It's not the size of the dog in the fight

USA Today:

The story by News Journal sports writer Rob McCurdy garnered national attention. It featured Lexington, Ohio cross country runner Sami Stoner, a legally blind junior believed to be the first high school athlete in the state to compete with a guide dog.

“I came across her story and thought, ‘Oh this is amazing.’ We thought it was such a fantastic story,” ESPN producer Lisa Binns said.

“It’s been different,” Stoner said. “I really just try and do my regular routine, but it’s kind of weird having to be wired up. It actually wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I was worried it would fall off (when I was running) but it ended up being fine.”

It’s been a whirlwind of a year for Stoner since her story captivated people across the nation last fall. She inspired others suffering from Stargardt disease, which is a juvenile form of macular degeneration. After running cross country in junior high, her vision began to fade in the eighth grade, but she didn’t want to give up the sport she loved.

Stoner has been interviewed by a number of national media outlets and gives motivational speeches for various luncheons and groups ranging from the Boy Scouts to the Lions Club.

“I was shocked at all the attention I got,” Stoner said. “It was an extremely well written article and I can’t thank him enough for it. That article really sparked everything that has happened in the past year. … It’s been an amazing experience. I got to meet so many people I wouldn’t have gotten to meet if I hadn’t had that opportunity. I never dreamed anything like that would come of it. It really has been a great experience.”

Both Stoner and Chloe were in good spirits when they crossed the finish line with a time of 32:55.10. At the beginning of the season Chloe was struggling to finish races and was diagnosed with a thyroid issue. She’s since been placed on medications and is happy to be running by Stoner’s side. The pair must wait 30 seconds after the start of a race before they can run for the safety of both the runners and Chloe.

“She’s been on medication about a week now and she laid down once for about 10 seconds then got right back up and finished the race no problem,” Stoner said. “I was very proud of her.”

The Boston Red Sox were willing to eat $48.3 million just to make third baseman Pablo Sandoval go away. Sandoval showed up to spring training badly out of shape in 2015, three months after he signed a five-year, $95 million contract. His look in spring training 2016 was even worse, prompting Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy to write "Get a load of that gut."

Bleacher Report:

A missed interference call in the 11th inning led to the Boston Red Sox officially playing their game on Saturday against the New York Yankees under protest. The situation occurred in the top of the 11th inning when Jacoby Ellsbury hit a ground ball to Mitch Moreland, who threw to second base. Baserunner Matt Holliday turned around to go back to first base, causing the return throw from shortstop Xander Bogaerts to be off line.

Ellsbury was called safe at first on the play after the umpires went to the review booth to get clarification on the rule.

The Red Sox won't mention in their protest to Major League Baseball that they squandered a golden opportunity to win the game in the 10th inning. Andrew Benintendi led off with a single to left-center and Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a single to right. Manager John Farrell chose not to have pinch hitter Chris Young bunt the baserunners to second and third. Young struck out and the runners never advanced.

Speaking with ESPN reporter Tom Rinaldi, Sami Stoner told Tom that "if she were able to see, she would like to look in the mirror and see how she looked."

Boston team radio announcer Tim Neverett begs Red Sox' fans to root hard for the California Angels against the second place Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. The Boston Red Sox need to look long and hard in the mirror before their season goes dark.


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Patriots Hall of Fame is out to lunch

New England Patriots History:

Beginning in 2007, the Patriots started a new hall of fame tradition, inducting at least one player to The Hall each year. The process for induction involves a panel of media, alumni and staff who collectively nominate the players or head coaches most deserving of induction. After the nominations are made, the committee votes and the top three tallies become that year's finalists. The Patriots then give their fans the opportunity to vote online to make the annual selection. The New England Patriots held their annual nomination committee meeting on April 12 to select this year's Patriots Hall of Fame candidates. The finalists were (listed in alphabetical order) Clayborn, defensive lineman Richard Seymour and linebacker Mike Vrabel. For the second straight year, former Head Coach Bill Parcells was omitted by the committee. Parcells is a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer

The New England Patriots announced that cornerback Raymond Clayborn has been voted by fans as the 26th person to be inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame. Clayborn was a three-time Pro Bowl player (1983, 1985, 1986) during his 13-year Patriots career that extended from 1977 through 1989. He was drafted by the Patriots in the first round (16th overall) out of Texas in 1977 and quickly established himself as one of the game's best cornerbacks, as well as a superb kickoff returner.

