Champions of the World?

Given that the sport consists of a league with no non-US teams, with but a handful of "foreign" players, with no presence in any international sports forum (Olympics, World Championships, etc.) that's a wee bit of stretch don't you think?

When the Ottawa Senators win the Stanley Cup I will be able to boast that they ... won the Stanley Cup, even with a sport whose league crosses two borders and has players culled from at least two continents. When Canada won Olympic Hockey Gold (both men's and women's) last time, we would still only claim that we ... won Olympic Gold, since there is a separate World Hockey Championships held each year.

Hats off to the Pats in any case. Deservedly the SuperBowl Champions (and winner of whatever that trophy is called.) Now if we could only do something about that halftime show....

Jeff Mackwood