A look at all the highlights and lowlights of the week that was in sports:
Highlight: NHL All-Star Weekend. Fans of the NHL were treated to a great weekend with the NHL All-Stars skills competition and All-Star game. On Saturday fans watched as the All-Stars competed in such events as the fastest skater, most accurate shot and hardest shot, which was won by Boston’s Zdeno Chara, who uncorked a record-breaking shot of 105.4 miles per hour. The following day, the all-stars wowed the crowds with a 12-11 win by the Eastern Conference in an overtime shootout.
Lowlight: Versus’ coverage of NHL All-Star Weekend. It seemed that a high school A/V class was running the show for the Versus network’s coverage of the events. The worst coverage came during the NHL Youngstars game, a three-on-three abbreviated game featuring the league’s youngest and brightest stars. Ill-timed replays resulted in the viewers missing six goals during the contest.
Highlight: UW basketball blows past UCLA, sits atop the Pac-10. Finally a team we can get behind? The Huskies are sitting in the driver’s seat of the Pac-10 with a record of 6-1 in the conference and 15-4 overall. Thursday and Saturday’s road games in Arizona will be a big test for the Dawgs.
Lowlight: Huskies flagged for secondary NCAA violations. Washington football coaches turned themselves in after determining they had unwittingly committed a violation by renting a fog machine to simulate a game-day tunnel entrance for visiting prospects. Nothing too harsh should come down on UW, but rules are rules.
Highlight: Baseball legend Tommy Lasorda lights up Bellevue. The 81-year-old Hall of Famer cracked up the crowd in “An Evening with Tommy Lasorda,” a benefit fundraiser event for the BCC baseball team. See Saturday’s edition of the Reporter for more.
Lowlight: Leroy Hill waves bye-bye to the big bucks. Hill, an integral part of the Seahawks defense, probably won’t be back with the team following an early morning arrest for marijuana possession in the Atlanta area. The linebacker will be a free agent next month, and given Seattle’s preference towards “character” players, Hill’s time in a Seahawks uniform may be over.
