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![Does Claude Giroux Deserve A Suspension? There were only four seconds remaining in the second period of Game 4, in which the Flyers were being dominated by the New Jersey Devils. Yet despite the lopsided nature of the game to that point, the Flyers only trailed 3-2. It was then that Claude Giroux, considered one of the top players in the entire NHL, was penalized for a hit to the head of Dainius Zubrus, who had just put the Devils in the lead. Giroux was visibly upset about a play that Devils goalie Martin Brodeur had just made that G thought should have been a penalty.
“I was just trying to finish my hit and he kind of leaned in and kind of tried to chip the puck in,” Giroux told CSNPhilly’s Sarah Baicker after the Game 4 loss. “I didn’t see the replay, so I don’t know. Obviously I’m not a dirty player. I don’t want to hit guys on the head. I was just trying to finish my hit there.”
Zubrus was not seriously injured (he even returned to the game and scored the empty net goal to make it 4-2 Devils). And Giroux is correct in that he really isn’t a dirty player. But Devils coach Peter DeBoer thinks the hit may well be suspension-worthy (Peter Laviolette disagrees).
“For me it looks textbook, like the hits they’re trying to get out of the game,” DeBoer said. “But I understand (NHL commissioner) Gary Bettman and (deputy commissioner) Bill Daly were here, and I’m sure they’ll look at that.”
Giroux is scheduled to meet with the league at 11 a.m. Monday to discuss a potential suspension. For what it’s worth, TSN’s Bob McKenzie says Giroux’s hit was a textbook Rule 48 violation. We’ll keep you updated on Giroux’s status for Game 5 as soon as we learn about it.
Weigh in: does Giroux deserve to be suspended for this hit?
UPDATED (3:05 p.m., Monday, May 7): Giroux was suspended for one game by the NHL for his hit to Zubrus and will miss Game 5 on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
-LD
[CSNPhilly, ESPNNewYork, ProHockeyTalk]
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Does Claude Giroux Deserve A Suspension? There were only four seconds remaining in the second period of Game 4, in which the Flyers were being dominated by the New Jersey Devils. Yet despite the lopsided nature of the game to that point, the Flyers only trailed 3-2. It was then that Claude Giroux, considered one of the top players in the entire NHL, was penalized for a hit to the head of Dainius Zubrus, who had just put the Devils in the lead. Giroux was visibly upset about a play that Devils goalie Martin Brodeur had just made that G thought should have been a penalty.
“I was just trying to finish my hit and he kind of leaned in and kind of tried to chip the puck in,” Giroux told CSNPhilly’s Sarah Baicker after the Game 4 loss. “I didn’t see the replay, so I don’t know. Obviously I’m not a dirty player. I don’t want to hit guys on the head. I was just trying to finish my hit there.”
Zubrus was not seriously injured (he even returned to the game and scored the empty net goal to make it 4-2 Devils). And Giroux is correct in that he really isn’t a dirty player. But Devils coach Peter DeBoer thinks the hit may well be suspension-worthy (Peter Laviolette disagrees).
“For me it looks textbook, like the hits they’re trying to get out of the game,” DeBoer said. “But I understand (NHL commissioner) Gary Bettman and (deputy commissioner) Bill Daly were here, and I’m sure they’ll look at that.”
Giroux is scheduled to meet with the league at 11 a.m. Monday to discuss a potential suspension. For what it’s worth, TSN’s Bob McKenzie says Giroux’s hit was a textbook Rule 48 violation. We’ll keep you updated on Giroux’s status for Game 5 as soon as we learn about it.
Weigh in: does Giroux deserve to be suspended for this hit?
UPDATED (3:05 p.m., Monday, May 7): Giroux was suspended for one game by the NHL for his hit to Zubrus and will miss Game 5 on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
-LD
[CSNPhilly, ESPNNewYork, ProHockeyTalk]
Photo: Getty Images
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Turnpike Rivalry Renewed in Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the second time in three years, the Flyers are set to play the Devils in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. After falling to the Devils in the 1995 and 2000 Eastern Conference Finals, the Flyers have beaten New Jersey in their last two playoff matchups (2004 and 2010).