Clayborn played a vital role in bringing the Patriots to respectability in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. During his 13 seasons in New England, he helped lead the Patriots to 10 winning seasons, including four postseason berths. In a 31-14 AFC Championship victory that propelled the Patriots to their first Super Bowl appearance, Clayborn's performance helped end an 18-game losing streak to the Miami Dolphins in the Orange Bowl. Clayborn was a member of the Patriots' 1970s and 1980s all-decade teams. He also set a franchise record by playing in 161 consecutive games.

Bruce Allen, BostonSportsMedia:

The relationship between the media and professional athletes has always been an adversarial one. Rarely however, has it gotten physical.

On September 9th, 1979, the Patriots had just routed the New York Jets 56-3.

The atmosphere in the Patriots locker room following the game should’ve been light hearted, but cornerback Raymond Clayborn was miserable. He had a bad week, twice scuffling with teammates in practice.

After the game, Clayborn was snapping at writers and bumping into them on purpose. Legendary writer Will McDonough of The Boston Globe took exception, saying “”Hey, Ray, there’s no need to do that.”

Clayborn reacted by jabbing his finger in McDonough’s face, poking him in the eye. McDonough then punched him twice, knocking him into a laundry cart and taking down a number of people with him.

The story immediately went into legend, with some accounts stating that McDonough had knocked Clayborn “out cold” with a single punch, and others describing more of a scuffle between the two.

McDonough was lionized among his colleagues in the media for the incident, which was lauded as an example of “southie justice.”

Former New York Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy met with Bill Parcells at Hofstra University in 1998. Van Gundy was at the New York Jets' training camp to watch how Coach Parcells operated.

Steve Serby, NewYorkPost:

I think Keyshawn Johnson had just written that book “Just Give Me The Damn Ball.” So I was coming with Coach Parcells out onto the field, and he said, “Walk with me,” so I’m walking with him and he says, “Do you know Keyshawn Johnson?” I said, “No, I don’t know him,” and he beckoned for Keyshawn Johnson to come over. And he introduces us and Coach Parcells starts asking me questions. He says, “Do you like good food?” And I said, “Yeah sure.” And he goes, “Well if you want to know about any restaurants around here, talk to Keyshawn. He’s your guy.” And you can see Keyshawn Johnson getting his chest puffed up a little bit. And then, he said: “Do you like clothes?” And I said, “Nah, you know, that’s not my thing.” He goes, “Well if you change your mind, Keyshawn’s your guy.” Keyshawn’s getting puffed up a little bit more. And his third question to me was, “Hey Jeff, do you like to win?” I said, “Coach, of course.” He goes, “Then don’t f—–g talk to Keyshawn Johnson, he doesn’t know a f—–g thing about winning.”

The Patriots Hall of Fame staff doesn't know if a football were blown up or stuffed. Without Bill Parcells, the New England Patriots would have moved to St. Louis. The next stop would have been Carson, California or Carson City, Nevada, the home of The Ponderosa in the hit show, Bonanza. Either way, nobody would have cared.

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The Duke was a real joke

StraightDope:

At the time of Pearl Harbor, John Wayne was 34 years old. His marriage was on the rocks, but he still had four kids to support. His career was taking off, in large part on the strength of his work in the classic western Stagecoach (1939). But he wasn't rich. Should he chuck it all and enlist? Many of Hollywood's big names, such as Henry Fonda, Jimmy Stewart, and Clark Gable, did just that. (Fonda was 37 at the time and had a wife and three kids.) But these were established stars. Wayne knew that if he took a few years off for military service, there was a good chance that by the time he got back he'd be over the hill.

