nhl center ice
the season starts in 7 days and no word on availability. directv has it available. when will it be available?
finally an answer:comcast today has finally begun selling the nhl center ice package of out-of-market games, just two days prior to the start of the 2020-2021 season.from now through february 10, the cable operator is charging $100 (four monthly installments of $25) for the package which promises up to 40 games a week in high-definition. comcast does not say on its center ice web page what the price will be after february 10.to watch the center ice in hd, you must have an xfinity x1 set-top and hd service. the games will be available on channels 3067-3097.the 56-game, covid-shortened nhl 2020-2021 season will start on wednesday night with a 5:30 p.m. et matchup between the pittsburgh penguins and philadelphia flyers. the season is scheduled to end on may 8 with a 16-team playoff to follow. (nationally televised nhl broadcasts are not available on center ice.)
hi danielle, unfortunately the 2010 winter olympics are not being broadcast onboard the disney cruise ships. thankfully you'll be having so much fun the winter games will probably be the last thing on your mind. have fun! rumourmongering notwithstanding, the answer is i don't know. 

i don't know how sophisticated the nhl's testing protocols are, and with the iihf opposed to the wada protocols of athletes having to provide their whereabouts on a 365-day basis (the ioc wants this, and team sport federations iihf, fiba, and fifa are all opposed), there are, potentially, opportunities.

with washington's roster, they will have several members of their team likely playing in the olympics, which has tougher testing standards than the nhl (among other things, a lot of otc cold medication will register a positive test).

i'm not sure about steroids. other ped's like hgh and epo, which help with recovery...without knowing how sophisticated the testing is, it's hard to answer the question.

i'll say this- "if" (and without factual evidence i don't like accusing someone of something) nhlers were to be using ped's, i'd say things like epo and hgh are the most likely options (given the rigours of their season and the marathon that is the playoffs). the league can, and should, test players throughout the season, including the playoffs.

with that being said...it's a joke what north american sports leagues punish drug cheats for when you compare the penalties outside of north america. roughly a suspension of 1/4 of a season in north america, while team sports (rugby, soccer) have 1-2 year bans for a first time offence. if the nfl, nba, mlb, and nhl were to be serious, a 2-year ban for a positive test would indicate a level of seriousness. january 1, and it runs through december 31. no answer mls starts in march and ends in october. the championship in played in november.

mlb starts in april. the regular season ends in september with the world series played in october.

nhl starts in october. the regular season ends in april. the stanley cup series is in june.

the nfl regular season starts in september, ends in december. the super bowl is the first week of february.

the nba starts in october and runs through april. the finals are generally in june.

the nascar season starts in february and runs through november no idea openers are on a 60 day cycle, no? hi kerrye - i'd recommend that you keep calling, from now until september. when cancellations occur, the system is updated pretty much immediately, so you never know when there will be an opening. good luck! they have stopped the production this year, but there could be availability in selected showrooms or aftermarket i don't have any idea about it