night, the Flyers continued their shocking playoff run by winning the Eastern Conference Finals. With a chance to win at home and avoid a potential messy game 6 back in Montreal, Mike Richards singlehandedly won the game with a shorthanded goal and two assists.

Like the Flyers the last few years, Richards is a bit of enigma. On one hand, he plays incredibly hard, checks players much bigger than his size, and is a great penalty killer who has led the league in short handed goals.

On the other hand, he's clearly a scumbag, apparently goes out so much that the Flyers felt compelled to trade some of his teammates/drinking buddies, had a pointless fight of the media this year, and led a divided locker room that helped get a coach fired and led to a generally underachieving regular season.

There's also his bizarrely long 12 year, $69 million contract that he signed in 2007, at the height of the fiscal restraint after the lockout. Perhaps the Flyers wanted to him to be Bobby Clarke a bit too much. Perhaps he was made captain a bit too early when the team tried to turn the corner after the 2007 disaster. Whatever. Just win four more games, Mike, and you can narrate the highlight film wearing a beer dispensing helmet with hookers on each arm.

OK Go

This video is especially impressive considering my 8th grade Rube Goldberg device was about .000000001% as complicated as this. Well played OK Go, well played.

What's The Deal With?

So this video of Chris Klein auditioning for Mama Mia has been making the rounds, and after watching it once it seemed pretty obvious it was a fake, and a pretty good one. But then I read that no one from Klein's camp would discuss the footage, and that Universal had removed the clip from youtube, and then today I saw the actual scene from the movie , and now I don't know what to believe. I could absolutely see the Chris Klein from that audition tape dancing around wearing flippers and doing hand stands, and it's not like the guy they actually cast can sing either. So I pose it to you: what's the deal with Chris Klein's audition tape?

Being a Superstar Ain't Always Easy

The Texas Rangers filed for bankruptcy today. Their largest unsecured creditor? Alex Rodriguez, owed $24.9 million in deferred compensation.

Flyers Forum

And now for what all of the followers of SAFO really care about. The Flyers lost game 3 to the Canadians last night. Not exactly a surprise considering a team down 2-0 in the series generally puts forth a desperate effort, but disappointing nevertheless. And as I sit here nursing the first of several glasses of 2005 Bordeaux, I must admit that beneath my calm exterior I am legitimately worried about the rest of the series for the following two reasons:

1) Chris Pronger looks a) old, b) fatigued, c) injured, or d) all of the above. Take your pick. The man has been a beast for the broad street bullies, but he is now having serious trouble keeping up with the Canadian forwards. All the Flyers looked slow in game 3, but Pronger could hardly move out there. It led to penalties, scoring opportunities, and that horrendous turnover in his own zone. He's been logging 30 minutes a game for the past month and it looks to be wearing on him. Considering the team basically only plays 4 defensemen, color me concerned.

2) Michael Leyton is big and does a good job seeing the puck but he can't control a rebound to save (haha) his life. And that's a problem. I don't care how many stops you pile up, if you can't feed the puck to your defensemen and/or cover it up you create extra chances for the opposition, and some of them will end up in your net. Montreal seems to have figured this out. They are shooting from everywhere and swarming the net for rebounds. Rut Row.

America

While the Maestro is off having his Devil Wears Prada moment, the rest of us will be enjoying the finest culture this country has to offer.