Eklund: The Ethically Challenged Blogger

For what is now the definitive look at Eklund, read Greg Wyshynski's profile over at the FanHouse. UPDATE: Unsurprisingly, others are picking up the news. Tarik el-Bashir Caps Message Board HF Boards Kukla's Korner Raining Oil More later. UPDATE: Some...

Blog In A Box, Pig In A Poke

Congratulations to the New York Islanders for coming up with the "Blog Box" idea and getting a day's worth of free publicity out of it. Here are a couple of thoughts: * I don't know why anybody would apply for...

Post-Deadline Analysis

Chris Zelkovich of the Toronto Star has a review of the performance of TSN and SportsNet from the NHL trade deadline, and what he saw wasn't pretty. But what caught my eye was this entry: 2:35 p.m. Eklund says Dainius...

Eklund Unmasked?

Once again, it's the folks at HFBoards.com who do the heavy lifting. Let's hope nobody uses that shading technology on 60 Minutes or something. Somebody might get killed. Thanks to J.P. for the pointer. UPDATE: HF Boards has deleted the...

The Eklund File Gets Thicker

Last Wednesday, Paul Kukla went public with a piece of chicanery committed by Eklund in a discussion string at Kukla's Korner. It's probably important to note that when a Los Angeles Times columnist did the same thing, it nearly cost...

Meme Time: "If I were a hockey player."

Thanks to Jes Gőlbez for calling this to my attention. If I Were a Hockey Player: Team: Washington Capitals Uniform Number: 17 (Clarkie would just have to give it up) Position: Right Wing Nickname: Big Mac Dream Linemates: Bryan Trottier...

More On Blogger Access To The NHL

Craig Custance, the new beat writer for the Atlanta Thrashers over at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, kicked off a debate about blogger access inside the NHL a couple of days back. There's not a whole lot of new territory being explored,...

Another Note On Eklund

Here's an email I received from Greg Wyshynski yesterday that I thought I'd share. Here's the setup: During my initial interview with Eklund back in 2005, he claimed that he had been able to finance a career as a freelance...

A New Kind Of Buzz

I know many of my readers also read Eklund's Hockey Buzz. Can any of you shed any light on this item? Thanks to Tom Benjamin for the pointer. UPDATE: I've done some more digging on this story, and there aren't...

Crowded Crease

Here’s a bit of news that is bound to go unnoticed, but shouldn’t if you’re a Bruins fan: The Lightning have acquired left wing Zdenek Blatny from the Boston Bruins in exchange for goaltender Brian Eklund, according to general manager...

Web-Driven Coverage Rocks Sports World

In tomorrow's edition of Newsday, Neil Best takes a look at fan-based coverage of professional sports: In any other species, wisdom might get passed on via song or guttural clicks or hand gestures. In ours, "cky3396" sent out this Rangers...

Be Sure To Come Back After Lunch...

As I've scored a ticket to the National Press Club luncheon with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. I'll have a recap later. UPDATE: Press club appearances have a dog and pony show quality about them, and are often used to buff...

Eklund Followup

Toronto Star reporter Christopher Hutsul, the reporter who wrote a piece on Eklund for yesterday's paper, sent me a note responding to my Monday post that took his article to task: My apologies for not attributing the "who is eklund...

Eklund, Ad Infinatum

Our old pal Eklund is getting some more ink and pixels today, as Christopher Hutsul of the Toronto Star examines the record of the anonymous one with furrowed brow: What we do know about Eklund — a pseudonym inspired by...

Simmons, Klosterman And Blogging

A couple of days back, I read Part II of an interview that ESPN.com's Bill Simmons did with author, rock critic and manic sports fan Chuck Klosterman. And now some folks are buzzing because they feel the both of them...

The Ever-Changing Eklund

For some time now, I've been happy to ignore the infamous Eklund of Hockey Rumors fame. For those of you who dwell in the reality-based hockey community, you might not be aware that Eklund is abandoning his space on Blogspot...

Catching Up With Eklund

Tom Benjamin has some thoughts on the rise of Eklund. Be sure to check out the comments, complete with the interesting observation that the anonymous one has apparently erased his archives from before February 2004 in an attempt to cover...

Apple Followup

I got some followup notes from folks concerning my post yesterday about the future of Apple Computer that I thought were important to share with you. First, here's Chuqui on one of the sources I linked to in yesterday's post...

More Eklund Analysis

Here's another look at Eklund, this time from Greg Wyshynski at Sports Fan Magazine. And I'm with Jes Golbez, it's time to move on....

The Final Nail In Eklund's Coffin

Courtesy of one of the smartest hockey bloggers out there, Ordinary Least Square. Thanks to my old buddy, Rhode Island's own, Joe Tasca, for the link....

Inside Hockey Schills For "Eklund"

Inside Hockey is running what they're billing as an exclusive interview with Eklund of Hockey Rumors-- a claim that I find a bit surprising given this post I wrote on Thursday and the handwritten notes I took during my own...

Who Is Eklund, And Why Is He Blogging?

I think it's about time that I weighed in alongside a number of fellow hockey bloggers about the blogger with the psuedonym of "Eklund," and his Web site, Hockey Rumors. He's been in business for a couple of months now,...