Some late quick hits from Monday… Ducks coach Randy Carlyle held a rare late afternoon practice to get his team acclimated to East Coast time. The idea is to adjust to game-time conditions as Wednesday’s game will start at 4 p.m. PST. The Ducks will travel most of Tuesday and probably won’t practice. Carlyle had another reason for giving his team Sunday and Monday morning off: “Coach went fishing,” Carlyle said. Carlyle revealed he left after Saturday night’s game for a fishing trip i... Read Full Story

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Anaheim Ducks have reassigned goalie Justin Pogge to the minors, clearing the way for Jean-Sebastien Giguere’s return. Source Tags: Anaheim Ducks, Sports Related posts No related posts. Post Published: 09 November 2009 Author: RSS Feed Found in section: Anaheim Ducks, Sports Previous Topic: Several Halos worthy of hardware Next Topic: Carlyle lured toward late practice Read Full Story

It’s looking like a stellar year for OC surfers, who could be taking up a pretty big number of slots on next year’s World Tour. Two San Clemente surfers killed it this weekend, with Patrick Gudauskas going to the semi-finals in a contest at the Canary Islands, and Nate Yeomans dominating at the O’Neill Cold Water Classic. Check out this article the Register’s Fred Swegles wrote about how they’re looking for the World Tour, along with several other OC surfers. Po... Read Full Story

Three-time international surf champ Corky Carroll answers your questions each week on the Beach Blog. Hit him up at Corkysurf@aol.com. Waterman Pop Proctor down at Doheny Q.  Are there different surfboard designs for women and men?   A.  Girls do need a slightly different board design than men.  For one they are, for the most part, lighter, smaller and have shorter arms.  When talking about shortboards it would not make much difference.  But in terms of bigger boards it makes a lot of dif... Read Full Story

The Angels have viable candidates for several upcoming awards on the heels of a third consecutive American League West title. Source Tags: Angels Baseball, Sports Related posts No related posts. Post Published: 09 November 2009 Author: RSS Feed Found in section: Angels Baseball, Sports Previous Topic: Ducks reassign G Pogge, make way for Giguere (AP via Yahoo! Sports) Next Topic: Ducks reassign G Pogge, make way for Giguere (Sports Illustrated) Read Full Story

The Anaheim Ducks have reassigned goalie Justin Pogge to the minors, clearing the way for Jean-Sebastien Giguere’s return. Giguere hasn’t played since Oct. 24 while resting a groin injury. Before Giguere was hurt, the former playoff MVP was 0-2-1 with a 3.65 goals-against average while sharing starts with Jonas Hiller, who took the Ducks’ starting job last season from Giguere, the topic… Read Full Story

Elias Sports Bureau (keepers of all things statistical) has released its official rankings of this year’s free-agent class. Free agents ranked in  the top 20 percent at their position by Elias are considered Type A free agents. Players ranked in the 21-40 percent range at their position are Type B free agents. This is important for one [...] Read Full Story

I had the pleasure of covering the Challengers event at Angel Stadium Saturday and met a ton of great parents, grandparents and kids. It seemed like a genuinely joyful afternoon for a group of people who have difficult lives grappling with severe disabilities. Today, I got an e-mail from another parent, who volunteers as an assistant [...] Read Full Story

The Ducks re-assigned goaltender Justin Pogge to Bakersfield of the East Coast Hockey League on Monday. That would certainly clear the way for Jean-Sebastien Giguere to come back from a nagging groin-muscle injury, as the move comes a day before the team leaves for a four-game road trip. Pogge did not play appear in a game for the Ducks during his stint as backup to Jonas Hiller.  He has gone 2-1 with a 2.10 goals-against average with the Condors. Post from: Ducks blog Source Tags: Anahei... Read Full Story

The Ducks have reassigned goaltender Justin Pogge to the Bakersfield Condors, Anaheim’s development affiliate in the ECHL. Pogge, 23 (4/22/86), did not make an appearance for Anaheim following his Oct. 26 recall from Bakersfield, which c… Source Tags: Anaheim Ducks, Sports Related posts No related posts. Post Published: 09 November 2009 Author: RSS Feed Found in section: Anaheim Ducks, Sports Previous Topic: Local leads U.S. Junior team Next Topic: Pogge re-assigne... Read Full Story