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Tomas Kundratek thought his career was going nowhere in the New York Rangers' organization. Not only was he in the American Hockey League with the Connecticut Whale, but he wasn't playing a whole lot, either.
I was waiting, waiting until probably it was the seventh game I was a healthy scratch there," Kundratek said Wednesday. "I was like, 'That's enough, I'm a young player, I need to play.'
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Evgeni Malkin is ready to go.
The Penguins' rookie center will make his much-anticipated NHL debut against the New Jersey Devils at Mellon Arena on Wednesday, four weeks to the day after dislocating his left shoulder.
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PASSAIC -- Juan Anziani felt like he needed to pitch Monday.
Passaic's senior ace was supposed to make his mound debut Wednesday against Eastside, but with his team clinging to a 7-6 lead against Passaic Tech he urged coach Pete Diaz to let him relieve junior starter Argelys Arcangel in the sixth inning. Diaz didn't regret handing Anziani the ball.
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Aaron Thompson spent the 24 hours before his major-league debut Wednesday talking to injured starters Kevin Correia and Paul Maholm, watching the Brewers hit and reviewing his game plan with pitching coach Ray Searage.
It was time well spent.
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TUALATIN, Ore. Monday night, the Blazers made their preseason debut. Wednesday night the Blazers will make their preseason debut.
Missing from Mondays 20-point win over Utah was Portland power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who was recovering from a minor procedure to treat a heart condition. But Blazers coach Nate McMillan said his leading scorer from last season is expected to be in the starting lineup vs. the Jazz on Wednesday in Salt lake City.
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Aaron Thompson spent the 24 hours before his major-league debut Wednesday talking to injured starters Kevin Correia and Paul Maholm, watching the Brewers hit and reviewing his game plan with pitching coach Ray Searage.
It was time well spent.
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The proposed downtown master plan made its official public debut Wednesday night, but making it a reality will mean solving one of downtown's eternal problems: parking.
Some parking issues raised by the plans are the same ones that have haunted downtown for decades, including the elusive parking deck at College Avenue and Otey Street.
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The Washington Post
Here's a look at the two ABC television programs that premiere Wednesday night.
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Pirates 5 Orioles 4
PITTSBURGH | Baltimore's Blake Davis made an error in his major league debut at second base and Pittsburgh scored the tying and go- ahead runs on Wednesday.
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Last fall, the world watched, riveted, as 33 Chilean miners were pulled to safety after 10 weeks underground. Days later, cable network Spike announced "Coal," a new series about coal miners in West Virginia, where 29 miners had died in an explosion just months earlier.
The announcement was timely, but creator Thom Beers had actually been trying for four years to get his cameras into a coal mine. He finally found a willing venue in the Cobalt mine in Westchester, W.Va., and the result is "Coal," making its debut Wednesday.