What do you need to know about the Devils? Well, Martin Brodeur (above) is still in net and still playing well (he made 43 saves on 45 shots in last night’s Game 7 double-overtime win over Florida). The winningest goaltender of all-time will turn 40 on May 6. As for their season showdowns, the Flyers held a slight edge in the six games the teams played this year, going 3-2-1.
Will the week off hurt the Flyers? Can they handle the Devils? We’ll find out starting at 3pm Sunday, right here on NBC10.
-LD
Photo: Getty Images
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Rejoice: Thursday is National Pretzel Day. It’s a holiday made for Philadelphia. According to a press release, National Pretzel Day was created in 1983 when Rep. Robert S. Walker determined his favorite food needed a holiday. Twenty years later, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell joined the bandwagon by re-declaring the unofficial national holiday. And today is the day, everyone. How much do we love pretzels in this region?
According to Wikipedia, “Southeastern Pennsylvania is considered the birthplace of the American pretzel industry. In fact, Pa. produces 80% of the nation’s pretzels and the average Philadelphian consumes about twelve times more pretzels than the national average.”
To celebrate the holiday, the Philly Soft Pretzel Factory is giving away one free pretzel to anyone who walks in the door today. Free pretzels, need we say anything more? To find locations near you, check here.
How do you enjoy your soft pretzels?
-LD
Wikipedia, Philly Soft Pretzel Factory
Photo: NBC10
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![Is Claude Giroux Philly’s Best Athlete in 2012? Yes, it’s only April. And yes, the Phillies (despite two masterful performances from Doc Halladay) are off to a bit of a slow start. But since we all have Flyers fever as they battle our cross-state rivals in the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs (how does 3-0 feel, Pittsburgh?), it’s a question worth asking.
The folks at Philadelphia Magazine are conducting a poll for some of their annual “Best of Philly” categories, and one of them is “Best Athlete.” On the list are Giroux, the Philadelphia Union’s Freddy Adu, DeSean Jackson of the Eagles, Evan Turner of the Sixers and Hunter Pence of the Phillies (we hear you, Phillies fans…no sign of Halladay, Cliff Lee or Cole Hamels).
Giroux made all of Philadelphia proud in the 1st period of today’s game by engaging in a little scuffle with one Sidney Crosby (not to mention an assist and a goal today to go along with 28 goals and 65 assists in the regular season, and Friday night’s 3-goal, 3-assist performance in Pittsburgh). But beyond that, it got us to wondering…is Giroux in fact the best Philly athlete in 2012? (note: because the magazine is published in August, the voting closes in May.)
Quick aside: The Hockey News named Giroux the 3rd best player in the NHL back in March (behind Crosby and Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk) and in January, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association (PSW) named Giroux their pro athlete of the year.
Weigh in below…
-LD
[PhillyMag, CSNPhilly, Philly.com h/t The20’s @VictorFiorillo]
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Is Claude Giroux Philly’s Best Athlete in 2012? Yes, it’s only April. And yes, the Phillies (despite two masterful performances from Doc Halladay) are off to a bit of a slow start. But since we all have Flyers fever as they battle our cross-state rivals in the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs (how does 3-0 feel, Pittsburgh?), it’s a question worth asking.
The folks at Philadelphia Magazine are conducting a poll for some of their annual “Best of Philly” categories, and one of them is “Best Athlete.” On the list are Giroux, the Philadelphia Union’s Freddy Adu, DeSean Jackson of the Eagles, Evan Turner of the Sixers and Hunter Pence of the Phillies (we hear you, Phillies fans…no sign of Halladay, Cliff Lee or Cole Hamels).
Giroux made all of Philadelphia proud in the 1st period of today’s game by engaging in a little scuffle with one Sidney Crosby (not to mention an assist and a goal today to go along with 28 goals and 65 assists in the regular season, and Friday night’s 3-goal, 3-assist performance in Pittsburgh). But beyond that, it got us to wondering…is Giroux in fact the best Philly athlete in 2012? (note: because the magazine is published in August, the voting closes in May.)
