Ailyn Diaz
Ailyn Diaz is an accomplished writer and columnist who has contributed for Inside Hockey. She also wrote for the Chicago Sports Review. Some of her stories have appeared on Fox Sports. She brings to American Chronicle a depth of knowledge and wit from year of experience.
Articles by Ailyn Diaz
May 10, 2012
Football heroes are never forgotten in the mind of young children. Seattle Seahawks NFL player Kennard Cox wants to be that hero. The Florida native who attended the University of Pittsburgh and was drafted in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft is the founder of Outside the Huddle Foundation, a...
October 16, 2010
The New York Jets are ready to meet up with the Denver Broncos and put the controversy away-- their star corner, Darrelle Revis, was stopped for speeding and reckless driving on his way to work this morning.
What was the rush?
Perhaps it had to do with the new JetBlue airplane unveiling the t...
May 29, 2009
Itīs rematch time for the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins, face to face, yet again in the Stanley Cup Finals.
The Detroit Red Wings are looking forward to extend their dynasty of back-to-back Stanley Cup wins. They accomplished such a similar feat 11 years ago while the Pittsburgh...
May 16, 2009
The newspaper headlines for the Pittsburgh Penguins focused on the rivalry between Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby for the crown as best player in the NHL. The storyline for the Eastern Conference Finals will shift to brother against brother. Carolinaīs Eric Staal, a center, and the older mor...
May 16, 2009
The Chicago Blackhawks have lifted themselves for their first Western Conference Finals run since 1995. They are matched up against their neighboring Michigan rival and former Stanley Cup winner, the Detroit Red Wings. The Chicago Blackhawks are topped off with a corps of young players such as Pat...
April 19, 2009
Washington Capitals Coach Bruce Brodreau established a new motto for the Washington Capitals as they stepped down with a 1-0 loss to the New York Rangers during the second game of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals at the Verizon Center. He told his team to "keep the faith."
"You never quit. ...
March 21, 2009
Communication is the process by which information is exchanged between individuals through use of common symbols, signs or behaviors. Its origin is from "communen" to talk over, discuss.
Craig MacTavish , coach of the Oilers, recently pointed out the importance of breaking down communication barr...
October 10, 2006
This year the Norfolk Admirals have added strength to their forward lines with the addition of future Chicago Blackhawks such as Dave Bolland, Adam Berti and Michael Blunden. Their job is to develop into complete players able to master both ends of the ice. But to fulfill this role, the future Bla...
July 03, 2006
In the 1980s, Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Grant Fuhr and Mark Messier were the boys on the bus for the Edmonton Oilers riding their team to a Stanley Cup championship. Wayne Gretzky always sat in the back. Throughout the years, the Oilers have changed faces, battled in a high priced player market p...
March 19, 2006
Tuomo Ruutu stood in line like any other fan waiting his turn and holding a disarray of pictures of a man known for his golden locks and fast skating abilities. It was no other than legendary Bobby Hull.
?Do you know who this guy is?,? Hull said to a young boy standing in line in front of Ruutu a...
February 08, 2006
It has the making of a movie ? a beautiful actress, wife of a hockey legend, and a hard nosed ex Stanley Cup champion turned into assistant coach involved in a gambling ring. The setting is Glendale Arena and the suspect is Rick Tocchet. The background a game against the Blackhawks that will count...
February 04, 2006
The situation in Chicago with the Blackhawks has become so drastic that the team called in a Roman Catholic bishop, Thomas Paprocki from the Archdiocese of Chicago, to attend practice. The Blackhawks have dropped ten straight games in the Western Conference which almost beat a 1951 record for most c...
February 04, 2006
Boston Red Sox outfielder, Manny Ramirez, has a particular distinctive look on the cover of Sports Illustrated and on the field. He wears a baseball cap with specks of dirt, his shirt is in slight disarray and his pants look like those a rapper would wear. His look was highly criticized by basebal...
February 03, 2006
Nikolai Khabibulin, the first Russian goaltender to win the Stanley Cup in 2004 for the Tampa Bay Lightning thought that he was going to be playing on goal this entire season for the Chicago Blackhawks. The 33-year-old goaltender, backed up by Chicago native Craig Anderson, had high expectations fo...