Author: Dr. Steroids

The Pittsburgh Penguins avoided being swept from the playoffs by winning the first two games of their second-round series against the Flyers in Philadelphia, and only one man stands between the Black and Orange and their date with destiny. Jaromir Jagr? Nah. Martin Straka? Nope. If you said Herb Brooks because he already has one hockey miracle to his credit, you’d be incorrect again. How about that Ron Tugnutt? That’s right. Ron Tugnutt. After beating Buffalo and Dominik “The Diver” Hasek like a drum in Round One, the Flyers stumbled in the second-round, getting shut-out in Game One and losing…

Remember that big guy with white braided hair and a white suit who ran in on The Godfather last summer on WWF TV? That was Vic Grimes. Remember that big Baldie who fell with New Jack from a scaffold at this year’s ECW Living Dangerously PPV, in one of the sicker bumps in recent memory? Once again, that was Vic Grimes. More and more fans are becoming familiar with Grimes since he started with ECW. He’s been turning heads in a company where heads aren’t always easy to turn. While he is still under a WWF developmental contract, Grimes has…

Jerry Lynn is just returning from an injury that has kept him on the shelf since this winter. Known to ECW fans as “The New F’n Show” since his fantastic 1999 series against Rob Van Dam, Lynn has just rekindled his rivalry with “Mr. PPV.” Jerry worked for a time in WCW under a mask as “Mr. JL,” an ill-fated gimmick that found him struggling to keep attention amongst a number of luchadores during that company’s rise to success. After leaving WCW in 1997, he joined ECW. Toward the end of that year, his name appeared in the brackets for…

My playoff beard is a week old and coming in nicely — not like those scraggly Scandinavians — my ex-wife’s attorney has been suspended from practicing law, and the Philadelphia Flyers rubbed out the Buffalo Sabres in five games. All things considered, This Hockey Fan had a pretty good April. The Flyers had sweep on their mind, but stumbled when they should have snarled in Game 4 and let Buffalo off the hook in overtime. Still and all, THF still believes this is a Team of Destiny. Figure it this way: They’ll get Pittsburgh in the second round. They own…

As WCW’s fortunes declined, did you feel like “I told you so” or was it more heartbreaking since you had done so much to make WCW popular? Eric Bischoff: I described it best to a friend of mine who asked me the same question around the middle of January. And I said, It’s very similar, if you can imagine, to jokingly say to your children, “Oh, why don’t you go out and play traffic.” And then the kids actually went out and played in traffic. But all you can do is stand at an overpass and watch them dodge cars.…

This month boasts the greatest sports extravaganza of all time, Wrestlemania. Careers are made and finished at this event. The venue is never the same two years in a row, and even the faces change. One thing is for certain about Wrestlemania, it will be talked about by wrestling afficianados for years to come. I just thought that in honor of this great tradition that I would recap some great Wrestlemania moments. When Wrestlemania III is mentioned one picture comes straight to my mind. Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant battling for the World Title. Andre the Champ and Hogan…

Western Conference The Top 4 in the Western Conference are putting together play-off runs that would make the Eastern Conference leaders drool. The Blues continue to ride the league’s hottest goalie to stay atop the division. The Red Wings face an uphill battle to catch the Blues, while the Bourque acquisition is looking better and better for Colorado. Who are we forgetting, oh, yes, the defending Stanley Cup Champs. Turek’s Syndrome St. Louis Blues 78GP, 49W, 18L, 0OTL, 11T, 109 PTS If a hot goalie is the key to happiness in the playoffs, then color the Blues tickled pink. Roman…

Tagged as “The Next One” when he came into the NHL eight years ago, Eric Lindros brought speed, strength, and skill to a Philadelphia Flyers team desperately seeking a redeemer. The 18-year-old also brought a nastiness and a willingness to go that made him a fan favorite in the city that uncorked rock-em, sock-em hockey on the league 30 years ago. The only thing he can’t do is stay healthy. Over his career, Lindros has missed more than a season-and-a-half worth of games to injury, the latest a brain-bruise suffered March 4 in Boston. And the repercussions of that concussion…

Eastern Conference Round-up These guys just can’t stand prosperity. With the East-leading Devils in disarray, the Leafs took a week off, the Caps made up some ground, and the Flyers are still paying for their 0-5-1 season start. In the bottom of the draw, it’s OK for a nice guy to lay the lumber on a goon, Ottawa faces an uphill run, Buffalo seems to have found an answer, and the grittiest team in hockey may be the Montreal Canadiens. Next week, the West. The Mogilny Watch NEW JERSEY DEVILS 75GP, 42W, 25L, 5OTL, 8T, 97P Robby Ftorek gets fired,…

Ben Miller: Can you discuss your legal situation with WCW? Shane Douglas: Since Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff have been brought back, my lawyer, Eric Weisenburger, has contacted Dinah Myers, their chief counsel, thinking that something might have changed in their situation and her words to my lawyer were, “Nothing has changed in WCW’s official stand against Shane Douglas (or Troy Martin), and basically, we are where we were last week. My lawyers contacted Mr. Thorton at King and Spalding in Atlanta, GA and go ahead and proceed. We had the papers all drawn up for litigation and we were…