Thursday Dump

Was lucky enough to be at the Phone Booth (Verizon Center) to witness Alex Ovechkin’s latest masterpiece goal last night. Wow. In person it was unreal, as the crowd went nuts as soon as he broke on the puck and somehow did that spin move around the hapless Hab. Awesome game. Go Caps!

Homerism aside, here are today’s links:

A dissenting opinion on the greatness of Ovie’s goal. (Yahoo!)

Big Al Haynesworth is going to test the waters of free agency. Widely regarded as the most disruptive defensive force in the league, dude is about to get paid. (ESPN)

An interesting perspective on David Beckham’s abortive U.S. soccer experiement. I was among those tremendously excited about his arrival in the U.S., and hoped it would do much to jump start the MLS. Not so much…. (Sporting Blog)

Big Ten hoops….ugh. (The Big Picture)

The squeaky clean image of Dwayne Wade certainly seems to belie his somewhat sordid life. (Sun Times)

Good times in Ft. Collins! (Boosh)

In case you haven’t seen video of the giant high school basketball brawl down in Alabama, click here. (Deadspin)