Quick aside: The Hockey News named Giroux the 3rd best player in the NHL back in March (behind Crosby and Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk) and in January, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association (PSW) named Giroux their pro athlete of the year.
Weigh in below…
-LD
[PhillyMag, CSNPhilly, Philly.com h/t The20’s @VictorFiorillo]
Photo: Getty Images
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DJ Jazzy Jeff Added to Phillies Already Jam-Packed Home Opener Schedule. As if the Phillies home opener wasn’t big enough already, the team announced on Friday that the legendary DJ Jazzy Jeff would be joining the festivities as well (outdoors at the block party beginning at 10:30). It is just a part of the scheduled events, which the Phillies officially laid out today. So if you want a minute-by-minute detail of the events, they include:
- 8 a.m.: Majestic Clubhouse Store opens
- 10:35 a.m.: All Gates Open (all fans will receive a 2’x3’ replica of the 2011 NL East Champions Pennant
- 10:35 a.m.: Phillies batting practice
- 11:34 a.m.: Marlins batting practice
- 12:15 p.m.: Line up on 10th Street as the Phillies make their “Leadoff Walk” into the ballpark
- 12:26 p.m.: The Phillies make their grand entrance from a 10th Street Leadoff Walk
- 12:39 p.m.: “America the Beautiful” will be sung by the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Men’s Chorale
- 12:42 p.m.: Marlins introductions
- 12:46 p.m.: Phillies introductions
- 12:52 p.m.: Moment of silence in memory of Jerry Clotheir, Phillies Senior Vice President, Business and Finance, and Andy Musser, Phillies broadcast
- 12:53 p.m.: National anthem sung by the Philadelphia Boys Choir and Men’s Chorale
- Flyover
- 12:56 p.m.: The U.S. Navy Leap Frogs will parachute onto the field, bringing the first ball
- 1:03 p.m.: Ceremonial First Pitch: University of Delaware basketball star Elena Delle Donne
- 1:09 p.m.: Play Ball!
-LDPhillies.com, h/t @meechone -
![Philly City Hall Recognized for Social Media Savvy. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter is fairly well-known for utilizing social media to get his message across (as he did to combat city violence in September), and even participated in a social media town hall last fall here at NBC10. Now, Philadelphia City Hall is getting some national recognition for its open data initiatives and social media savvy.
A new study from the University of Illinois at Chicago ranked the 75 largest cities in America on social media savvy. They based their findings on “opportunities for citizen participation and information,” according to a release, and Philadelphia ranked No. 9 overall. The categories they monitored included:
Hosting of open data portals;
Comments allowed on blogs and social networks;
The extent to which online discussions concerned policy as well as city services;
Information on officials, budgets, city council meetings and neighborhood issues
The rest of the top 10 (some of the cities tied, according to the scoring system):
New York/Seattle
Virginia Beach
Portland
San Francisco
Kansas City
Denver
Mesa, Ariz.
Louisville
Philadelphia/Long Beach, CA/Sacramento
San Jose
Toledo, Ohio was ranked last in the survey.
-LD
[NBC10, PRDaily, h/t The20’s @DPBell and @RichNegrin]
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Philly City Hall Recognized for Social Media Savvy. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter is fairly well-known for utilizing social media to get his message across (as he did to combat city violence in September), and even participated in a social media town hall last fall here at NBC10. Now, Philadelphia City Hall is getting some national recognition for its open data initiatives and social media savvy.
A new study from the University of Illinois at Chicago ranked the 75 largest cities in America on social media savvy. They based their findings on “opportunities for citizen participation and information,” according to a release, and Philadelphia ranked No. 9 overall. The categories they monitored included:
- Hosting of open data portals;
- Comments allowed on blogs and social networks;
- The extent to which online discussions concerned policy as well as city services;
- Information on officials, budgets, city council meetings and neighborhood issues
The rest of the top 10 (some of the cities tied, according to the scoring system):
- New York/Seattle
- Virginia Beach
- Portland
- San Francisco
- Kansas City
- Denver
- Mesa, Ariz.
