Four Words: Smuckers Stars On Ice

There are some games on this road trip that some sports fans would pay a lot of money to see. The Sweet 16. Opening day at Wrigley field. Blackhawks vs. Blue Jackets. And then there was Thursday.

This trip's been in the works for a while, and we always knew Thursday would be the wild card. We needed Northern Ohio. We needed an event. We couldn't find anything. But we're not 90 percent of NBA players during 80 percent of the season. We don't take an off night. So we ended up at the Q in Cleveland to find out...some fans are willing to pay a lot of money to see this as well.

It took a lot for David and I to sit next to each other at an event like this. The looks were piercing. Even 5 year olds thought we were gay.

Thankfully, there were very few other men there to make fun of us. Girls under ten was the main demographic, and to their credit, they were very big skating fans. 7 year old Lydia was very disappointed that we were not clapping after each song. So we started clapping. She was satisfied, and decided to share her jelly beans.

Here is the line for the women's bathroom at the intermission. I used my limited knowledge of supply and demand to start scalping tickets to the men's room.

While in the bathroom, the men were united in empathy for each other. I turned to one and said "We're half way there." He said "We can only hope. What if they tragically gave us another intermission?" The horror. The horror. We did conclude that any man who came to the event, put on a good face, and checked NCAA tournament scores (tough to do with Xavier and West Virginia in overtime) as little as possible was in line for some "way to be a good sport" action from his wife/girlfriend when the night came to an end.

Here's heartthrob Michael Weiss giving some girl his shirt:
We asked four security guards if this was their worst night of the year. Only one gave us an affirmative. Security guard #2 said that one week later, he's still trying to figure out The Blue Man Group (what's there to figure out?). Another told us to thank our lucky stars we weren't attending the two day "Women of Power" rally. I am woman, hear me roar!

This is Sasha Cohen, the star of the show. She fell 3 times. Looks like she's ready for another Olympics.


-LBK