Sarah Palin's weekly assertion that she's not of "the elite" and is instead just a plain old hockey mom is one that should be called into question even more after Saturday night's Flyers game in Philadelphia, where the Alaskan governor dropped the first puck. That's because the chorus of boos Palin elicited from the thousands of "normal hockey folk" in the audience that night, the very people she swears to identify with completely, was loud enough to be described as "deafening." [In the style of Nelson Muntz] Ha ha!
Sean Avery is the cutest asshole clotheshorse to ever hit the ice. He's kind of a jerk sometimes, but usually that's when he's body checking an opponent into the glass. Otherwise, he's the perfect gentleman, which explains why he got along so well with Anna Wintour, who he reached out to when he snagged his summer internship at Vogue.
But Avery has left us city types, departing the New York Rangers for the Dallas Stars, which means soon he won't even be a blip on our radar. But then he says some pretty awesome things during interviews — "I do get my underwear ironed" — and we're hard again.
Two more clips below from Avery's interview with CBC's The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos. CONTINUED »
Sean Avery, the New York Ranger who's set to become a Vogue intern (!) this summer, was hospitalized last night after lacerating his spleen. As Jossip reported earlier, the totally-straight Avery secured the Vogue internship after writing a letter to Anna Wintour. We don't know what was in the letter, but perhaps Avery and Wintour bonded over being "the most hated man in hockey" and the most-feared woman in fashion, respectively. Avery's duties at Vogue will include the usual intern bitchwork of messengering gowns, getting coffee, and making photocopies. The AP says that Avery is in stable condition and will only need to be hospitalized for a few days, so it won't interfere with his Starbucks and Hermès scarf runs. Maybe he should extend his hospital stay, though–he's gonna have to lose some weight if he wants to fit into those sample sizes.
*we tried to make a hockey ice/icy Wintour pun, but it just wasn't happening
The New York Rangers and owner Madison Square Garden are facing a lavender rebellion. Gay fans, such as Kevin Jennings, are growing more vocal in their fight against homophobic epithets hurled during home games. "[Some] fans recalled that the crowd booed when the name of the New York City Gay Hockey Association, a recreational league, flashed briefly across the jumbo screen."
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