- Louisville
- Philadelphia/Long Beach, CA/Sacramento
- San Jose
Toledo, Ohio was ranked last in the survey.
-LD
[NBC10, PRDaily, h/t The20’s @DPBell and @RichNegrin]
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![Hate It or Love It? Springsteen In Philly. The Boss is back in Philadelphia, at least for two nights. The singer-songwriter-performer is playing the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia both tonight and tomorrow, and both shows are sold out (unless you turn to Stubhub, where tickets start at $115). Everyone most certainly knows someone going to the shows, and if you don’t, there are plenty of folks around town talking about it.
Interestingly, Springsteen’s return to Philadelphia was met with two separate “Bruce Springsteen sucks” arguments, one from The20’s @VictorFiorillo at Philadelphia Magazine called “Why I Hate Bruce Springsteen,” and the other from John Sharkey at Philadelphia Weekly, titled “A Dissenting View on the Mythicization of Bruce Springsteen.”
In Fiorillo’s piece, he lists ten reasons, along with videos, describing why he hates Springsteen. Among them, Bruce’s earring, Max Weinberg, the fans and more.
“My friends, knowing I’m a music lover, keep asking me if I’m going. No. I’m not. I’d rather watch the entire first season of Cupcake Wars while being trapped on an elevator with a diarrhetic mule. (No offense to diarrhetic mules.) Yes, I am one of those (apparently few) Bruce Springsteen haters.”
Sharkey’s cover story is very clearly a dig at Springsteen’s working class mystique. In it, he compares Springsteen to Tim Tebow and says:
“Springsteen isn’t terrible enough to demonize, but he isn’t great enough to canonize, either. He’s the Tim Tebow of music: not very good, but different enough from the rest to stand out. He’s a piece of toilet paper clinging to the bottom of American culture’s shoe. And because he’s remained stuck there so long, we’ve attached undeserved meaning to him. He’s a rock musician, not The Boss.”
These opinions both appear to be unpopular, as there are plenty of Springsteen lovers in our area. So hate it or love: Bruce Springsteen?
-LD
[@VictorFiorillo, Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia Weekly]
Photo: Getty Images](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1m5hwvvZu1qfnxkko1_500.jpg)
Hate It or Love It? Springsteen In Philly. The Boss is back in Philadelphia, at least for two nights. The singer-songwriter-performer is playing the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia both tonight and tomorrow, and both shows are sold out (unless you turn to Stubhub, where tickets start at $115). Everyone most certainly knows someone going to the shows, and if you don’t, there are plenty of folks around town talking about it.
Interestingly, Springsteen’s return to Philadelphia was met with two separate “Bruce Springsteen sucks” arguments, one from The20’s @VictorFiorillo at Philadelphia Magazine called “Why I Hate Bruce Springsteen,” and the other from John Sharkey at Philadelphia Weekly, titled “A Dissenting View on the Mythicization of Bruce Springsteen.”
In Fiorillo’s piece, he lists ten reasons, along with videos, describing why he hates Springsteen. Among them, Bruce’s earring, Max Weinberg, the fans and more.
“My friends, knowing I’m a music lover, keep asking me if I’m going. No. I’m not. I’d rather watch the entire first season of Cupcake Wars while being trapped on an elevator with a diarrhetic mule. (No offense to diarrhetic mules.) Yes, I am one of those (apparently few) Bruce Springsteen haters.”
Sharkey’s cover story is very clearly a dig at Springsteen’s working class mystique. In it, he compares Springsteen to Tim Tebow and says:
“Springsteen isn’t terrible enough to demonize, but he isn’t great enough to canonize, either. He’s the Tim Tebow of music: not very good, but different enough from the rest to stand out. He’s a piece of toilet paper clinging to the bottom of American culture’s shoe. And because he’s remained stuck there so long, we’ve attached undeserved meaning to him. He’s a rock musician, not The Boss.”
These opinions both appear to be unpopular, as there are plenty of Springsteen lovers in our area. So hate it or love: Bruce Springsteen?
