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Team Canada Routs Norway in Hockey Opener

About 12 minutes into the first period of last night's Olympic hockey game between Canada and Norway, I turned to a fellow spectator and uttered a heresy. "The Canadians are playing like a bunch of bums," I said, shaking my head, remembering the series of flubbed games that led to our seventh-place finish in Turin in...

Vancouver Celebrates with Restraint

Moments after the last fireworks exploded above Canada Place, the thousands who'd flocked to the waterfront joined together in a euphoric rendition of 'O Canada.' A rain-drenched Wayne Gretzky had lit the Olympic Torch and the Games had officially begun. It was a stirring end to a tumultuous Opening Ceremony, which many...

Olympic Celebration Tempered by Tragedy

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The dreams of a nation took flight Friday with a snowboarder's leap through a giant set of Olympic rings. With that, the opening ceremonies for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games began, its bold opening moments reflecting the bold goals Vancouver organizers have set for these Games: changing not just the...

The E:60 Ovechkin Profile

Late last week we gave you the heads up on E:60's upcoming profile of Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin. Earlier this evening, ESPN aired the piece, which you can watch in its entirety right here. I don't want to give any spoilers, but I will say that Ovechkin is in rare form. Fans of Don Cherry, Sidney Crosby...

Ovechkin to be Profiled on E:60

Hockey fans in the U.S. love to complain about how ESPN gives the sport short shrift on SportsCenter, so I guess it's only fair to note that the network's E:60 program will be doing a profile on Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin next Tuesday night, April 21, at 7:00 p.m. ESPN's Rachel Nichols not only talks to...

WayneGretzky 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."