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The business of sports: Uptown Hockey wades into the gay marriage debate, Part Two
by The Upper Canadien on 05/09/11 at 09:59 PM ET
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Following on my earlier post regarding Uptown Hockey and the controversy surrounding their remarks regarding gay marriage, two important updates:
1) Todd Reynolds, Vice President of Uptown, took to the airwaves to defend his firm’s decision to post these remarks at 6:45 this evening. That interview, which is well worth the listen, is available here:
TSN Radio Podcast: Uptown Hockey
Kudos to James Cybulski and Bruce Arthur for a very good interview.
2) Don Reynolds, Todd’s father and president of the company, did an interview shortly thereafter with the National Post. That can be found here:
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/05/09/nhl-agent-avery-misguided-on-gay-marriage/
In the interview, Don Reynolds appears to equate gay marriage and beastiality. Controversial at best, offensive to many at worst. Something tells me Uptown Hockey may need a consulting firms services soon. This is why public relations experts exist, by the way.
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The business of sports: Uptown Hockey
by The Upper Canadien on 05/09/11 at 07:43 PM ET
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As regular readers know, I am in finance by day, have a business background, and occasionally write about the business of hockey. Today, Uptown Sports Management, a well known agency for professional athletes, made a very odd and controversial decision, involving the relatively new medium of Twitter.
They opted to Tweet their disapproval of gay marriage:
uptownhockey Uptown Sports
Very sad to read Sean Avery’s misguided support of same-gender “marriage”. Legal or not, it will always be wrong.
Uptown Sports Management on Twitter
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Bye bye Muller?
by The Upper Canadien on 04/30/11 at 10:39 PM ET
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During my appearance on XM NHL’s The War Room two weeks ago, I mentioned the likelihood that Kirk Muller would be the next head coach of the Dallas Stars.
Well, it looks like I called this one right.
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The great Jack Edwards
by The Upper Canadien on 04/28/11 at 09:01 PM ET
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This has to be seen by as many people as possible.
Bruins’ play by play man Jack Edwards compares the Bruins-Habs series to, well, let’s see, royal families, imperialism, he manages to get the Boston Tea Party uprising in there, oh he contrasts Canada with the “free, independent states of…” and it goes on and on.
Oh Jack. I’ll miss hearing your ridiculous assertions the day after on the radio…wait, no I won’t.
Enjoy.
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Upper Canadien on XM NHL’s the War Room
by The Upper Canadien on 04/28/11 at 07:38 PM ET
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I had the privilege of gracing the airwaves of XM NHL Home Ice once again today to spend a few minutes dissecting the Canadiens 4-3 series loss to Boston. If you’d like to check out the discussion between Mick, Peter and myself, the audio is available here:
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That’s all, folks
by The Upper Canadien on 04/28/11 at 12:33 AM ET
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It was a hell of a series. Carey Price showed us what he can do. PK Subban is the real deal. Mike Cammalleri is Mr. Clutch, and he definitely deserves a letter.
Scott Gomez may have played his last game as a Montreal Canadien - they just need to figure out where to send him.
How much will this roster change?
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We’ve got a series
by The Upper Canadien on 04/27/11 at 12:24 AM ET
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Price. Gionta. Cammalleri.
Phenomenal rushes by PK Subban.
And a couple of very, very key powerplays.
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Woe, Canada!
by The Upper Canadien on 04/25/11 at 09:57 PM ET
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People always talk about a year, but what a difference a week makes. A week ago, Canadian teams were 5-0. Now, both are facing elimination.
The Montreal Canadiens may hit the ice tomorrow minus James Wisniewski and David Desharnais, two offensive spark plugs who have been solid these playoffs. 2010 saw the Habs go 5-1 in elimination games. Can they do it again?
You might say the Habs have the Bruins right where they want them.
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Cowboy up
by The Upper Canadien on 04/23/11 at 12:49 PM ET
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Carey Price borrows a very apt phrase from the Boston Red Sox. Time to get back to business.
Easter Holidays and family fun are getting in the way of regular blogging this weekend, so a very brief synopsis of tonight’s game:
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Three’s trouble
by The Upper Canadien on 04/19/11 at 10:21 PM ET
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It was. More trouble that anyone expected, especially given the energy of the Bell Centre crowd. But, the Bruins had over 100 points, and we all knew they weren’t going to lie down and call it a day. They’re rough, they’re mean, and we’ve got a series.
So what next? I’ll venture a guess that what we saw from Montreal in the second and third on Monday is exactly what we’ll see come Thursday.But, and here’s a recurring theme: it all comes down to Carey Price.
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The Upper Canadien is your one stop shop for all things Montreal Canadiens. Since the summer of 2010, I've been providing Habs related news, notes, and most importantly, opinions. As a blogger, I don't believe it's my job to report the news, it's my privilege to comment on it. You may disagree with what I suggest. In fact, you most likely will. But that's the great part about blogging: it spurs opinion, comment and engages all involved. I've really enjoyed all the debate and commentary from readers thus far and I encourage everyone to respond with ideas on lineups, trades, logos, sweaters, mascots, whatever. The Upper Canadien is a conversation for all hockey fanatics.
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