-LD
[@VictorFiorillo, Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia Weekly]
Photo: Getty Images
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![The Guide to Modern Elevator Etiquette. Can you imagine the skyline of Philadelphia or any other modern city if elevators did not exist? The Comcast Center, our city’s tallest structure, has 58 floors. Would you walk up 58 flights of steps to get to your office? Unlikely.
But as much as we all ride elevators, we rarely see a standard behavioral code around the trip. That’s where The20’s @VictorFiorillo, a writer for Philadelphia Magazine and The Philly Post, comes in. What if there were behavioral rules around riding the elevator? With brief detail, here are the six rules Fiorillo lists for being in and around elevators:
Just Shut Up. “No one wants to hear your stupid conversations.”
Chivalry Is Not Allowed. “I’m a big fan of chivalry and gentlemanly behavior, but generally speaking, an elevator is not the place for this, save for escapes from trapped elevators, for which the old ‘women and children first’ protocol is still applicable.”
Don’t Talk on Your Cell Phone. ”I am, of course, talking about the basic tenet of elevator cell phone etiquette, which is, quite simply, that your cell phone should not be in use on an elevator, other than for silent purposes, like texting or browsing. ”
It’s OK to Say Hello. ” It seems that when someone we don’t know makes eye contact with us or greets us on an elevator, even if they’re a comely California girl like Susie, we treat them like a serial killer or at least a potential leftover Occupy Philly member. If you see Susie on your elevator and she says “hello,” it’s perfectly OK (and proper) to say “hello” in return. Anything else would be rude. “
No Eating. “Again, we’re talking about maybe 45 seconds of your life here.”
Beware the DOOR CLOSE Button. “Elevator riders, you have the choice of using the DOOR OPEN button or not when you see a body moving toward the closing door, though if you are on the elevator with others, it’s important to take their feelings into account as well. Sure, you may get a “thank you” out of the person for whom you pressed DOOR OPEN, but the other passengers will secretly hate you.”
So that’s it. Any other rules to riding the elevator that you would add? To read Fiorillo’s full post, click here.
-LD
[@VictorFiorillo, The Philly Post]
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The Guide to Modern Elevator Etiquette. Can you imagine the skyline of Philadelphia or any other modern city if elevators did not exist? The Comcast Center, our city’s tallest structure, has 58 floors. Would you walk up 58 flights of steps to get to your office? Unlikely.
But as much as we all ride elevators, we rarely see a standard behavioral code around the trip. That’s where The20’s @VictorFiorillo, a writer for Philadelphia Magazine and The Philly Post, comes in. What if there were behavioral rules around riding the elevator? With brief detail, here are the six rules Fiorillo lists for being in and around elevators:
- Just Shut Up. “No one wants to hear your stupid conversations.”
- Chivalry Is Not Allowed. “I’m a big fan of chivalry and gentlemanly behavior, but generally speaking, an elevator is not the place for this, save for escapes from trapped elevators, for which the old ‘women and children first’ protocol is still applicable.”
- Don’t Talk on Your Cell Phone. ”I am, of course, talking about the basic tenet of elevator cell phone etiquette, which is, quite simply, that your cell phone should not be in use on an elevator, other than for silent purposes, like texting or browsing. ”
- It’s OK to Say Hello. ” It seems that when someone we don’t know makes eye contact with us or greets us on an elevator, even if they’re a comely California girl like Susie, we treat them like a serial killer or at least a potential leftover Occupy Philly member. If you see Susie on your elevator and she says “hello,” it’s perfectly OK (and proper) to say “hello” in return. Anything else would be rude. “
- No Eating. “Again, we’re talking about maybe 45 seconds of your life here.”
- Beware the DOOR CLOSE Button. “Elevator riders, you have the choice of using the DOOR OPEN button or not when you see a body moving toward the closing door, though if you are on the elevator with others, it’s important to take their feelings into account as well. Sure, you may get a “thank you” out of the person for whom you pressed DOOR OPEN, but the other passengers will secretly hate you.”
So that’s it. Any other rules to riding the elevator that you would add? To read Fiorillo’s full post, click here.
