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NBC Says Caps Suck on Ice, in Stands
By Jamie Mottram | April 15, 2008
This is a day or two old, but still delicious: During the Caps 2-0 Game 2 loss to Philly, NBC’s Mike Milbury referred to the Capitals as the “Crapitals” … not once, but twice. (Update: Here’s the video.) Team owner/busy blogger Ted Leonsis took him to task for it, and Milbury, an ex-Bruins and Isles player, coach and executive, later apologized.
Elsewhere on NBC’s broadcast, play-by-play man Pierre McGuire said the Verizon Center was half-full with Flyers fans. As On Frozen Blog suggests, perhaps McGuire had a pregame liquid brunch at Clyde’s. Or maybe he just has difficulty discerning red and orange.
Either way, the series turns to Philly, knotted at one. Hopefully the Caps revert back to the play that saw them go a staggering 11-1 down the stretch, otherwise we may bear witness to a most unpleasant sight indeed.
Topics: Capitals, Media Bird Doggin' | 3 Comments »
April 15th, 2008 at 2:29 PM
I’m not sure why such a big deal is being made of Milbury’s remark–it was clear he accidentally misspoke the first time and then tried to make light of it by saying they were playing “like the Crapitals”–and he was correct that the Caps weren’t exactly setting the ice on fire Sunday afternoon.
The McGuire remark should be getting lots more attention, though–that was demonstrably false, presented a completely erroneous impression of the Verizon Center and Caps fans, and no apology has been offered.
April 15th, 2008 at 2:51 PM
I agree. I just really wanted to use that Crapitals logo.
April 15th, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Did you happen to catch Buckhantz’s slip up last night? I have been trolling around the tubes today trying to locate it. He goes something like “Welcome back to the game between the Wizards and the Pissers.”
There was some awkward silence and Phil was cracking up with Buck finally correcting himself to state the Wizards were playing the Pacers.
Their back and forth about what question to ask Mayor Fenty was pretty classic too.