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After a long day in Bristol:

The affiliation shuffle begins in earnest with Anaheim to Iowa.

More interesting fun ‘n’ games on the Islanders Committee in Newsday, though the DiPietro surgery probably gets the headlines elsewhere.

Former Nighthawks assistant coach John Tortorella is out in Tampa. One imagines he’ll coach elsewhere again.

Sami Kapanen has had enough. On these shores, anyway.

Jimmy Galante pleads guilty, and again, the urge is just to rant about salary caps…

Ah, poor Tiger Woods. Must be tough to be named after Dave Williams. I can understand the backlash.

Saw some crazy stuff on the diamond tonight. Most of it’s in the gamer.

My mom’s cousin reminded her today that he, she and a couple of other cousins saw a concert featuring Bo Diddley and Jackie Wilson at Freedomland in the Bronx in July 1965. Sounds like a heck of a show.

Michael Fornabaio