-LD
[@VictorFiorillo, The Philly Post]
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![Philadelphia Among Best Places to Relocate or Expand Businesses. For business owners looking to grow or relocate their companies, there are few cities better than Philadelphia. In fact, only six cities with metropolitan populations over 1 million top “The City of Brotherly Love,” (as noted last week by the Philadelphia Business Journal). Site Selection Magazine, a go-to magazine for business owners looking to move their locations, pulled the numbers and took into account new businesses that invested $1 million or more, hired at least 50 people, or built at least 20-thousand square feet.
The top ten cities, in order, were:
Houston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Dallas/Fort Worth
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia/Camden/Wilmington
Washington, D.C.
Atlanta
Tampa
Also of note, in terms of cities with metro populations between 200,000 and 1 million, the Allentown/Bethlehem area (No. 5) and Harrisburg area (No. 6) both rank among the best.
-LD
[Philadelphia Business Journal, Site Selection Magazine, h/t The20’s @richnegrin and @DPBell]
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Philadelphia Among Best Places to Relocate or Expand Businesses. For business owners looking to grow or relocate their companies, there are few cities better than Philadelphia. In fact, only six cities with metropolitan populations over 1 million top “The City of Brotherly Love,” (as noted last week by the Philadelphia Business Journal). Site Selection Magazine, a go-to magazine for business owners looking to move their locations, pulled the numbers and took into account new businesses that invested $1 million or more, hired at least 50 people, or built at least 20-thousand square feet.
The top ten cities, in order, were:
- Houston
- Chicago
- Pittsburgh
- Dallas/Fort Worth
- New York
- Cincinnati
- Philadelphia/Camden/Wilmington
- Washington, D.C.
- Atlanta
- Tampa
Also of note, in terms of cities with metro populations between 200,000 and 1 million, the Allentown/Bethlehem area (No. 5) and Harrisburg area (No. 6) both rank among the best.
-LD
[Philadelphia Business Journal, Site Selection Magazine, h/t The20’s @richnegrin and @DPBell]
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Report: Philadelphians Lose More Cell Phones Than People In Any Other City. Mobile security firm Lookout estimates that $30 billion worth of smartphones are lost every year in the United States. Sometimes those phones are found, many times they are not. And who loses more phones than anyone? Philadelphians (ahead of Seattle, Oakland, Long Beach and Newark, NJ). In a new website launched today, Lookout takes a look at the lost (and stolen) phone conundrum by digging into how, when and where phones are lost. And the statistics don’t bode well for us.
- Residents of Philly lose their phone two times per year on average
- The price tag for lost phones in Philly is $48 million
- The most likely spots in Philly to lose your phone are: buildings, automotive shops, pizza places, and churches.
The most popular places to lose or have your phone stolen globally are a coffee shop, a bar and an office. Have you lost your phone in the last year? How many times?
-LD
Photo: AP
![Does Claude Giroux Deserve A Suspension? There were only four seconds remaining in the second period of Game 4, in which the Flyers were being dominated by the New Jersey Devils. Yet despite the lopsided nature of the game to that point, the Flyers only trailed 3-2. It was then that Claude Giroux, considered one of the top players in the entire NHL, was penalized for a hit to the head of Dainius Zubrus, who had just put the Devils in the lead. Giroux was visibly upset about a play that Devils goalie Martin Brodeur had just made that G thought should have been a penalty.
“I was just trying to finish my hit and he kind of leaned in and kind of tried to chip the puck in,” Giroux told CSNPhilly’s Sarah Baicker after the Game 4 loss. “I didn’t see the replay, so I don’t know. Obviously I’m not a dirty player. I don’t want to hit guys on the head. I was just trying to finish my hit there.”
Zubrus was not seriously injured (he even returned to the game and scored the empty net goal to make it 4-2 Devils). And Giroux is correct in that he really isn’t a dirty player. But Devils coach Peter DeBoer thinks the hit may well be suspension-worthy (Peter Laviolette disagrees).
