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About Ted Sobel

Award winning sportscaster/journalist covering major events around the world since 1973 and proudly inducted into the SoCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in June 2024. Please check out my book 'Touching Greatness' and our extensive audio vault---and follow me on X (Twitter), Instagram, & Bluesky (@tedsobelsports). And all podcasts are on my Touching Greatness YouTube channel.

They’re now just 2 wins away from a Stanley Cup and Vancouver is a MADHOUSE!*#*!

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Ted Sobel

I wouldn’t expect you to know that Vancouver HAS won a Stanley Cup but not in the 40 years since the Canucks have been in business. It was back in 1915 that the Vancouver Millionaires (for what that’s worth?) won … Continue reading →

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WoW, What a game one Stanley Cup finals finish in Vancouver, eh?

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Ted Sobel

I thought the Canucks and Bruins might still be playing game one of the Stanley Cup finals as I’m writing this, but thank God for journeyman Rafi Torres goal with just 18.5 seconds left in the 3rd period to send … Continue reading →

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Vancouver is ready for one helluva Stanley Cup Finals

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Ted Sobel

I arrived in beautiful British Columbia on Monday and have been overwhelmed by the locals incredible support of their Vancouver Canucks reaching the NHL’s Stanley Cup finals for the first time in 17 years (ironically the same number 17 that … Continue reading →

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Sorry Kareem, but it’s Elgin Baylor who should feel the most slighted about being ‘Statue-less’!

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Ted Sobel

No ‘slight’ to Kareem Abdul Jabbar or any other Laker greats who are without statue…but please write it down and burn it into your brain cells…ELGIN BAYLOR should’ve been the first to have a statue in front of Staples Center … Continue reading →

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Remembering Harmon Killebrew as a Hall of Fame ‘Gentle Giant’

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Ted Sobel

There are Hall of Famers as players and then some as human beings as well and Harmon Killebrew is one of the kings of both. Harmon lost his battle with cancer today at the age of 74 after a dignified … Continue reading →

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Jerry West speaks Northern Trust Open, Lakers, the NBA playoffs, and even Tiger Woods

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Ted Sobel

The PGA Tour announced on Friday that Northern Trust had extended it’s contract to be the title sponsor for the Northern Trust (L.A.) Open for another 4 years through 2016 at storied Riviera Country Club. And for the 3rd straight … Continue reading →

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