Sporting News  NHL lockout Hall of Fame: In praise of Guy
Serota, #Dregerface and Boomer Esiason   The podium  1 / 6   •
When you're forced to talk about nothing for 113 days, some
weird things are bound to happen. Add Twitter to the mix, and
things get a little more bizarre. Ask TSN reporter Darren
Dreger.      But it's the good kind of bizarre. The game was in
legitimate danger, which was bad enough. The day-to-day routine
of following labor negotiations—conducted by some, uh, abrasive
personalities—made things worse.      So, any opportunity to
laugh was welcome. In the grand scheme, most won't mean much,
but they should be remembered all the same. They're pleasant
relics from a deeply unpleasant time.      With that in mind,
this is the inaugural—and hopefully only—class of the NHL
lockout Hall of Fame.      Start Slideshow   • Some also called
it a lectern. Some also called it a lectern. (Jesse Spector/SN)
On Dec. 5—a month before the actual lockout-ending negotiation
session started—the staff at a M