Connecticut Sun, We Hardly Knew Ye
Just The Sides #5
It’s time for another edition of “Just The Sides,” the quick-hit stories that have been rattling around my desk the past couple of days. Unlike last time, I promise there’s no soccer on this go-round.
Connecticut Sun Enters Its Final Month
With it’s last regular season game on the docket for the end of September, the Connecticut Sun is gearing up to relocate to Texas to be the revived Houston Comets. And while it may seem that WNBA discourse has basically been reduced to a proxy war of American partisan politics, this is one story that really resonated with me. Why? I’m not so sure. I’ve must’ve seen one Connecticut Sun game in my life (save for the times they played my Liberty). “Connecticut Sun” sounds like a fake team you’d see in a movie. Like if I told you that the Sun were the new edition Flint Tropics, you’d probably believe me.
But maybe I’m just nostalgic for old teams, maybe the fact it’s branded as the “Sunset Season,” or maybe they are close to the bottom of the rankings, but it’s tearing me up a bit. And synchronized dance numbers. They always tear me up.
Hockey Night in Canada: Punjabi Edition Cancelled
Speaking of things that I didn’t really pay attention to that is making me sad, the sports show “Hockey Night in Canada: Punjabi Edition” is done after 18 seasons. In a sports world where teams are trying to appeal to as many people as possible (if for nothing but to open new revenue streams) the show’s cancellation was a shocking move for both Punjabi hockey fans and people like myself who just learned of its existence. It’s not just broadcasting a sport in another language/culture, but it’s showing young folks they have a path in broadcasting if they suck at actual physical activity like yours truly.
Also, click here if you’re into blooper reels.
The Mets Are… Electric?
Before settling on covering all of sports with a certain lens, this blog was tested as both a “baseball + wrestling” blog and a New York Mets blog, so it’s kind of funny I don’t talk as much as my boys as I normally do. The long and short of it is this: After a pretty much lost season, the New York Mets sold a bunch of pieces at the deadline. And in doing so, opened up a lot of slots to our new youth corps of players. In short, the team is hot (perhaps too late), but the actual flavor of baseball is fun! Possible Rookie of the Year candidate Carson Benge put in WORK the other night, throwing two assisted outs at home plate BACK to BACK against the Padres.
What a way to spoil the new Padres owners’ first game under their (conditional) control.
If the Mets win the World Series, they are going to have a Benge statue.