By R.L. Bynum As the Canes’ in-house reporter, Smith stays busy No writer has better access to the Carolina Hurricanes than Michael Smith. As the team’s senior web producer/writer, he’s most visible as its in-house reporter and co-host with Mike Maniscalco of the weekly “CanesCast” podcast, as well as sometimes offering insights on TV, video… Read more »
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Hurricanes: The Dread & Excitement of Next Year
Our Carolina Hurricanes are on the brink of elimination thanks to Tuukka Rask and only Tuukka Rask (we refuse to acknowledge any other Boston contribution because, frankly, there aren’t any other noteworthy contributions worth acknowledging). While there’s plenty to discuss about the series, such as the lingering issues on special teams, the disappearance of the… Read more »
SportsChannel8: The Interviews with Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon
After sweeping the Islanders last Friday night, Canes owner Tom Dundon was riding so high that he forget to thoroughly vet his media contacts and somehow ended up on SportsChannel8: The Radio Show. We covered a LOT: from this Canes squad and its head coach to youth hockey to the AT&T Byron Nelson to frat… Read more »
Media Musings: Alexander Provides Southern Hospitality For Hurricanes Opposing Broadcasts
By R.L. Bynum Visiting NHL radio crews depend on local engineers New York fans listening to Islanders radio broadcasts of this week’s two playoff games in Raleigh will probably have no idea that a North Carolina resident is responsible for the professional sound quality they are hearing. Because an engineer isn’t part of the travel… Read more »
Giftastic Recap of the Capitals/Hurricanes Playoff Series
The Carolina Hurricanes qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2009: Canes head to Washington and lose the series opener 4-2: And they follow that up with an overtime loss in Game 2…: …but they get to come back home to the loudest house in the NHL: And Canes fans, starving for playoff… Read more »
Carolina Hurricanes: This One’s For Us
Back in my early 20’s, before North Carolina ever had dreams of hosting a hockey franchise, a co-worker tried to convince me that hockey was the best sport on the planet. His sales pitch: hockey has the physicality of football, the speed and continuous, free-flowing action of basketball, and the “every goal is life or… Read more »
Media Musings: Different Job, Same Beat for Person
By R.L. Bynum Leaving newspapers, adjusting to the change wasn’t easy for Person Sports writers are no different than athletes: Changing teams and playbooks requires some adjustments. It took a few weeks for Joe Person to fully make the transition from decades in the newspaper industry to being part of The Athletic. Unlike most athletes,… Read more »
Plunked: How it feels to get hit by an 88 mph fastball
By Shawn Krest No one told me about the hiss. A good fastball is sometimes called a hummer in baseball slang, but the actual sound is far less pleasant than that. The sound is supposedly made by the seams, ripping through air as the ball spins toward the plate. The higher the spin rate,… Read more »