michael a. berger

If you are waiting in line for hours to eat pastrami at The Hat, go to Bagelmania instead and (maybe)(big maybe) go back to The Hat once the hordes of "waiting in line is my religion" people have moved on.

"Have another donut!" That's exactly what Jim Schoenfeld suggested Don Koharski do on this day in 1988 (May 6, 1988).

Toronto is hockey cinema even when they’re out of the playoffs

People in LA when the car trying to make a left doesn’t pull into the middle of the intersection:

From Pittsburgh to Paris, London to Honolulu, old school hotels are how we roll. A private joke of ours is that we never check-in anywhere that doesn’t have an old fashioned mail slot by the elevators. The Royal Hawaiian Resort may be smack dab in the middle of Waikiki cacophony, but this grand dame has charms, comfort, design and details that modern amenities can’t touch. Beautiful grounds, open air lobbies, great shopping, dripping with history — at almost 100 years old, she has aged like fine wine.

On This Day 4/16/1992: Brian Leetch becomes just the fifth defenseman in NHL history to record 100 points in a season. Leetch tallies a goal and three assists in the final game of the 1991-92 season to finish with 102 points and team record 50th Win.

Sidney Crosby, points per game, per season: 1.26 1.52 1.36 1.34 1.35 1.61 1.68 1.56 1.30 1.09 1.06 1.19 1.09 1.27 1.15 1.13 1.22 1.13 1.15 1.14 1.09

"Ramble On" is 56 years old and Robert Plant just walked onto The Late Show and made it sound like he wrote it this morning.