20 March, 2010

Category Archives: OFB Interviews

A Blogger’s Faith in Government Restored: The Formation of the First-Ever Congressional Hockey Caucus

18 March, 2010

The greeting from the congressman in his office this week was sudden and startling: “Can you blog and walk at the same time?” Nebraska Representative Lee Terry, smiling, asked as he stepped out of a closed-door meeting to meet me.
I was more than a little nervous meeting the congressman on Tuesday. Standing next to the [...]

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Puck Daddy, at the Olympics: It Was Like ‘A Roman Orgy’

10 March, 2010

The story arrived on my eyes like a first centerfold does to the adolescent away at summer camp — an “emergency” shipment of condoms was headed to Vancouver during the second week of the Olympics. This after 7,000 Olympians had already been provided an initial cargo load of 100,000 prophylactics. At that moment I knew [...]

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On Frozen Pod – Christmas With Lisa Hillary

24 December, 2008

Welcome to the debut of On Frozen Pod, our new monthly podcast. Each month we’ll seek to bring you a fresh, lighthearted side of some of the leading voices covering hockey in Washington. For our debut episode we were thrilled to sit down with Comcast’s Lisa Hillary and learn a little about what Christmas means up in Canada to the Hillary family, her aversion to dating hockey players, her enthusiasm for playing quarters out in public parks, and what tracks she has on her iPod.

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Gastronomical Gluttony

18 December, 2008

This video of the recent celebrity hot dog eating contest, from WNST’s Ed Frankovic, features our own pucksandbooks. If you’re not easily disgusted by eating contests, check it out!

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We're One Week Away from Painting This Town in Touques

10 November, 2008

One week from today the documentary ‘Pond Hockey’ arrives for a single-night screening at Washington’s historic Avalon Theater. Next Monday night we know we’re in for a great cinematic experience, one that richly captures outdoor hockey’s ageless and enduring appeal, but we have another aim for the evening: we want every puckhead patron seated in [...]

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Semin Speaks Up

7 November, 2008

Last week OFB joined Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo Puck Daddy fame in posing questions to the then NHL scoring leader, Alexander Semin, on an off night for the young Russian, who’s enjoying a remarkable breakout season. SovetskySport’s Dmitry Chesnokov joined Semin in Chinatown for some sushi and hockey talk, and Dmitry graciously posed our questions to [...]

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The Wait Is Over

10 October, 2008

The calendar today informs of our arrival home. On this early autumn Friday night we’ll return home from work, kick off our shoes, open up a cold one, and settle in for the opening of the most highly anticipated hockey season in Washington Capitals’ history.
This autumn, it doesn’t suck to be us.
And we’ll actually have [...]

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The Wait Is Over

10 October, 2008

The calendar today informs of our arrival home. On this early autumn Friday night we’ll return home from work, kick off our shoes, open up a cold one, and settle in for the opening of the most highly anticipated hockey season in Washington Capitals’ history.
This autumn, it doesn’t suck to be us.
And we’ll actually have [...]

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New Season Chat with the Owner (Part II)

9 October, 2008

Here is the second part of our chat with Washington Capitals majority owner Ted Leonsis.  In case you missed the first installment, it can be found here.

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New Season Chat with the Owner (Part II)

9 October, 2008

Here is the second part of our chat with Washington Capitals majority owner Ted Leonsis.  In case you missed the first installment, it can be found here.

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