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Blackhawks Blank Senators 2-0

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 | Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, Sports | No Comments

The Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Ottawa Senators 2-0 on Wednesday night. The game was not expected to be a shootout as the Senators have scored an NHL-low 63 goals this season and had given up only 63 goals entering the game, 1 of only 6 teams to have allowed fewer than 70 games. And the result lived up to the pre-game analysis. The Blackhawks scored on a 1st period power play goal by Patrick Kane, just 5 minutes into the game. The game stayed at 1-0 the rest of the way until the Blackhawks added an empty net goal by Troy Brouwer with less than a minute to play. Blackhawks Goalie Cristobal Huet picked up his 1st shutout this season. He stopped 23 shots on goal and improved to 6-5-3 on the season.

The Blackhawks are now 13-6-7 and have 33 points, good for the 6th seed in the NHL’s Western Conference. The Blackhawks play in Denver on Friday night and then return home for a game against the Blue Jackets on Sunday night. After that, they embark on a 3-game west coast road trip next week – facing the Oilers, Flames and Canucks. It will be important for the Blackhawks to play well against Colorado and Columbus, as Calgary and Vancouver each have more points than Chicago.

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The Broadway Recession

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 | Broadway, General, Theatre | No Comments

With 7% unemployment rate and the auto makers on the verge of bankruptcy people are cutting back a lot. Broadway shows are getting hit hard with the current economy and many of the big shows can’t fill half their seats. Equus, Young Frankenstein, Grease, and Hair Spary are all schedule to close by February. High production costs and a large jump in ticket prices over the last year is a major reason behind this large decline. Many shows that used to charge $90-$95 for the good seats to their shows have raised the price to $120-$140 plus fees. Unfortunately, a lot of these shows must now offer big discounts or even free tickets to keep people in the seats, but the way it looks we will be seeing more shows go dark in 2009 on top of the 14 already on the chopping block.  There is also a sharp decline in tourist coming to NY and other parts of the US which will also not help Broadway in the next 12 months. Broadway needs to figure out a way to keep people in the seats and right now it looks like prices is the biggest sticking point.

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College Basketball Scores

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 | College Basketball | No Comments

1 2 Total San Diego St. 26 30 56 Arizona 21 48 69 Final McKale Center (Tucson, AZ)		1 2 Total N.C. Central 33 37 70 Arkansas 53 45 98 Final Bud Walton Arena (Fayetteville, AR)
1 2 Total Bryant 20 41 61 Boston Coll. 36 44 80 Final Silvio O. Conte Forum (Chestnut Hill, MA)		1 2 Total Yale 28 15 43 Boston U. 28 27 55 Final Case Gym (Boston, MA)
1 2 Total Butler 44 43 87 Bradley 31 44 75 Final Carver Arena (Peoria, IL)		1 2 Total Boise St. 29 27 56 BYU 33 61 94 Final Marriott Center (Provo, UT)
1 2 Total Colorado St. 28 28 56 Colorado 28 47 75 Final Coors Events Center (Boulder, CO)		1 2 Total Dayton 26 33 59 Creighton 39 38 77 Final Qwest Center Omaha (Omaha, NE)
1 2 Total Morgan St. 37 42 79 DePaul 44 31 75 Final Allstate Arena (Rosemont, IL)		1 2 Total Eastern Illinois 37 39 76 Evansville 45 35 80 Final Roberts Stadium (Evansville, IN)
1 2 Total Fla Gulf Coast 29 31 60 Florida 37 57 94 Final Stephen C. O’Connell Center (Gainesville, FL)		1 2 Total CSU Bakersfield 23 28 51 Fresno St. 29 37 66 Final SaveMart Center (Fresno, CA)
1 2 OT 2OT Total Northeastern 32 30 4 10 76 Final Harvard 27 35 4 5 71 2OT Lavietes Pavilion (Boston, MA)		1 2 Total Limestone 24 19 43 High Point 31 41 72 Final Millis Center (High Point, NC)
1 2 Total Chicago St. 26 24 50 Illinois 41 48 89 Final Assembly Hall (Champaign, IL)		1 2 Total TCU 23 33 56 Indiana 27 39 66 Final Assembly Hall (Bloomington, IN)
1 2 Total Iona 24 44 68 Long Island 29 32 61 Final Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center (Brooklyn, NY)		1 2 Total LA Monroe 29 28 57 Louisiana Tech 32 37 69 Final Thomas Assembly Center (Ruston, LA)
1 2 Total Coppin St. 34 36 70 Loyola (MD) 23 50 73 Final Reitz Arena (Baltimore, MD)		1 2 Total Central Conn. St. 23 33 56 UMBC 26 41 67 Final Retriever Activities Center (Baltimore, MD)
1 2 Total Holy Cross 32 27 59 Massachusetts 29 44 73 Final William D. Mullins Center (Amherst, MA)		1 2 Total Louisiana College 16 43 59 McNeese St. 36 52 88 Final Lake Charles Civic Center (Lake Charles, LA)
1 2 Total South Dakota St. 24 36 60 Minnesota 39 35 74 Final Williams Arena (Minneapolis, MN)		1 2 Total Charlotte 36 34 70 Mississippi St. 20 44 64 Final Humphrey Coliseum (Starkville, MS)
1 2 Total St. Peter’s 19 32 51 N.J.I.T. 20 18 38 Final Fleisher Center (Newark, NJ)		1 2 Total Huston-Tillotson 30 23 53 Nicholls St. 38 58 96 Final David R. Stopher Gym (Thibodaux, LA)
1 2 Total Maine 15 37 52 (5) Oklahoma 38 40 78 Final Lloyd Noble Center (Norman, OK)		1 2 Total Army 22 23 45 Penn St. 23 37 60 Final Bryce Jordan Center (University Park, PA)
1 2 Total Rutgers 25 24 49 Princeton 23 21 44 Final L. Stockwell Jadwin Gymnasium (Princeton, NJ)		1 2 Total Duquesne 51 43 94 Radford 40 35 75 Final Dedmon Center (Radford, VA)
1 2 Total Monmouth 25 29 54 Rider 28 38 66 Final Alumni Gymnasium (Lawrenceville, NJ)		1 2 Total New Mexico 34 23 57 San Diego 29 25 54 Final Jenny Craig Pavilion (San Diego, CA)
1 2 Total Idaho 25 34 59 S. Carolina St. 29 37 66 Final Smith-Hammond-Middleton Center (Orangeburg, SC)		1 2 Total Hofstra 37 24 61 Stony Brook 26 30 56 Final USB Sports Complex (Stony Brook, NY)
1 2 Total Missouri St. 31 36 67 Tulsa 36 34 70 Final Donald Reynolds Center (Tulsa, OK)		1 2 Total California 34 38 72 Utah 29 40 69 Final Jon M. Huntsman Center (Salt Lake City, UT)
1 2 Total IPFW 31 32 63 Valparaiso 18 28 46 Final Athletics-Recreation Center (Valparaiso, IN)		1 2 Total Alabama A&M 26 29 55 Vanderbilt 41 37 78 Final Memorial Gym (Nashville, TN)
1 2 Total (4) Gonzaga 32 42 74 Washington St. 29 23 52 Final Wallis Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum (Pullman, WA)		1 2 Total SE Missouri St. 27 39 66 Western Ill. 26 45 71 Final Western Hall (Macomb, IL)
1 2 Total Ohio 25 31 56 (10) Xavier 48 30 78 Final Cintas Center (Cincinnati, OH)

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