The BMC Vault: Greg Couch on the death of Pat Tillman

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Today marks the release of the movie I previously stated I had to see in the theater as soon as it's released. Of course, it's just a limited release this weekend (lucky bastards in New York and Hell-A), but the story of Pat Tillman is one that still fascinates me to no end. And so far, the reviews look pretty darn good. 

The BMC Vault: Bob Verdi's love letter to playoff hockey and smackdown of the NHL's contrived regular season tiebreakers

Welcome to The BMC Vault, yet another tag recently created that will hopefully provide future excuses to post. Since so many online publications decide to be dicks and not leave some of their really great older stuff available for the sake of our posterity, I'm trying to lend a helping hand in the name of humanity. Requests for future installments can be sent here.

Last night was the first multiple overtime game of this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs, and as Puck Daddy noted today, we haven't seen as many of those as we had in years past. We've still had nine OT games in these playoffs—and it's only the first round

Of course, to the casual fan, maybe this multiple-overtime thing doesn't sound like such a big deal. But for anybody who just endured the 82-game regular season, there aren't enough words of gratitude for the fact that we're now going to have ties settled the right way. (OK, occasional exception aside.)

The BMC Vault: Terry Boers goes to Olympics, angers animal-rights activists

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I know I'm becoming an old man because the only television show I watch every single week is This Week with [Person Replacing George Stephanopoulos]. During the week, I almost never watch anything on the tube, only exception being the game of one of my favorite teams or of some national significance.

Most of the days, I listen to AM sports talk radio—more specifically, Boers and Bernstein. Terry Boers is already an old man, but a far more entertaining and a far more accomplished one than I. Still, I took some comfort in his comments this past Friday in regards to the recent news bit regarding Tiger Woods and PETA. Unfortunately, I don't think a podcast of that particular clip is available at the moment, but Boers went on to describe his own experience in dealing with animal-rights activists after penning a column during his trip to the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul where the former Sun-Times columnist was served dog while dining out.