When a Goal Is Not a Goal, Sinden Gets Edgy

Boston Bruin General Manager Harry Sinden went ballistic during a recent game at Ottawa’s Palladium.

It seems an official incorrectly overturned what should have been a Boston goal.

According to the Boston Herald, Sinden kicked at the door that separates the video replay judge’s room from the press box, yelling, “You cheated, you . . . You Canadian jerk. You knew what you were doing. You out-and-out cheated.”

Sinden continued his diatribe after the game.

Think what his reaction would have been if Boston hadn’t won.

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Trivia time: Besides Desmond Howard, how many Heisman Trophy winners have been voted most valuable player of the Super Bowl?

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Long-term interim: Bud Selig has been “interim” commissioner for four years and four months. Jayson Stark of the Philadelphia Inquirer points out that during that “interim” period, Mark Whiten has played for Cleveland, St. Louis, Boston, Philadelphia and Seattle.

“And he has had a four-homer game, been sent to the minors, been released once, and been traded four times.”

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A real rush: When Clive Rush was introduced as New England’s new coach in 1969, he stepped to the podium, grabbed the microphone and let out a piercing scream. He was getting an electric shock. Fortunately, someone pulled the plug on the faulty microphone.

When Rush was revived, he reportedly said, “I knew the Boston media was going to be tough, but this is ridiculous.”

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Bedroom secret: Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, who had an outstanding career with the New York Knicks, told the New York Daily News:

“It wasn’t until my eighth year of marriage that I could finally tell my wife that I had now shared a room with her longer than I had with [Dave] DeBusschere.”

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Why go at all? Bobby Unser, three time Indianapolis 500 winner, who will launch the Southern California Boat Show starting Saturday at the L.A. Convention Center, on being lost in a blizzard when his snowmobile broke down:

“Next time I go snowmobiling in the Rockies, I’m taking along my crew chief.”

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Grrrr! Shawn Burr of the Tampa Bay Lightning on his team’s attitude: “We have to come out and start playing borderline dirty. When we’re at home, we have to play like mean, junk-yard dogs.”

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Looking back: On this day in 1990, the San Francisco 49ers beat the Denver Broncos in the most lopsided Super Bowl game, 55-10.

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Trivia answer: Three, Roger Staubach, 1972; Jim Plunkett, 1981, and Marcus Allen, 1984.

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And finally: Peter Vecsey in the New York Post on Dennis Rodman kicking photographer Eugene Amos in the groin: “Amos should be thankful Rodman wasn’t wearing high heels.”