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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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Sports news on a day without sports

Posted by on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 4:24 PM

click to enlarge Nobody is playing anything today.
  • Nobody is playing anything today.

For true sports fans -- ones who will watch an NCAA Division-III diving tournament if it's the only competition on TV -- today is the darkest of days.


Major League Baseball is on its All-Star break. Football is still a few months away. The NBA and NHL

seasons have wrapped up. Golf, tennis and NASCAR all have

weekend events. In short, today is a day without sports. But there is still sports news.

click to enlarge The Islanders might leave Long Island but not for KC.
  • The Islanders might leave Long Island but not for KC.

Yet another pouty owner of an NHL franchise is holding his home city hostage and flirting with Kansas City. New York Islanders' owner Charles Wang is upset because Hempstead (where the team plays in

the antiquated Nassau Coliseum), significantly pared down his

plans for a gigantic sports-shopping-housing complex on Long Island (hat tip to Puckchaser).
 
But don't get your hopes up. It's just saber rattling. Hockey writer and former Islanders communications director Chris Botta told KCTV 5 point-blank that the team will never call the Sprint Center home. Bummer.

click to enlarge The Comets are the Mavericks' new roommates at in Independence.
  • The Comets are the Mavericks' new roommates at in Independence.

We may not be getting an NHL team, but we are getting a niche sports franchise that plays on a hockey rink-sized field. The Missouri Comets of the Major Indoor Soccer League are being revived by Portland-based father-and-son team Mickey and Ed Scheetz and Brian Budzinski. The Comets originally played here throughout the '80s, then again from 2001-2005. The new incarnation of the team will play in the Independence Events Center on yet-to-be determined dates.

If you're curious about what indoor soccer is, it's soccer with goals worth two and three points and hockey-style penalties and power plays. It looks like this:


click to enlarge The Mavs' home opener is set.
  • The Mavs' home opener is set.
Speaking of the Independence Events Center, the arena's other anchor tenant, the Missouri Mavericks of the CHL announced that the team will begin its second season on October 15. The league still has yet to release the full, 66-game schedule.

The CHL also announced that 16 of the 18 teams will make the playoffs, which will be four rounds, including two best-of-five-games series, and two best-of-seven series.

click to enlarge The new Negro League stamps look nice, but how long until the price of postage goes up again?
  • The new Negro League stamps look nice, but how long until the price of postage goes up again?
Finally, the United States Postal Service will release stamps tomorrow celebrating the Negro Leagues. Kansas City's own Negro League Museum will host a dedication ceremony in the afternoon. The two stamps commemorating the pioneering league that lasted from the 1920-1960, depict a play at the plate and a portrait of league founder Rube Foster.

Baseball photo by Tom Woodward.

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