Rate Sid's Influence

It is that time of year again. No, I'm not talking about the playoffs, so hold off on the "Captain Obvious" jokes for a second... Time Magazine has an online poll asking who their readers think are the 100 most influential people. Last year, Sidney came in at an impressive number 5! Not bad considering hockey allegedly isn't important in this country! He was the highest placing sports star, behind only Korean pop star Rain (#1), Stephen Colbert (#2), American Idol castoff Sanjaya Malakar (#3 ← I hope that was a big joke), and comedian Dane Cook (#4). Click on the picture of Sidney below to cast your vote. Heads Up: Don't just hit the submit button! Use the slider right next to the submit button to rank Sid at 100 (most influential) then click the submit button. :)


VOTE FOR SID

And now I've got the Photo of The Day. It comes from Friend of The Show Ron D.:

Cry me a river.

Friend of The Show Mike H. found this site, www.playoffbeard.com. It has caricatures of hockey players representing their teams. They have a clean shaven picture for Sid on their April 3^rd entry, but I'll let Mike describe the site's drawing of the Saint for the playoffs:

...the entry for April 16 shows him with a beard that, frankly, I doubt he'd ever be able to grow himself.

Maybe in 20 years, Mike... though I doubt it would even be that thick when he's 40!! HAHA!

Finally today, Friend of The Show Stephanie S. sent this to me a while ago. George Johnson of ESPN Online built the perfect hockey player using attributes from players today. Sidney is the only player to appear on the list twice. :) And there's a surprise: IFHSA™ makes an unwelcome appearance on the list. Johnson loves to hate him for his, well, his Averyness. UGH.

IFHSA's™ taunting extends to the fans in Philadelphia. What a class act.

Big thanks go out to Friends Ron, Mike, and Stephanie for their contributions to today's post. :)

Game 3 happens tomorrow at MSG at 7:00pm Eastern. Brace yourself for the "DIV-er!!!" chants. Let's beat these clowns and move on, already!!!!

GO PENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crosby Named Most Influential Athlete

So, Sidney finished quite well in that TIME voting for the 100 Most Influential Peeps.

(CP) - Pittsburgh Penguins centre Sidney Crosby was the top vote-getter among athletes in a Time.com survey on the most influential people of the year.

Crosby finished with 85,835 votes, the eighth-highest overall total in the survey, which offered more than 200 candidates and had readers rate the individual's influence on a scale of 1-to-100.

Crosby's average rating was 76.

Crosby finished the 2006-07 regular season with an NHL-best 120 points to captured the Art Ross Trophy as scoring champion.

He is also a finalist for the Hart Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award, which is chosen by fellow players.

Sidney Crosby: Person of Influence?

Time Magazine is having an online vote, where you can submit your opinion on who the Top 100 most influential people in North America are. (don't say the world, because some fisherman in Thailand gives two shakes of a rat's ass about Steven Colbert).

Anyway, you can go stuff the ballot boxes on Sidney's behalf, by cranking up the meter to 100 and submitting your VOTE. The winner gets to be featured on the cover, while the losers don't.

Right now, Sidney is in 4th place, behind Steven Colbert, JK Rowling, and some Japanese guy who designed Super Mario.

So, go over to the site and VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!