from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- Eminem on the NHL lockout: “Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say, but nothin’ comes out when they move they lips. Just a buncha gibberish.”

- Never thought I’d write this in mine or anyone else’s lifetime, but here it goes: Bud Selig is the No. 1 commissioner in professional sports. And with the decline of the retiring David Stern and the embarrassment Roger Goodell is becoming, it’s not even close. And we know who’s No. 4 on the list, and it ain’t Bobby Orr.

a few more hockey notes mixed in with other sports topics...