I watched the first two periods of the Islanders’ 2-1 loss to the Capitals in Game 7 Monday night at home and then listened to the third period in the car while driving to work at CBS Sports Radio. A few minutes after the game ended, my cell phone rang. It was a call from home.
I knew exactly what it was about, because I received the same call two years ago, after the Islanders’ Game 6 loss to the Penguins. I was working at WFAN that night when my wife called to tell me that we had a problem: our son Bradley was not taking the loss very well.