Today's Saucy Celebrity Sighting

Amir Blumenfeld from MTV's The College Humor Show walking through Astor Place on my cross-town route to work. No joke, this was as exciting as any other celebrity sighting (if you can even call it that) I've had in my 5 years in Manhattan. Watch the videos at jakeandamir.com to understand why. Also, if you haven't seen the prank war between Amir and his buddy Streeter, do yourself a favor and check it out here.

MSG Strikes Again!

So there was a hockey game at the Garden last night....yawn. The Devils looked uninspired, the Rangers almost looked like they cared and those damn Garden taps still get you every time. Seriously, has anyone ever drank more than 2 tap beers from MSG and not woken up feeling like Steven Adler used your head as his snare drum all night. Just me?

Sure this game had a playoff feel to it, there were some loud MARTYYY chants, Ranger fans screamed "SHOOOOT IT" 472 times, blah blah blah. Bottom line, The Devils stunk and everyone is probably questioning Avery's manhood now. Now I know I'm biased being an ex-Devil and all, but to be honest I dont even mind Avery. Actually, I think he's an effective player. But "C'mon man", you can't get rag-dolled like that and do nothing about it? You get thrown to the ice twice like the Sham WOW! guy throws around hookers in his hotel room* and you do nothing about it? I don't get it. 

* For the record, this Sham WOW! guy should be locked up for a long time. Him and Chris Brown should be cellmates.

Side note, I was able to sit one row behind hockey legend Tie Domi. Yes, a legend. He's also the only NHL player where if you scrambled his name it would speak to how he played the game (Me Idiot). No link provided here as you can surely go to youtube, type in Tie Domi, and spend 400 hours watching his fights and antiques (ah, sorry inside joke). Here's a picture of me and the Tie-man... he actually punched the photographer as he snapped the photo...hence the blur.

Bye Bye Birdie

A true Philadelphia Eagle at heart, ex-Eagle Brian Dawkins, spoke to NBC about his feelings on leaving the city he called home for over a decade. Courtesy of C. Dellapenna... which in italian means The Classy Philadelphian. Fact.

Luckily for me, I don't work for the Eagles so I'm allowed to say that letting him go was "retarded". Him meaning Dawkins, not Dellapenna. Still with me?

What? No Radiohead?

ALL POINTS WEST LINEUP ANNOUNCED!

Last year, this was every New Yorkers chance to see Radiohead LIVE and in full effect. Where are those blokes this time around? Sunday looks like the best day to attend... though how does Gogol Bordello headline? Has anyone else heard of them and isn't Gogol from that movie The Namesake with the dude from Harold & Kumar?? MGMT fans... prepare to get your Coldplay on for better or for worse.

And the headliners are...

Friday, July 31st

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Beastie Boys
• Vampire Weekend

Saturday, August 1st

• Tool
• My Bloody Valentine
• Gogol Bordello

Sunday, August 2nd

• Coldplay
• Echo & The Bunnymen
• MGMT

Check out the full lineup here.

Muppets Take Manhattan

Three games on the NHL slate tonight. Not all games are meaningful (see Stars @ Coyotes 10 PM ET), but two out of three ain't bad. Out West, the Sharks roll into Calgary as the two division leaders will duke it out for a little pre-playoff messaging.

Here in the big city, the Muppets, er Devils, skate into the Garden to take on the new look Rangers (Versus, 7 PM ET). A few months ago, these two teams played a couple of spirited affairs and neither Marty Brodeur or Sean Avery was present. Now we have a party! Ah, remember the NHL before the Avery Rule? How did the NHL survive the past 100+ years without incorporating this rule?

The 9th-place Florida Panthers trail the Broadway Blueshirts by only two points so you know Rangers coach John Tortorella will be in a feisty mood and will expect the troops to follow his lead. If the Devils get the calls, will we see a Torts meltdown?

If you stole Kenny Powers' iPod

From Gregorian's Sound of Silence to Lil Wyte's F**ked Up, the music offered up in HBO's East Bound & Down had some serious range and serious swagger.

Check out this site which lists all the songs that made season one. You can listen to each song in its entirety, or you can listen to half of the song if you're the quitting type.

Let's get out there and crush some... orange!

If this is your first serving of the The Daily Sauce - soon to be coined TDS - prepare to have your mind blown and a puck land perfectly on your blade every day.

We are two weeks away from the start of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs and you can feel the excitement all across the nation. Sure only the die'est of the diehards are small talkin' people about the tight playoff races in the NHL during these final dozen games, but perhaps people are growing tired of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Ok, that's probably not true (Go Nova!).

The 2009 MLB season commences in a week, which is good news for sports fans, New Yorkers, Bostonians, and men 55-89. I'm as amped for baseball as anyone else, but when you think about all 162 games that are upon us... the buzz will simmer down.

That's why we need the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And the Stanley Cup Playoffs need YOU.

Playoff beards. Red hot goalies. Nasty rivalries are formed and bitter rivalries are renewed. Sudden-death overtime - there's nothing like it. And of course... the oldest and most legendary trophy is presented to the team crazy enough to sacrifice mind, body and soul for 4 grueling rounds. Long live the Stanley Cup.

The plan for this blog is still very fuzzy. The plan to start this blog was consummated less than 45 minutes ago. I do know this... I will be blogging like a maniac to provide some insight, commentary, opinions and redundancies during the next few months to filter all the good stories that occur during the playoffs and share them in one place.

So instead of the fragmentation of AOL IM, email, Facebook and Twitter. I will try my best to put out the vibes right here.

So stay tuned, stay cool and let's get after this.