Penguins happenings, McClatchy Back, and a Pacman Party

It appears that the Pittsburgh Penguins will be sold to Jim Balsillie, chairman and co-chief executive officer of Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry. Meanwhile, Dan Onorato continues to publicly flog the Pens for not agreeing to a new lease. If any of you out there have thoughts on the arena/casino situation, I would love to hear them.

Kevin McClatchy will be back as the Pirates owner in 2007. I guess that would disappoint one Bob Smizik, who wrote in January of 2004 that "McClatchy Must Go, and Soon".

ESPN.com's Bill Simmons did a live-blog of all four opening playoff games over the last two days. If you have an hour or so to kill, check it out here.

Pacman Jones is having another party. I mean, if you can't celebrate an 0-4 start capped off by a teammate getting the longest game-related suspension in NFL history, what can you celebrate?

Make sure to wear your collard shirts. Does that mean they have to be green?

An Evgeni Malkin Update

ESPN 1250 is reporting that Penguins rookie Evgeni Malkin is expected to miss 3-6 months with a seperated shoulder. The doctor has recommended surgery, and right now the Pens are seeking a second opinion.

For those of you who missed it, here is the hit again (video link).

By the way, ESPN 1250 has also reported that Mario Lemieux could be taking the Penguins back off the market in the near future. I can't say I blame him, especially after our new mayor reversed field on his arena stance after arriving in office.