Ted's Take

…Upon hearing of Elvis Presley’s untimely death, "Good career move."  Thanks to Google, now we can all be immortal. I love this story. It

This is an interesting piece on Happiness. It tries to connect the dots between affluence and happiness which I don’t buy totally but I do understand why wealthier countries would have higher levels of satisfied citizens.

Boffo - great numbers! Check these out. Wow.

COMCAST SPORTSNET ATTRACTS RECORD AUDIENCE FOR NHL PLAYOFFS

 Flyers-Capitals Game Three Draws Combined Peak Audience of 357,500 Households in Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Baltimore

(April 16, 2008) - Last night’s game three of the Flyers-Capitals playoff series, televised regionally on Comcast SportsNet’s Philadelphia and Mid-Atlantic networks, drew a combined peak Comcast SportsNet audience of 357,500 households and averaged a combined audience of 234,000 households.

Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, home of the Flyers, covered the game in the Philadelphia market, and Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, home of the Capitals, covered the game in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore markets.

Last night’s telecast was the highest-rated Capitals game on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic in five seasons and the highest-rated Flyers game on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia in two seasons.  Comcast SportsNet’s post-season audience gains follow strong regular season ratings growth for both the Flyers and the Capitals.  Capitals ratings on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic increased 75% over last season and Flyers coverage on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia increased 47% over last season.

The game drew a peak audience of 247,000 households (8.3 rating) and averaged 161,000 households (5.4 rating) on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, and on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, attracted a peak audience of 87,400 (3.8 rating) and an average viewership of 59,800 (2.6 rating) in Washington, D.C., and peaked at 23,100 households (2.1 rating) and averaged 13,200 households (1.2 rating) in Baltimore.  The audience peaked in all three markets during the 9:30-9:45 quarter hour.

Comcast SportsNet operates 10 sports networks that cover more than 2,400 live sporting events annually and deliver comprehensive sports news and analysis to nearly 40 million cable and satellite homes.  Comcast SportsNet’s networks are: Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Comcast SportsNet New England, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Comcast SportsNet West, SNY, The Mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network, and CSS.  These networks provide live game coverage of 18 professional teams as well as college, minor league and other sports.  For more information see ComcastSportsNet.com.

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Enjoy. Even with the loss, I had a blast. It is playoff hockey. We are learning and I still believe. I look forward to Thursday’s trip next. Onward. What is the first thing you learn about Fight Club?

We have some young players and this is their first playoff series. The crowd in Philly was loud and hostile and Mike is correct, it was all game long. All the Flyers did was show the greatest hit fight montages on the big screen and then try to run our players during the game. That is their game plan. We have to get back to our game plan. We have to catch our breath and get back to playing the style of hockey that brought us 94 points this season. This is a long playoff series. It’s time to regroup today.

We have some young players and this is their first playoff series. The crowd in Philly was loud and hostile and Mike is correct, it was all game long.  All the Flyers did was show the greatest hit fight montages on the big screen and then try to run our players during the game. That is their game plan. We have to get back to our game plan. We have to catch our breath and get back to playing the style of hockey that brought us 94 points this season. This is a long playoff series. It’s time to regroup today. We are actually a bigger team and a stronger team than the Flyers. It seems we are caught now in between. Do we want to out skill them or play hit for hit with them? But that is their plan - to get into our heads - so we just need to have them worry about us and our game and not visa versa. I have to say that our crowd is as loud and as intimidating as their crowd. Game 4 is the pivotal game now. If we win on Thursday, the series is tied and we come back home. This experience is also terrific for our players. They are learning what it takes to compete in a playoff series against a very physical team. The playoffs are all about will and determination and not losing your cool. We didn’t react well last night but don’t stop believing.