Greetings from the sports desk located somewhere below decks of the Good Pirate Ship RedState. Sammy the Shark is busy consoling Karl the Kraken, who has returned brokenhearted from his recently concluded fling with a South Sea sultry squid named Serendipity. It seems the tentacled siren surreptitiously seduced Karl only to throw him overboard for a sea serpent named Snarkton. Let’s check in on Karl …
Yeah, he’ll be fine.
Anyway, given how this is Christmas week, Sammy and Karl will have to content themselves with watching something other than hockey for a few days. Once upon a time, the NHL had a blockbuster schedule of games for Boxing Day (December 26), as said occasion is a big to-do in the Great White North. That ended after the 2011-2012 season. All teams now have December 24 through 26 off as far as game action is concerned.
The NBA and NFL have…
