"Listen up, all jobbers from The Pensblog. Pay attention, Nicholas from Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies...now is not the time to get cocky. The Flyers proved the Pens are not invincible."

- China Jack, April, 2009.

Alex Ovechkin doesn't follow this line of thinking. That little "sssshhhh" at the end of the game? Just another self-indulgent display from #8. Congrats on staving off elimination, but the series is far from over, you idiot.

And he can't even be original. Remember Maxime, after fighting Carcillo when the Pens were down 3-0 and rallied to eliminate the Flyers in Philly?

Situation-wise, Max knew he had baited a hothead (with the lead!) into a fight, which was enough to spark his teammates to a come-from-behind win that eliminated the hated Flyers in Philly. The Flyers fans were belligerent, thinking they had the game in hand with a 3 goal lead and a fight win by Carcillo. Talbot knew differently. And after China Jack's entirely appropriate warning following the series win, the Penguins have seemingly worked to NOT display any air of arrogance.

But if Ovie is comfortable with taunting a crowd and team when he still has to play another game against them, then I guess that's his prerogative.

We'll see you in Washington. Go Pens.

Ovechkin image is courtesy of Mr. Irrelevant.

Old boy looks tired. Kinda like how I feel after that OT loss for the Pens.

Read about the loss here. [The Pensblog]

20 players in the NBA playoffs look like other people. [Fansided]

Asian soccer player with the goal of the year. [Total Pro Sports]

Some tall pitchers pitchers yesterday. [Paneech]

Patrick Kane had a hat trick. [Zoner Sports]

Madonna's moved onto the Mets. [Page 6]

After running a semi-well-received blog for an extended period of time, you tend to get tons of emails and link requests from brand-new bloggers trying to get their foot in someone else's door. They don't know the game, and want the quickest path to Internet popularity. 99% of the time, noob bloggers burn out after the first month (if they even last that long).

But here's an entirely new scenario. China Jack has posted his first-ever blog entry over at Gavin's place. And as long as Jack puts in the effort that he puts into his toasts, then there should be no reason to doubt his continued excellence. And since he's already a mini Internet star in his own right, Jack has an audience that will presumably hang on his every word.

"My great gratitude to you , my friends.Even though we may not have seen each other, I still hope we will be friends and I would like to tell you anything you are interested in about me. The following is only a brief introduction of myself. I will provide more details to you about what I know, what I do , what I see ,what I think here. I do believe a new kind of friendship will be promoted between you and me whether we be close to or whether we be far far away from one another . Thanks again for reading about me.

...

Main hobbies: driving, fishing ,cooking, travelling, making friends, running , table-tennis and other relavent sports and have been following the Pittsburgh Hockey team and Steelers for a couple of months and is an oversea fan of these two teams."

There's nothing entirely Earth-shattering in terms of slapstick humor, but then again, MY first blog entry was pretty much a turd. For those of you who are still new to the China Jack phenomenon, his first blog should serve as an introduction of sorts. I know his backstory based on the conversations I've had with Gavin, but most of you only know Jack from a few quick toasts and videos.

So GAN BEI to Jack, and here's to many more blog entries. See, I can toast just as well...I think.

This is a clip from Scary Movie 4. You need to look behind the tent right at the beginning to see the small horse.

Do you hate A-Rod, too? [Sharapova's Thigh]

Yanni speaks. [The Pensblog]

Pat gets inspired by Beavis and Butthead Do America. That has my full support any day of the week. [WHYGAVS?]

Steroids, Manny and baseball. [The Big Lead]

Jose Canseco is the Florida Marlins. [LOL Jocks]

Great shirt. [Pens Universe]

Check out the guy in the Pens jersey with his arms raised. You can't sum up that game any better.

Go Pens!

There's been a news story about a recent death threat made by a Penguins fan against Alex Ovechkin. The Capitals organization turned over a message board comment to the authorities. It was made by a 17 year old kid, in which he said that, "I'm killing Ovechkin. I'll go to jail. I don't care anymore."

Let me preface by saying that I've had death threats issued against me. Not anything regarding this website...but a personal situation back when I was in college. Death threats aren't cool...but are we ready to start prosecuting kids scrawling on the Internet?

I'm sure my buds at The Pensblog caught a bunch of flak and received their share of nasty emails in response to their post from yesterday. People will say that they're classless individuals who don't care that their fanbase is threatening players. Because you can really kill someone over the Internet. From Chambersburg, PA, which is more in Flyers territory than anywhere.

Now let's investigate the idiots at the Washington Capitals' official message board, the beacons of justice that turned in the supposed "death threat." Major props to the faceless felons at the Penguins' official board for finding some of these gems. Turns out, throwing out "death threats" to Sidney Crosby is completely kosher. And the Caps' message board moderators are deleting specific threats in order to protect their own.

