As the Wells Fargo Center prepares to celebrate its 15th anniversary (Wednesday, August 31, 2011), the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm which owns the arena, Comcast-Spectacor, is issuing some very unusual numbers and statistics wh...
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Courtesy: ncaabbs.com I hate Crosby . You hate him too. Pretty much everyone outside of Pittsburgh  does. But you’d have to be a complete fool to deny how good he really is.
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Philadelphia Flyers forward Ian Laperriere, winner of the 2011 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, was naturalized as a U.S. citizen on Tuesday after being sworn in at the Citizenship and Immigration Services in Mount Laurel, N.J. .roundedcornr_box {...
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Noted Canadian novelist Hugh MacLennan, 1954: Next to the Swedes and Swiss, Canadians in their daily lives are probably as self-restrained as any people in the world. By comparison, Americans sometimes seem as volatile as Latins. Yet the favorite sports of Americans are neat, precise games like baseball and college football
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The Flyers and James van Riemsdyk each took a bit of a leap of faith in agreeing to a six-year contract extension that, beginning in the 2012-13 season, will pay JVR $4.25 million on the salary cap. He will earn $1.65 million on the cap this season, the third and final year of his entry-level contract. For Philadelphia, this is another clear sign that the organization thinks that JVR turned the
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Oh I forogt how humble New York was. Thank God for Brad Richards. Mark Messier is reborn in the Big Asshole
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James van Riemsdyk spoke with the media Tuesday afternoon regarding his new multi-year contract extension. Click here for the official team press release. Q: On signing his extension “I couldn’t be happier, obviously. Over ...
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Strange day for me over at Skate Zone. I was sitting with Peter Laviolette when James van Riemsdyk walked into his office, grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge, then hustled out. Wish I had known about the contract extension - 6 years, $25.5 million_ then but didn't hear of it for another 30 minutes. JVR would have had to wait till age 27 to be a UFA. This deal carries him past UFA
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The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have signed left wing James van Riemsdyk to a multi-year contract extension, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. More details to follow...
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Courtesy: thehockeynews.com JVR Â was coming into the final year of his entry level contract. Today he signed a new deal for 6 more years.
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