Staying true to his word, Boston Bruins player Andrew Ference went "one up" on his teammates when it came to his day with the Stanley Cup. That's if if you consider bringing the trophy into a group of people who gather for a pointless act, then disperse one upping.
That's right, Lord Stanley has been flash mobbed for the first time and, hopefully, it will be the last time it participates in a "spontaneous" outbreak of dance.
In front of speakers blaring the strains of Queen's "We Are the Champions," the defenseman walked into a flash mob crowd in the North End of Boston carrying the Lord Stanley over his head. Hundreds of hipsters and computer geeks filled the Hanover Street block and swarmed the happy hockey player.
The poor Cup, which gets to spend a day with each player on the winning team, has already been dropped, filled with milk and breakfast cereal and who knows how many people sloppily slurped beer from its mouth so far this year. But its most undignified moment must be this-- being the center of a geek-filled flash mob-- doing it for the dance.
Ference celebrated the Bruins 2011 Championship by parading through the hometown streets and later visited a local hospital with the trophy.
I can't wait for the player who "planks" the trophy for the first time.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Jurors in Casey Anthony Trial Will See Recording of Lightning-Bruins Playoff Game
The jurors in the Casey Anthony murder trial found out this morning they will be allowed to watch a recorded tape of tonight's Game 7 Stanley Cup Playoff match-up between their home team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Boston Bruins. The 12 jurors and five alternates broke out in applause when Judge Belvin Perry announced his decision regarding the big game.
The sequestered Clearwater, Florida jury, selected from the Tampa Bay area, was transported to Orlando after Judge Perry made arrangements for Friday's 8 p.m. EST game to be recorded and shown later to the jurors of the highly-publicized case.
This is the first Game 7 in the Eastern Conference finals in five years and will be played at the TD Garden in Boston.
Anthony was charged with 1st degree murder after her 2 year-old daughter was found dead in 2008. The polarizing trial has received a lot of national media attention.
The winner of tonight's Lightning-Bruins game will face the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks in five games.
The murder trial began Tuesday with opening statements after 11 days of jury selection. The trial is expected to last about two months.
The finals series begin Wed. June 1 in Vancouver and a game seven would be played there on June 15.
Which means, if the Lightning win tonight, the jurors will probably continue seeing delayed tapes of the Lightning games throughout the Finals.
The sequestered Clearwater, Florida jury, selected from the Tampa Bay area, was transported to Orlando after Judge Perry made arrangements for Friday's 8 p.m. EST game to be recorded and shown later to the jurors of the highly-publicized case.
Anthony was charged with 1st degree murder after her 2 year-old daughter was found dead in 2008. The polarizing trial has received a lot of national media attention.
The winner of tonight's Lightning-Bruins game will face the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks in five games.
The murder trial began Tuesday with opening statements after 11 days of jury selection. The trial is expected to last about two months.
The finals series begin Wed. June 1 in Vancouver and a game seven would be played there on June 15.
Which means, if the Lightning win tonight, the jurors will probably continue seeing delayed tapes of the Lightning games throughout the Finals.
