Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky at NHL Hall of Fame ceremony despite Phoenix Coyotes mess

ESPN (Free subscription) | yesterday

The NHL avoided what would have been a major embarrassment when Wayne Gretzky arrived at the Hall of Fame ceremonies Monday night.

Fischer declined the meeting in Iceland

Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Local man selling Sports Illustrated collection for $2M Sunday, November 8, 2009 Last updated: Monday November 9, 2009, 4:11 PM Suburban Trends STAFF WRITER Would you pay $2 million for a historic collection of more than 10,000 original copies of almost every Sports Illustrated magazine edition that has ever been published? How about if every cover was signed by the cover star? A local man is selling...

Tuesday links: Cuz you gotta nuke something edition

St. Louis Game Time (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

Gotta nuke something. View full size photo » I really want to beat the Canucks tonight. Stop this losing skid and beat a team I really, really, don't like. Blues news Good news for the Canucks : Roberto Luongo and Daniel Sedin are returning soon. Good news for the Blues: It won't be tonight. [CBSSports] John Davidson: Hall of Fame broadcaster. [Belleville News-Democrat] Brett Hull wears his Hall...

Brett Hull Set For Hall Of Fame Induction

St. Louis Game Time (Free subscription) | yesterday

More photos » by Frank Gunn - AP Brett Hull and some other guys show off their new rings. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn) Browse more photos » Brett Hull was not drafted by the St. Louis Blues , it was Calgary. He did not win his first Stanley Cup in St. Louis, it was Dallas. He did not win his second Stanley Cup in St. Louis, it was Detroit. He didn't retire in St. Louis, it...

The Inducted - Luc Robitaille - 11-09-09

post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

It's not every day a former member of the Penguins gets inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Even if he was only in Pittsburgh for one season ( a lockout-shortened one at that ), Luc Robitaille was a member of the Penguins. And he gets the call to the Hockey Hall of Fame today. To say the least, Robitaille was a long shot to make the NHL, let alone, the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Kings took him as...

Empty Netter Assists - 11-09-09

post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Penguins Note: Co-worker Dejan Kovacevic has offered his tremendous talents to this forum in order to cover the induction of our esteemed colleague, Dave Molinari, into the Hockey Hall of Fame today in Toronto. Be nice and he might just come back and play with us from time to time. -Kris Letang's ( above ) shoulder/arm will be looked at today . -Introducing Deryk Engelland . -They're using Consol...

Will Gretzky Show For The HHOF Inductions?

Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

via Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, If Wayne Gretzky, the single greatest attraction in hockey history, chooses to pass on tomorrow night’s Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony, what an embarrassment that will be for NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and his fellow owners. And what an indictment of the damage remaining from the attempt to salvage the Phoenix Coyotes. The very fact that the NHL...

Flu shots and head shots

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

The Hockey Roundtable talks H1N1, OHL suspensions, the struggles of Vincent Lecavalier and Wayne Gretzky's cool relationship with the NHL

Will Gretzky Show Up For HHOF Weekend?

Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremonies will take place in Toronto beginning this weekend and the question that’s got everybody abuzz in hockey circles right now is, will he or won’t he? Will Wayne Gretzky attend with his wife Janet when the careers of five of his closest friends in hockey are honoured? Or will he sit it out, part of his lingering...

• Gretzky mum on Hall appearance - Globe and Mail

HHOF Spotlight- Steve Yzerman

Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal via Faceoff.com, At the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Team Canada trainers were draining his aching right knee of fluid and shooting the leg full of painkiller so he could get his skates on, never mind race up and down the ice. He wanted to play, so he did, but it was agony, at times, after his knee was scoped three weeks before the tournament. “I...

Flyers are pests in crease, unnerve Tampa Bay

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

SCOTT HARTNELL knows his bread and butter. If Wayne Gretzky's office was behind the net, the Flyers' perpetual pest has built a home just inches in front of the opposing goalie's crease, and it's paying dividends.

Greatness: Andy Warhol Polaroids of Sports Champions

gmtPlus9 (-15) (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

Greatness: Andy Warhol Polaroids of Sports Champions at Danziger Projects. "...In 1977, Richard Weisman, an art collector and a friend of Warhol's, commissioned a series of paintings of ten great sports figures of the era, now known as the "Athlete Series". The group of athletes was selected by Mr. Weisman, and included stars of a variety of sports: Muhammad Ali (boxing), Pelé...

IMG exec calls Ovechkin a "global icon"

D.C. Sports Bog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

IMG Worldwide has a few people you might have heard of in their client portfolio--Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Giselle Bundchen, Heidi Klum and Peyton and Eli Manning, for example. Until this week, though, the sports media and entertainment company wasn't in the hockey business, although they used to represent Wayne Gretzky, Jaromir Jagr and several dozen other players....

IMG inks deal with Ovechkin

Capitals Insider (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Here's an excerpt from the release (great timing, huh?): IMG Worldwide, the premier global sports, media and entertainment company, announced today that it has signed hockey superstar Alex Ovechkin, for exclusive worldwide management, sponsorship, licensing and marketing representation. Ovechkin, the 24 year-old Washington Capitals left wing, is one of the most talented and exciting players in the...

Monday links: Going head first into the week like Andy McDonald into the boards edition

St. Louis Game Time (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Another weekend down, another week begins. I hope you all had a good Halloween. My "Joe with a two-week beard" costume went over great. I'm thinking "Joe with a 'stache" for next year. Blues links Breaking news that our British friend already broke, Yan Statsny and Tyson Strachan are going to the Peoria. The Blues get its captain back one week, the Rivermen get its back the next....

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sportsxtreme | 06/13/2009

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