“For me it looks textbook, like the hits they’re trying to get out of the game,” DeBoer said. “But I understand (NHL commissioner) Gary Bettman and (deputy commissioner) Bill Daly were here, and I’m sure they’ll look at that.”
Giroux is scheduled to meet with the league at 11 a.m. Monday to discuss a potential suspension. For what it’s worth, TSN’s Bob McKenzie says Giroux’s hit was a textbook Rule 48 violation. We’ll keep you updated on Giroux’s status for Game 5 as soon as we learn about it.
Weigh in: does Giroux deserve to be suspended for this hit?
UPDATED (3:05 p.m., Monday, May 7): Giroux was suspended for one game by the NHL for his hit to Zubrus and will miss Game 5 on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
-LD
[CSNPhilly, ESPNNewYork, ProHockeyTalk]
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![Is Claude Giroux Philly’s Best Athlete in 2012? Yes, it’s only April. And yes, the Phillies (despite two masterful performances from Doc Halladay) are off to a bit of a slow start. But since we all have Flyers fever as they battle our cross-state rivals in the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs (how does 3-0 feel, Pittsburgh?), it’s a question worth asking.
The folks at Philadelphia Magazine are conducting a poll for some of their annual “Best of Philly” categories, and one of them is “Best Athlete.” On the list are Giroux, the Philadelphia Union’s Freddy Adu, DeSean Jackson of the Eagles, Evan Turner of the Sixers and Hunter Pence of the Phillies (we hear you, Phillies fans…no sign of Halladay, Cliff Lee or Cole Hamels).
Giroux made all of Philadelphia proud in the 1st period of today’s game by engaging in a little scuffle with one Sidney Crosby (not to mention an assist and a goal today to go along with 28 goals and 65 assists in the regular season, and Friday night’s 3-goal, 3-assist performance in Pittsburgh). But beyond that, it got us to wondering…is Giroux in fact the best Philly athlete in 2012? (note: because the magazine is published in August, the voting closes in May.)
Quick aside: The Hockey News named Giroux the 3rd best player in the NHL back in March (behind Crosby and Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk) and in January, the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association (PSW) named Giroux their pro athlete of the year.
Weigh in below…
-LD
[PhillyMag, CSNPhilly, Philly.com h/t The20’s @VictorFiorillo]
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![Philly City Hall Recognized for Social Media Savvy. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter is fairly well-known for utilizing social media to get his message across (as he did to combat city violence in September), and even participated in a social media town hall last fall here at NBC10. Now, Philadelphia City Hall is getting some national recognition for its open data initiatives and social media savvy.
A new study from the University of Illinois at Chicago ranked the 75 largest cities in America on social media savvy. They based their findings on “opportunities for citizen participation and information,” according to a release, and Philadelphia ranked No. 9 overall. The categories they monitored included:
Hosting of open data portals;
Comments allowed on blogs and social networks;
The extent to which online discussions concerned policy as well as city services;
Information on officials, budgets, city council meetings and neighborhood issues
The rest of the top 10 (some of the cities tied, according to the scoring system):
New York/Seattle
Virginia Beach
Portland
San Francisco
Kansas City
Denver
Mesa, Ariz.
Louisville
Philadelphia/Long Beach, CA/Sacramento
San Jose
Toledo, Ohio was ranked last in the survey.
-LD
[NBC10, PRDaily, h/t The20’s @DPBell and @RichNegrin]
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![Hate It or Love It? Springsteen In Philly. The Boss is back in Philadelphia, at least for two nights. The singer-songwriter-performer is playing the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia both tonight and tomorrow, and both shows are sold out (unless you turn to Stubhub, where tickets start at $115). Everyone most certainly knows someone going to the shows, and if you don’t, there are plenty of folks around town talking about it.
Interestingly, Springsteen’s return to Philadelphia was met with two separate “Bruce Springsteen sucks” arguments, one from The20’s @VictorFiorillo at Philadelphia Magazine called “Why I Hate Bruce Springsteen,” and the other from John Sharkey at Philadelphia Weekly, titled “A Dissenting View on the Mythicization of Bruce Springsteen.”