Besides, he specialized in the kind of movies a nation at war wanted to see, in which a rugged American hero overcame great odds. Recognizing that Hollywood was an important part of the war effort, Washington had told California draft boards to go easy on actors. Perhaps rationalizing that he could do more good at home, Wayne obtained 3-A status, "deferred for family dependency reasons." He told friends he'd enlist after he made just one or two more movies.

Wayne was a hard-nosed Marine sergeant, a naval lieutenant and a commander of an airborne battalion during the invasion of Normandy. But those were his movies.

Wikipedia:

Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing (May 3, 1905 – February 17, 1986) was an American professional baseball player. A pitcher, he played in Major League Baseball from 1924 through 1947. He played for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Chicago White Sox. Ruffing is most remembered for his time with the highly successful Yankees teams of the 1930s and 1940s.

Ruffing dropped out of school as a child to work in a coal mine in his native Illinois. He played for the mine's company baseball team as an outfielder and first baseman. After he lost four toes from his left foot in a mining accident, he became unable to run in the field, and switched to pitching. He played in minor league baseball in 1923 and 1924 before making his MLB debut with the Red Sox. After struggling with Boston, pitching to a 36–93 win–loss record, the Red Sox traded Ruffing to the Yankees in 1930, where he became the ace of the Yankees' pitching staff.

Ruffing won 236 games for the Bronx Bombers while losing 132. He was dominant in the postseason, winning seven while dropping just two decisions. He completed eight of his nine starts. He also belted 36 home runs in the regular season, finishing third all-time behind Wes Ferrell with 37 and Bob Lemon with 39. He hit over .300 in eight different seasons, and was frequently used as a pinch hitter. He also played in the outfield in emergency situations.

Ruffing was a member of six World Series championship teams with the Yankees. He also appeared in six MLB All-Star Games. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. The Yankees dedicated a plaque to Ruffing in Monument Park in 2004.

After the 1942 season, Ruffing took a job with Vultee Aircraft, a defense contractor. Despite missing four toes, a United States Army doctor certified Ruffing as Class 1-B in the Selective Service System, overruled Ruffing's personal physician, who had ruled Ruffing unfit for service. The Army decided that Ruffing could serve in a non-combat role. At age 38, Ruffing missed the 1943 and 1944 seasons due to his service during World War II. He served in the Sixth Ferrying Group of the Air Transport Command of the United States Army Air Forces at the rank of private. He did pitch for the Air Transport Command's baseball team, throwing a perfect game against Joe DiMaggio's team, and leading his team to the championship.

One guy never complains about having to serve his country. The other whines to Boston Globe columnist Tom Long that "the directors got it wrong when they killed me off in Sands of Iwo Jima." As Ray Davies of the Kinks penned in the song “Celluloid Heroes,” “I wish my life was a nonstop Hollywood movie show.” We clearly see denial definitely beats the real thing.

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Haven't we been down this road before?

MassLive:

Boston Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia, who Manny Machado of the Baltimore Orioles spiked Friday, then expressed his frustration following the game. He seemed to take Machado's side, instead of his team's side.

"I just told him I didn't have anything to do with that," Pedroia said Sunday. "That's not how you do that, man. I'm sorry to him and his team. If you're going to protect guys, you do it right away. "

Pedroia's comments received heavy criticism over the past 48 hours. He responded today here at Fenway Park.

"We all talked about that and we're going to keep that in-house," Pedroia said. "We feel good about each other. We all have each other's backs. Everybody knows how everybody feels about each other. We're pretty excited about the group we have."

He was asked to clarify what he meant by "That's not me, that's them."

"I just did. I think the guys that should know, know how we feel about each other and things like that," Pedroia said. "It's unfortunate that the outside has an opinion. They're going to have an opinion about everything. We all know how we feel. We're moving on. We're getting ready for this series, then the Cubs, then the Orioles."

When 17 Red Sox players wanted manager Bobby Valentine fired in 2012, they were happy to spend part of an off-day at a hotel in New York complaining about their brutal lot in life to owners' John Henry and Larry Lucchino.

