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Dave King Can't Quit Hockey

You can take Dave King out of the Olympics, but you can never quite take the Olympics out of Dave King. The former long-time head of Canada's Olympic hockey program has found another "Mission Impossible" as an assistant coach with the surprising Phoenix Coyotes. With a shaky financial situation and limited talent other...

Wayne Gretzky Turns 50

Wednesday marks a milestone birthday for the NHL's greatest player ever. Wayne Gretzky turns 50 years old. The former Oiler, King, Blue, and Ranger scored 894 goals during his record-setting career. He's the all-time leader in goals, assists, and points, and it's not likely we'll see any of these records broken...

Wayne Gretzky's 50th Birthday Ignored as Quiet Dispute With NHL Continues

Wayne Gretzky hits the big 5-0 on Wednesday and you'd think the NHL would fete one of the greatest players to ever play, if not the greatest, with a birthday party at the All-Star Game in Raleigh, N.C., this weekend. But unless there's a sudden thaw in relations, that's not about to happen. As bizarre as it sounds, Wayne...

Ranking LeBron's Return to Cleveland in Annals of Sports

LeBron James' return to Cleveland Thursday is going to be the most-hyped NBA regular-season game since Michael Jordan came out of retirement. You'll be watching, I'll be watching, everyone who cares remotely about basketball -- and many who don't -- will turn on their televisions for the moment when LeBron's name is...

Great Commercials in NHL History: Tom Barrasso and Wayne Gretzky Edition

Great commercials in NHL history: A look back at the absurdity and hilarity of NHL advertising campaigns (Why? Because it's the offseason). Tom Barrasso spent parts of six seasons with the Buffalo Sabres, winning 124 games, the Vezina Trophy, the Calder Trophy and the William J. Jennings trophy, all before he was traded...

Wayne Gretzky News From the Web

05/30/12 Morning Line Source: Kukla's Korner "What I'd like to see is the Conn Smythe Trophy be renamed the Jean Beliveau Trophy, and have [Beliveau] come onto the ice with the commissioner to present the award to the MVP and then stay by the commissioner's side for the presentation of the Stanley Cup.""You wouldn't have anyone booing with Jean Beliveau on the ice, so I think that would solve the problem. I think the NHL is about the winning captain getting the Stanley Cup from the NHL president or commissioner. I would never want that to change."
05/29/12 Redemption at hand as Kings seek unlikely coronation Source: Irish Examiner Until this season, the Los Angeles Kings ice hockey team were really only known for one saga: the infamous big-money acquisition of Wayne Gretzky, a move that shocked the sport and tore the heart out of a city and a country in the late 1980s.
05/29/12 L.A. Kings: The biggest playoff wins Source: The Orange County Register - Orange County CA Wayne Gretzky has often said this was his biggest thrill in an unparalleled career.
05/23/12 Gretzky talks horse racing, hockey and about divided... Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada So you were probably wondering, where was Wayne Gretzky during all this?
05/23/12 Paulina Gretzky named on Maxim list of hot women Source: The Windsor Star - ON - Canada Paulina Gretzky, the alluring daughter of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, has made the Maxim Hot 100 , what the magazine calls the "definitive list of the world's most beautiful women."