Wednesday Blogdome: The Washington Capitals are dealing with fools and trolls

Caps fan Kate S. on Twitter revealed these beauties to the world last night, writing that they should be available at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex team store today. As Russian Machine Never Breaks wrote: “For just $17.99 you can become a warlock too. If you’re interested make sure to get them fast as this is a limited run.” The Washington Capitals and a limited run? You don’t say … [Puck Daddy]

• Charles Barkley on the AAU culture in basketball. “They’re killing the game. AAU is the worst thing to happen to college basketball ever. I hate AAU more than anything in the world. These kids aren’t getting good coaching. They’re playing too many games and not working on their game enough. And what happens with the AAU and all the extracurricular stuff, the college coaches have no control over these kids. They have to kiss their butts to come to their school; they’re afraid to coach them because if you criticize them, they don’t consider that coaching, they consider it criticism. There’s very few coaches that are actually coaching these kids. They let them do what they want to because they’re happy to get them because of the AAU circuit. It’s bad basketball. And what’s happened is the NBA, we’re the beneficiary of it unfortunately. We’ve got a bunch of guys who … my number one thing I hate in the world is when you’re talking to fans and they’ll say ‘man that guy can really run and he can really jump.’ And I always say ‘so can a deer but I wouldn’t put him in a game.’ These guys, listen, they’ve been coming into the NBA for the last three years and they can run and jump, but they’ve cut out the middle man when you go to college and learn how to play.” [Sports Radio Interviews]

• What Will Be Lost If There’s No NFL In 2011? While the issue deals more with the players and the owners, the biggest losers of them all will be the fans. Die hard football followers will feel their heart twist tightly as summer approaches and teams are not beginning OTAs. Sports enthusiasts will be distraught when the World Series ends at the end of October and there’s no football to fill the void of sports entertainment. Here’s what would be lost for pigskin fans if there is a lockout for the 2011 NFL season. … [Outside the Boxscore]

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