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What a dream series for the NHL. The league's two best players, Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals and Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, are going goal for goal, assist for assist, in an Eastern Conference semifinal series headed for a deciding Game 7 on Wednesday night. In Game 2, a captivating 4-3 Capitals win, both guys scored hat tricks. Five of the games have been decided by one goal, and three have gone into overtime...
...hockey skate into this mess? Coming out of the 2004-05 lockout, Versus outbid ESPN for rights to hockey games. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman chose cash over the increased exposure any sport gets from ESPN, which is currently in 98 million homes. While the game has gotten better - new rules have increased scoring, and phenoms like Ovechkin and Crosby have given the game new blood - Bettman lost a mainstream audience to which he could market this improved product. So while Ovechkin-Crosby plays out in the wilderness, Bettman should wonder what might have been. (See TIME's picks...
...what they do," says Chicago Blackhawks chairman Rocky Wirtz, whose team will face the winner of the Detroit-Anaheim series in the Western Conference finals (broadcast on Versus, of course). The players' union has already griped about getting back on ESPN, but that's not happening anytime soon. The NHL and Versus are stuck with each other through 2011. So enjoy tonight's Game 7. Just get ready to climb up the dial...
Jerry Bruckheimer He is the executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning reality show The Amazing Race At 23, Alexander Ovechkin is already the Iron Man of the NHL, having played in 203 consecutive games. The leading goal scorer last year, Ovechkin has revitalized hockey in our nation's capital. What makes him great is his pure, heroic genius on the rink...
...league has modest expectations - Antonucci is shooting for an average attendance between 4,000 and 6,000 fans per game. But WPS is also launching within a crowded sports calendar: March Madness, the NBA stretch run, NHL playoffs, the start of baseball, and the upcoming Masters golf tournament are grabbing fans attention. Soccer is busy, too with MLS in full swing and the U.S. men's team in World Cup qualifying. Somehow, the WPS has to break through. "The league really has to catch fire early," says David Carter, executive director of the Sports Business Institute at the University...