Hockey suffers from being compared to itself in ways that other sports are not. Every four years, some of us fawn over Olympic hockey, a great event with bigger rinks, minimal goonishness and national pride in addition to the heightened skills of veritable all-star squads.
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Zum Autor"Some anthems are great for sports. You've got the Russian national anthem... 'O Canada,' how wonderful is that for hockey... But I chose the Italian national song because at my first World Cup, I saw the Italians play four times, and they won all four times - they won the championship."
"I know, I know - men have that extra hero gene in their foolish makeup; it's part of our charm. But I happen to know some women who have their inner sports hero, too."
"I will always treasure the privilege of writing the 'Sports of The Times' column."