Tonight begins the final stretch of Penguin hockey.
As much as I want to give Ryan Miller a big hug for being the MVP of Olympic Hockey - I can't wait to see the penguins, espically Crosby, stick it to him tonight. Anyone who was not a hockey fan before, but got into Olympic hockey, really should be watching the Pens/Sabres game tonight if only to watch Crosby and Miller matched up again - talk about two unbelievable players!
Other Penguins news - Yesterday the Pens traded a second round pick for Jordan Leopold. So we have a new player, but we didn't have to give up anyone to get him. Sounds like a good trade to me. No but seriously, I have no idea what that means...
Anywho who is Jordan Leopold? Well here is the short version. He won the 01-02 Hobey Baker award. He has had a good number of injuries, illnesses, etc that have slowed him down a bit. Sounds like if he could just man up a bit he might make a decent hockey player. I guess we will fine out soon.
Until then, here's a Steelers "feel good" story for you.
Last week Troy Polamalu was at his niece's vollyball game in a gym outside of phoenix. A ten year old kid spotted him and when Trot got up to get a snack the kid followed and asked for him to sign something. Soon a crowd formed and Troy stayed calm and friendly, signing things and talking to kids.
Sadly, even that is a rarity with pro-athletes, cough-Ovechkin-cough.
But Polamalu's kindness didn't stop there. After signing things he went outside for a game of two hand touch with the kids. He played long enough for one of the teams to score eight touchdowns, so it wasn't just a photo op, he actually played for a while! Thank goodness for athletes like him!
Til Next Tuesday,
Truck
2 comments:
just an update, ryan miller will NOT be playing tonight. experts such as barry "golden mullet" melrose and myself believe that this is a good call. morons like herm edwards think there is no excuse for him not to play. come on people, he played 8 amazing games in vancouver, losing the gold medal game and probably losing sleep. unless ryan miller wants to play, let him rest.
Well Boo. That last I had heard (when I was writing) was that he was still playing. Thanks for the update.
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