Check this one out. "Murder Sid the Skidmark." Looks like someone hates our captain enough to wish murder. Because using the word "murder" is better than using the word "killing." Split hairs, fools.

And this is the one that really got me fired up. You won't find it on the message board, as it's been deleted by the Caps board moderators. Why are they trying to hide it? It states, "I hope Crosby gets sniped walking to his car and they blow up the pens arena after the caps players leave." Let's evaluate.

I don't know about you, but I've never heard of an Avalanche fan asking for Sid to make an appearance to kids at a high school and have some students shoot him in a classroom rampage. I've never heard Rangers fans ask for someone to fly a plane into the Igloo to kill Sid. Hell, I've never heard Dallas Stars fans ask for someone to shoot Sid next time the team travels next to the Texas School Book Depository.

You root for a team from the city that gave the nation one of the scariest sniper situations in recent history, and you casually drop "I hope Crosby gets sniped" like it means nothing.

So where are the authorities to snatch up the computers of these "death threat makers?"

The 17 year old Pens fan was stupid enough to write down an unfortunate series of sentences on the Internet. The Capitals organization is having this investigated, using money and resources to shut up a kid and show how awful Pens fans can be. And anyone with half a brain can tell you that message boards aren't exactly a place of rational thought and careful compliments. Yet these "threats" are obviously limited to unstable Penguins fans.

But if the Capitals organization truly believes this, then who knows what else will start getting prosecuted? Maybe I'll have some suits from Bristol, CT knocking on my door to wonder why I said that ESPN is "dead" to me.

I suck at keeping up with the Passion.

They lost to the DC Divas last weekend, 27-7. Since women's football information is so hard to come by on the Internet, I'll let the Washington Informer do the rest.

Next door to the home of the Washington Redskins, the Washington Divas, the most successful women’s football team in the Independent Women’s Football League (IWFL) crushed the visiting Pittsburgh Passion 27-7 in their home debut on Sat. May 2 before 1,000 plus spectators, at the Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex in Landover.

Divas’ quarterback Allyson Hamlin connected with Nikki Williams and Donna Wilkinson on touchdown passes, and running backs Tiffany Mathews and La Shawn Foust each rushed for a touchdown as the Divas (3-0) kept their perfect record intact with a convincing victory against their arch rivals in the IWFL. Pittsburgh (2-1) failed to score until fullback Laura Bracco plowed forward from four yards out with less than two minutes remaining in the contest.

“I’ve been coaching for 20 years and this is the best feeling that I’ve ever had,” said Divas’ first-year coach Keith Howard.

The record is now 2-1. Bye week this weekend.

Yeah, thanks to everyone who forwarded this. Brian, Mike D, Neena and Doug, I think. Vince at Film Drunk had it yesterday...and it's pretty funny. When does the Shirt Tales movie come out?

Paul Bissonnette got cut bad. [Faceoff-Factor]

The Capitals are declaring war on the Internet. [The Pensblog]

The Steelers should sign Brett Favre? [Sean's Ramblings]

Joey Crawford's wiki took a beating. [Intentional Foul]

Johnny Bench loves Bubble Fudge. [Zoner Sports]

AJ has a good tale about tracking the wrong Manny Ramirez. [Deadspin]

I wasn't overly-critical of the eventual game-saver, but I wondered how healthy he was for much of the game.

At our Pens bar, a few of us were commenting on how sloppy Kris and Sarge were at receiving passes, especially near the blue line. Chalk some of it up to the Caps getting sticks into passing lanes, but both guys struggled at keeping the pucks in the offensive zone for several stretches during the game.

So naturally, we had to wonder if Letang was 100% healthy. He had been a game-time decision with the lame shoulder from Game 2, and we couldn't tell if that was the reason he wasn't as crisp as normal. At that time, you have to pick your poison. Do you go with a less than 100% Letang, or a rested guy with less overall talent like Boucher?

As I said, we weren't being mean and hating on Kris...just wondering if having him in the game was the right decision. We got out answer at 11:23 of the overtime period.

Overtime wins have a way of curing all that ails. All of a sudden, the worry about Letang's health faded into a moment of pure ecstasy. Kinda like in the Finals, when Petr Sykora was getting hammered for not having a shot on net through all 3 periods and the first 2 overtime sessions. Then, he wins it on a called shot from the slot, and he's a hero in Pittsburgh for all time.

So I tip my hat to Kris Letang. He obviously heard our worries here in NYC, and responded with an assist and a game-winning OT goal. And that's good enough to shelve my health concerns.

Props to Neena for sending this along via Twitter. Might have to actually start watching The Mentalist.

Pens win. [The Pensblog]

What it's like writing on someone else's blog. [Paneech]

A 900-yard drive? [Steady Burn]

Will Ferrell at a tennis fundraiser. [NESW Sports]

Yeah, that was a flying Bruce Lee kick at a Yankees game. [Total Pro Sports]

Enjoy it now, Royals fans. [Major League Jerk]