Some thoughts before taking a few days to tend to our IFL World Grand Prix at Mohegan Sun (live Saturday on HDNet at 9:30 by the way)…While the NFL Network makes history with its multinetwork broadcast Saturday night, the NHL continues to make nice strides online with a full slate of behind the scenes features leading up to the January 1 live broadcast from Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo…from time lapse photography and video, to a full behind the scenes series in the Buffalo News, to online pregame shows and weather reporting, as well as the buy-in from Bob Costas, the league is doing everything it can to catch the casual viewer and merchandise him or her to tune in again, or visit nhl.com, to see more of the personalities and the stories of the sport.offseason hook by the Oklahoma City Red Hawks. The Red Hawks built the world's largest snow tubing slide in stadium to draw fans during the holiday period, a great way to keep the fan base connected, see the stadium and maybe pick up some tickets or merch for the Christmas stocking. If you haven’t seen Sports Illustrated's photo gallery of Athletes Who Care, it's worth checking out…the wide range of athletes included, from household names to high schoolers, is a really nice and unique touch…and on the redemption side of sports, nice job by Jere Longman in today's New York Times telling the story of Todd Bozeman at Morgan State, a coach who saw life in the fast lane at Cal and is now working his way back up..