When the funeral for Johnny Pesky--Pesky spent over six decades with the Red Sox in various capacities-- was held on another off-day, Monday afternoon in Swampscott, four players decided to show up. David Ortiz, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Clay Buchholz and Vicente Padilla represented the 2012 Red Sox at Johnny Pesky's funeral. While transportation services were provided from Fenway Park, the near empty yellow bus for the players made the trip to the North Shore and back.

"My No. 1 priority that day was being there, being with family and just sharing that last moment with him. I said on the airplane to everybody, 'Expect his funeral tomorrow. If you can go ahead and show up, go ahead, that would be great.' If they could make it, great. ... The funeral is the last goodbye you give to a friend. There's no way you're a friend with somebody, that person passes away and you're not going to show up to his funeral." -- David Ortiz.

Johnny Pesky took the time daily to hit fungoes(a long lightweight bat for hitting practice balls to fielders) to Dustin Pedroia. Claiming he couldn't find a babysitter for his three year son Dylan, Dustin Pedroia skipped the funeral and stayed home.

Vice Sports:

Reggie Jackson did indeed play for the Baltimore Orioles for one year—1976, the lone season of his career that he wasn't a member of the Oakland A's, the New York Yankees or the California Angels.

After mouthing off to New York Yankees pitcher Dock Ellis when the latter nearly grazed the slight Orioles shortstop Mark Belanger with a homeward toss—"Why don't you hit a big guy like me?" Reggie taunted—he found himself on the receiving end of a high-and-tight fastball from Ellis, who may have also been delivering some delayed payback for the gargantuan home run that Jackson had hit off of him in Detroit during the 1971 All-Star Game. "Did I kill him?" Ellis chuckled to the home plate umpire, while Jackson writhed in the dirt, his signature aviator shades smashed to pieces.

X-rays showed no damage beyond a badly-bruised cheekbone. Jackson expressed disappointment to the press that Ellis hadn't called to see how he was doing; perhaps the pitcher was too busy counting the twenty-dollar bills that had been surreptitiously stuffed into his locker by his teammates as a tip for beaning Reggie. "Someone didn't like him," Ellis would later reflect in his autobiography. "He was supposed to get hit!"

Baltimore Orioles ace righthander pitcher Jim Palmer put aside his feelings for teammate Reggie Jackson following the near beaning by Ellis. Palmer had been critical of Jackson since his early season holdout. "The fact that Reggie is not here from the start has hurt the attitude of the club and it has hurt our performance on the field," raged the 1975 AL Cy Young winner. "Do you think it ever occurred to Jackson that there are 24 other guys over here counting on him?"

Like him or not, Palmer said to Jackson, "Should I hit the first two Yankees I face or shall I keep going"? Jackson replied, "One is plenty."

Most people only remember the New York Yankees contract—while Jackson's image on the August 30, 1976 cover of Sports Illustrated primarily elicits a puzzled reaction from those who view it: "Huh? Reggie played for the Orioles?" There isn't even a baseball card for it. Reggie's holdout prevented a 1976 baseball card for the slugger so the 1977 card, as a member of the Yankees, was airbrushed with the Orioles' logo.

Following the completion of his 21 year career, which included five World Series titles and two-time World Series MVP, Reggie Jackson stated that the 1976 Baltimore Orioles were "the best team he ever played on." Dustin Pedroia may want to read up on that.

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Canada's best athlete has it all over Michael Jordan

Wikipedia:

Lionel Pretoria Conacher, nicknamed "The Big Train", was a Canadian athlete and politician. Voted the country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, he won championships in numerous sports. His first passion was football; he was a member of the 1921 Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts. He was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team that won the International League championship in 1926. In hockey, he won a Memorial Cup in 1920, and the Stanley Cup twice: with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1934 and the Montreal Maroons in 1935. Additionally, he won wrestling, boxing and lacrosse championships during his playing career. He and Carl Voss are the only players to have their names engraved on both the Grey Cup and Stanley Cup.

Conacher was a prolific athlete, excelling in numerous sports at the same time. He played with 14 different teams, winning 11 championships. He was 16 years old when he won the Ontario lightweight wrestling championship, and at 20 won the Canadian amateur light-heavyweight boxing championship. In 1921, he fought, and was knocked out by heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey in an exhibition match.

