From my new blog, Talking Points:
It's a shame only 35 of the Hurricanes' 41 road games will be on TV, but that's not the big problem.
After all, three of those missing games conflict with Versus exclusive games. There's no way around that.
But the other three are missing because FSN South didn't want them, and wasn't required to carry them. That's the big problem.
Read more here.
Luke has worked for The N&O since 2000. He covered the Carolina Hurricanes and the NHL before becoming a sports columnist in August 2008. A native of Evanston, Ill., he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He can be reached at (919) 829-8947, @LukeDeCock on Twitter or
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Fri, 08/29/2008 - 16:23 — Anonymous (not verified)Making comments and assertions that things could have been done better even though you have no actual facts of what took place behind the scenes. No leg work, no questions asked - just opinions without merit.
If this is what a columnist does, where do I sign up? I have a lot of baseless opinions also!
Thanks for the insights,
Sun, 08/31/2008 - 15:45 — Anonymous (not verified)Thanks for the insights, which is why you are key to the success of Lord Stanley's Blog.....