Clyde E. Dawkins
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I'm a big sports fan, especially hockey, and I've been a fan of villainesses since I was eight! My favorite shows are The Simpsons and Family Guy, etc.
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Stanley Cup Final Game Two: That's Hockey, Baby!
To borrow a line from two-time WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels, "God help me, I love this stuff!" The 2025 Stanley Cup Final, a rematch of last year's Final, began with an overtime thriller that saw the Edmonton Oilers come back from down 3-1 to win it in overtime. Leon Draisaitl won it with 31 seconds left in the extra frame, allowing the Oilers to draw first blood in this year's Final. It was an absolutely amazing game, but even with how awesome hockey is, we would certainly not get this again, would we?
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Unbalanced
Finals Game One: Hold Our Beer, NHL
It only took barely over a month for me to eat crow. During the tail end of April, I wrote a piece about how the NBA (especially the playoffs) lacks parity. This was due to the fact that three first round series ended in sweeps, and one ended in five by the time I wrote the piece, while the first round of this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs had no sweeps. I had also said that we're basically doomed to get the same teams deep in the playoffs in the NBA, while the NHL will give us different teams every year.
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Unbalanced
Stanley Cup Final Game One: Game Eight, and Some of Nine
Already, it looks like the sequel is on its way to topping the original. For the first time in 16 years, a Stanley Cup Final rematch got underway, as Game One between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. For the second time in this arrangement, TNT has the Final here in the States, with simulcasts on TruTV and Max. The Panthers--who won last year's Final in seven games--are looking to repeat as Stanley Cup Champions, and become the first team since the Penguins in 1991 and 1992 to win their first two Cups in back-to-back fashion. For the Oilers, they're looking to party like it's 1990, as they're attempting to win their first Cup in 35 years, and also end Canada's Cup drought at 32 years.
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Unbalanced
A Look Ahead to Year Four of Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime
As I mentioned before in my piece about this year's Sunday Night Football matchups, I am writing about the 2025 schedule in bits and pieces. The SNF piece was first, and for this installment, it's Thursday Night Football that is the focus. I've watched football since I was seven, and back then, I had been used to NFL games airing on Sundays, Mondays, and some Saturdays. The only Thursday football back then was, of course, Thanksgiving, and it was always two games: a Lions game and a Cowboys game.
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Unbalanced
"Beyond the Gates" Week 14 Review
So Beyond the Gates started the fourteenth week of existence a day late. Why? Monday was Memorial Day. So the show actually aired a rerun for the first time in its short existence. The show has had quite a few preemptions already. The first one was caused by March Madness, which is understandable. After all, it's March Madness. Then there's the preemptions due to UEFA Soccer, and that bugged me a bit, because while BTG was preempted, CBS affiliates were somehow able to air new episodes of The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. Hmmm.
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Geeks
Sequel: 2025 Stanley Cup Final Preview
Second verse, same as first. After a wild NHL season where 32 teams played for the same hopes and the same goal, it all comes down to just two teams. And after all of the dust settled, it's the same two teams as last year. For the first time since 2009, we have a repeat Stanley Cup Final, as the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers will again battle it out in the ultimate series for the right to hoist Lord Stanley's Cup. I have a feeling that this will top last year; sequels usually surpass the originals.
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Unbalanced
I Tell Ya What: An Early Look at the Anticipated "King of the Hill" Revival
At long last, the King of the Hill revival series is closing in! News of a reboot of the hit animated series started about three years ago, and it definitely gained my attention. The buzz increased as time passed, with more and more proverbial fruit growing from the seeds that were planted. The revival became official in January 2023, and finally, on May 30, 2025, the last piece of the puzzle was announced. It had been long established that Hulu would pick up the revived series, but the premiere date wasn't known until now: August 4, 2025.
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Geeks
What Went Wrong: You Reap What You Sow
Karma's a bitch, Dallas. Not as big of a bitch as your coach, though. The Dallas Stars' 2025 playoff run saw the referees do everything possible to make sure they got far. In Round 1, they handed out power plays to Dallas in the same fashion that Oprah was handing out cars, falling for every dive and acting job the stars committed, while actual penalties against Dallas went ignored. Round 2 was more of the same, though it also helped Dallas that Connor Hellebuyck was in Jekyll and Hyde mode in that six-game series.
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Unbalanced
A Look at the 1957 Detroit Lions
We are relatively close to another NFL season; the Schedule Release is that last key NFL date during the offseason before the Hall of Fame Game (the first NFL preseason game) starts. This year marks a milestone, as the Super Bowl will turn 60 this season. I had been meaning to do more in-depth looks at NFL championship runs, and the first one I wrote was about the Chicago Cardinals' 1947 run to their most recent championship to date--the longest current championship drought in pro sports.
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Unbalanced
What Went Wrong: Category Zero
You know, I think it's high time that we take the Carolina Hurricanes down from that pedestal. I've been questioning how open Carolina's Cup window has been for about two years now. The Hurricanes made their seventh straight appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and when the streak began in 2019, it saw them upset the defending champs and sweep their way to the Final Four. It ended there, but still, the window was wide open. Some exits during the COVID-affected years, and a second-round exit in 2022 kept that window open. Then 2023 happened. It was a year of upsets. Carolina went to the Conference Finals. This was their best chance, but they were swept by the Florida Panthers.
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Unbalanced
Analyzing the Growing Concern Centered on the Voice Cast of "The Simpsons". Top Story - May 2025.
We all love The Simpsons, don't we? It's the ultimate cross-generational show. I grew up with this show in the 1990s, and even now, it's still on and obliterating that bar set by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's The Flintstones back in the 1960s. The Simpsons is the ultimate primetime animated series; has been for decades now. I'm barely old enough to remember when the series aired on Thursdays. It's been a Sunday night series for 30 years now.
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Geeks
"Beyond the Gates" Week 13 Review
As I said a couple of weeks prior when I recapped the moment that Leslie decided to proverbial burn it down to the ground, it does feel like we are now in the early stages of a new series of angles. We see this in wrestling as well; angles that last about two or three months come to an end, and new angles begin. In this case, the last two weeks have dealt with the aftermath of that birthday celebration, and so far, it's been quite interesting.
By Clyde E. Dawkins8 months ago in Geeks