Numerous organizations have honored Conacher's career. In addition to being named Canada's athlete of the half-century, he was named the country's top football player over the same period. He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955, the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1964, the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1965, the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1994, and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. The Canadian Press gives the Lionel Conacher Award to its male athlete of the year.

Wayne Gretzky, who was voted Canada's top athlete for the second half of the 20th Century, has won the Lionel Conacher award six times.

Conacher's younger brothers, Charlie Conacher, and Roy Conacher, were also Hall of Fame hockey players. His namesake, Lionel Jr., was a first round draft pick in 1960 and played a season with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Brian Conacher, a second son, was a member of The Toronto Maple Leafs 1967 Stanley Cup championship team. This was the last year that the Maple Leafs won the title.

Cory Conacher was born with a rare condition in which his bladder was outside his body. As a result, he underwent a ten-hour surgical procedure at only five days old in which doctors reconstructed his pelvis in order to place his bladder back into his body. The situation was so severe that doctors informed his parents that he might never walk properly. Conacher is a distant relative of Hockey Hall of Famers Charlie, Roy, and Lionel Conacher. Cory graduated from Canisius College and plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Greatest American Athlete of the 20th century, according to the SportsCentury program on ESPN, is basketballer Michael Jordan, apparently in a close call with baseball player Babe Ruth.

Not only did Ruth belt 714 home runs in addition to 2,214 Runs Batted In, he also pitched, winning 94 games while losing 46 with a lifetime ERA of 2.28. He won all three of his World Series starts before becoming a full-time outfielder with the New York Yankees following his trade from the Boston Red Sox.

In 1994, Jordan played for the Birmingham Barons, a Double-A minor league affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, batting .202 with three home runs, 51 runs batted in, 114 strikeouts, 51 base on balls, 30 stolen bases and 11 errors. Jordan struck out 26.1% of his plate appearances. New York Yankees great outfielder Joe DiMaggio struck out only 5.4% in his at bats, never more than 39 times in any of his 13 seasons.


Try as he might, Michael Jordan has found baseball beyond his grasp. That might be an understatement.

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Gross Misconduct follows in the family

Dennis Kane:

Imagine how proud Roy Spencer must have been. Roy’s boy Brian was about to play, on national television, for the fabled Toronto Maple Leafs in his first NHL game.

Brian Spencer had been no angel growing up, not by a long shot. The boy was quick-tempered, and quicker to fight, but everyone in Fort St. James, a dark, blue-collar town in northern British Columbia, knew he was a chip off the old block. After all, old man Roy was known in those parts as a fiery, hard-living, no-nonsense type of fellow, and his family, for all intents and purposes, was a tough family in a tough town.

When Brian learned he was going to Toronto, he quickly made his own call. It was to his dad Roy back home who, by that time, was dying from kidney disease. He was playing, he told his dad, and his game was to be aired on Hockey Night in Canada from coast to coast!

Bad kidneys or not, it must have been one of the best days of Roy’s life. For a proud hockey dad, something like this just doesn’t get any better. In the end, it couldn’t have gotten any worse.

The Canadian Broadcasting Company knew nothing about Roy and Brian Spencer and the big debut in the Toronto Maple Leafs uniform, and for whatever reason decided to air the Vancouver-Oakland game instead. It was a decision that led to tragedy. Roy, once he realized what was happening, rose from his chair in front of the television, got into his car with his rifle, and drove 85 miles to the nearest television station, in Prince George.

At the station, Roy demanded they show the Leafs game, a demand that was refused, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were called. Roy found himself in a shoot-out with the police, and the proud dad, who only wanted to see his boy playing in his first NHL game, was quickly shot and killed.

Brian Spencer’s career lasted 10 years, with stops after Toronto in Long Island, Buffalo and Pittsburgh. In 1987, while living a drifter’s life in Florida, Spencer was indicted by a Florida grand jury on charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping with the death penalty on the table. Former teammate, Buffalo Sabres' star left wing Richard Martin came as a character witness in Spencer's defense. Brian was acquitted for lack of evidence.

