In what was probably the most anti-climactic Game 7 in some time, the Pittsburgh Penguins pimp-slapped the Washington Capitals in the culmination of their Eastern Conference semifinal, 6-2. The Pens scored two goals within eight seconds in the first period and the Caps never threatened after that. Sid Crosby finished with two goals; Alex Ovechkin had one late in the second period. The game was an odd culmination to a dramatic series that had a lot of people forcing hockey down the throats of their readership. Not that I could name anyone that did that off the top of my head…

“This was Magic and Bird from back in the day,” Penguins wing Bill Guerin said. “It was just a great series for the League and a great series for the game of hockey. I don’t know if I’ve been involved in a series with as many ups and downs as this one. I’ll never forget this one.”

Two more Game 7s are on the slate for tonight, including Carolina at Boston and Anaheim at Detroit. Those games have no marquee superstars, so we really don’t care.

Roger Clemens' former trainer Brian McNamee is informing on people faster than Henry Hill at the end of Goodfellas:

McNamee added a new name to the list of people he says he injected with drugs: Debbie Clemens. McNamee told congressional investigators he injected the Rocket's wife with HGH — at the seven-time Cy Young Award winner's direction — before the couple posed for a 2003 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition photo shoot, a lawyer familiar with his testimony said Friday.

Clemens' lawyers vehemently denied this latest accusation, but she does look pretty good in that picture. It's a great idea, too. I was always so focussed on blurring my own vision, that I never thought of injecting women with something to make them look better. But I guess that's why the Rocket is a professional, and I'm just an alcoholic who dims the lights before his sexual 'conquests'. -KD 

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