Damn you, Cincinnati Cyclones. Just when I thought I’d make it through a day free of allergies, you had to go and surprise the Gallardo family before Saturday night’s game against the Evansville Icemen by bringing out their father and Army sergeant Phillip Gallardo. His 12-year old daughter and 11-year old son thought they had been randomly selected to drop the puck before the ECHL game in Covington, Kentucky, but they were surprised when their father joined them at center ice, as he had returned from Afghanistan.

Gallardo hadn’t seen his family in more than a year, so naturally the reaction was eye-watering. Good lord, I don’t ever get tired of turning into a pile of sentimental mush from watching these videos. I would watch just about any sport in the world if I was promised that I’d get to see a family surprised by a soldier coming home. The soldier doesn’t even have to be related to that family, he can just walk up and be like, “Hey, I’m back from hell, how’s it going?” and I’d have to cover my eyes and run out of the room.

Well done, Cyclones.

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I’ve seen a lot of bad sportsmanship in my day, but nothing that gave a black eye to Zombie Nation’s ‘Kernkraft 400′. At least, not until today.

After losing to the Gwinnett Gladiators on November 1, 2012, the backup goalie shows us the teams true colors by throwing Gatorade on the Gladiators fans. Stay Classy Orlando.

Of course, the liquid being thrown around looks a lot like water, but that’s been addressed via a well-placed conversation in the video’s comments section:

Looks like water to me.

That’s what we thought it was at first, but water doesn’t burn when it hits your eyes.

So what’s the proper response to that? “Stay classy, guys who are trying to escalate a water splashing into assault”?

Video of the VICIOUS GATORADING is below.

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Leave it to Las Vegas to completely bastardize something so good and so pure as the Girl Scouts of America. The Las Vegas Wranglers, Vegas’ ECHL hockey team, will be donning Girl Scout-themed sweaters for their March 12th game vs. the Bakersfield Condors.  They have previously worn “stripperific” and Blago-inspired prison uniforms as other cheeky promotional tools (where the hell did they find clear-bottomed platform skates with flashing LED lights?!).

The Wranglers will be wearing Girl Scout uniform inspired jerseys that will be available for silent auction throughout the game. The Girl Scouts are also offering a special ticket rate of $10 for that night’s game. A portion of the proceeds from the jersey auction and tickets sold by the Girl Scouts benefits the Las Vegas local Girl Scouts of Frontier Council. Other Girl Scout-themed activities are planned throughout the evening.–Yahoo! Sports via Girl Scouts Blog

There really is no better place for Girl Scouts than a drug and alcohol-fueled Las Vegas sporting event where the only cheerleaders are probably hookers you can find on a flier from one of those guys that stands on every corner. I don’t care if the intent is to benefit the GSA.  It’s Vegas.  You know there are going to be at least 11 girls and T-girls that show up looking like this.

I have a feeling that “Daisy Go Rounds” means something a little different at the Spearmint Rhino down the way…