Three months later, while he was beginning to get his life back in order, he was murdered by a young hoodlum trying to rob him. His friend Greg Cook told police that they had just purchased drugs and had stopped to grab some cigarettes. They were then confronted by a robber, who Cook claims shot Spencer and ran off.

The life of Aaron Hernandez is eerily similar to that of Brian Spencer. Both were athletes whose lives spun out of control.

Kevin Armstrong, NYDailyNews:

Aaron Hernandez negotiated a narrow path to such luxurious living. Born and raised in Bristol, Conn., a two-hour commute from his current home, Hernandez excelled as a prep star at Bristol Central High, establishing several state receiving records before losing his father, Dennis at age 36, to complications from hernia surgery. The roots of Hernandez’s unraveling begin there, by most accounts, but can be traced through his time in Florida and in his first three seasons as a New England Patriot. Coaches, ranging from Geno Auriemma in AAU, to Urban Meyer in Gainesville, Fla., and now Bill Belichick, have gotten the most out of him on the basketball court and football field, but many also expressed concern about his behavior and maturity as he won a college title and played in a Super Bowl.

Bill Belichick was actually issued a subpoena and just openly defied the request to appear in court for Hernandez' double murder trial. I am confident Bill wasn't going to say anything nice so he said nothing at all. He said "enough."

Gross Misconduct - The Life of Brian 'Spinner' Spencer by Martin O' Malley, 1988. The book was made into a TV film. The sequel should be a bestseller.


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Brad Marchand is another Eddie Haskell

Eddie Haskell – America’s Bad Boy! The act of overt flattery to put someone at ease so you can take advantage of their lowered defenses.

“When child actor Ken Osmond stepped onto the set of Leave it to Beaver in 1957, he not only entered our living rooms, he homesteaded a permanent place in the American pop culture. The poster child for sneaky, rotten kids everywhere, he was the reference point for cautious mothers to warn their children about. And everyone in America knew an Eddie Haskell at some point in his or her lives….”

Joe McDonald, ESPN:

Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct and was ejected for spearing Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Jake Dotchin in the groin at 19:20 of the first period Tuesday night at TD Garden.

The puck was in Tampa Bay's zone and Dotchin was defending the front of the net when Marchand attempted to play the puck, but finished with the spear. Lightning trainer Tom Mulligan tended to Dotchin, who remained on the ice for several minutes before skating off on his own.

He will have a hearing with NHL Player Safety on Thursday morning.

Marchand has been suspended or fined three times previously for infractions directed at an opponent’s lower body. While slew footing and clipping are not identical plays, they involve an attack on an opponent’s lower body that can cause a defenseless player to crash dangerously to the ice. Here, Marchand again attacks the lower body of an opponent in a manner that causes him to cartwheel to the ice in a dangerous fashion. He also has a tomahawk chop on his record.

Marchand’s first suspension came in March 2011, for two games on a hit. Columbus Blue Jackets' center, R.J. Umberger was in a vulnerable position: off-balance, low to the ice, with his back to Marchand. Marchand stuck an elbow out and nailed him in the back of the head.

Slew footing the New York Rangers’ forward Derick Brassard. He was unhurt, and Marchand got away with a two-game suspension.

Marchand dropped low and hammered Vancouver Canucks' defenseman Sami Salo in the knees, resulting in a concussion for Salo and a five-game suspension.

Clipped Ottawa Senators' defenseman Mark Borowiecki from behind earning a three game suspension.

Jonathan Willis, Bleacher Report:

January 26, 2017 - There is every reason to think that Marchand is going to keep kicking out his opponents’ feet and hitting them from behind and going low on hits. It doesn’t seem like the NHL is all that interested in stopping him. There simply isn’t any question. He's a dirty player and a danger to his peers.

Brad Marchand is an overwhelming choice when representatives from Make-A-Wish or Team IMPACT need a volunteer to meet with their children. He has a gift. Maybe Brad can eliminate his phoniness on ice to match his off-ice behavior.

The fictional Eddie Haskell grew up and became a Los Angeles policeman.


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