In Fiorillo’s piece, he lists ten reasons, along with videos, describing why he hates Springsteen. Among them, Bruce’s earring, Max Weinberg, the fans and more.
“My friends, knowing I’m a music lover, keep asking me if I’m going. No. I’m not. I’d rather watch the entire first season of Cupcake Wars while being trapped on an elevator with a diarrhetic mule. (No offense to diarrhetic mules.) Yes, I am one of those (apparently few) Bruce Springsteen haters.”
Sharkey’s cover story is very clearly a dig at Springsteen’s working class mystique. In it, he compares Springsteen to Tim Tebow and says:
“Springsteen isn’t terrible enough to demonize, but he isn’t great enough to canonize, either. He’s the Tim Tebow of music: not very good, but different enough from the rest to stand out. He’s a piece of toilet paper clinging to the bottom of American culture’s shoe. And because he’s remained stuck there so long, we’ve attached undeserved meaning to him. He’s a rock musician, not The Boss.”
These opinions both appear to be unpopular, as there are plenty of Springsteen lovers in our area. So hate it or love: Bruce Springsteen?
-LD
[@VictorFiorillo, Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia Weekly]
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![The Guide to Modern Elevator Etiquette. Can you imagine the skyline of Philadelphia or any other modern city if elevators did not exist? The Comcast Center, our city’s tallest structure, has 58 floors. Would you walk up 58 flights of steps to get to your office? Unlikely.
But as much as we all ride elevators, we rarely see a standard behavioral code around the trip. That’s where The20’s @VictorFiorillo, a writer for Philadelphia Magazine and The Philly Post, comes in. What if there were behavioral rules around riding the elevator? With brief detail, here are the six rules Fiorillo lists for being in and around elevators:
Just Shut Up. “No one wants to hear your stupid conversations.”
Chivalry Is Not Allowed. “I’m a big fan of chivalry and gentlemanly behavior, but generally speaking, an elevator is not the place for this, save for escapes from trapped elevators, for which the old ‘women and children first’ protocol is still applicable.”
Don’t Talk on Your Cell Phone. ”I am, of course, talking about the basic tenet of elevator cell phone etiquette, which is, quite simply, that your cell phone should not be in use on an elevator, other than for silent purposes, like texting or browsing. ”
It’s OK to Say Hello. ” It seems that when someone we don’t know makes eye contact with us or greets us on an elevator, even if they’re a comely California girl like Susie, we treat them like a serial killer or at least a potential leftover Occupy Philly member. If you see Susie on your elevator and she says “hello,” it’s perfectly OK (and proper) to say “hello” in return. Anything else would be rude. “
No Eating. “Again, we’re talking about maybe 45 seconds of your life here.”
Beware the DOOR CLOSE Button. “Elevator riders, you have the choice of using the DOOR OPEN button or not when you see a body moving toward the closing door, though if you are on the elevator with others, it’s important to take their feelings into account as well. Sure, you may get a “thank you” out of the person for whom you pressed DOOR OPEN, but the other passengers will secretly hate you.”
So that’s it. Any other rules to riding the elevator that you would add? To read Fiorillo’s full post, click here.
-LD
[@VictorFiorillo, The Philly Post]
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![Philadelphia Among Best Places to Relocate or Expand Businesses. For business owners looking to grow or relocate their companies, there are few cities better than Philadelphia. In fact, only six cities with metropolitan populations over 1 million top “The City of Brotherly Love,” (as noted last week by the Philadelphia Business Journal). Site Selection Magazine, a go-to magazine for business owners looking to move their locations, pulled the numbers and took into account new businesses that invested $1 million or more, hired at least 50 people, or built at least 20-thousand square feet.
The top ten cities, in order, were:
Houston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Dallas/Fort Worth
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia/Camden/Wilmington
Washington, D.C.
Atlanta
Tampa
Also of note, in terms of cities with metro populations between 200,000 and 1 million, the Allentown/Bethlehem area (No. 5) and Harrisburg area (No. 6) both rank among the best.
-LD
[Philadelphia Business Journal, Site Selection Magazine, h/t The20’s @richnegrin and @DPBell]
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