sports.espn.go.com - 12/4/2008
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The Things We Forget, Part 9: Sidney Crosby The Kid lost his first Cup Finals. So did a guy named Gretzky. by Chris Jones "The Things We Forget" is a chronicle of 2008 in sports. It is presented in 11 parts. This is Part 9, on Sidney Crosby. At the bottom of this piece, you can navigate to the ...
sports.yahoo.com - 12/3/2008
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The KHL's plans for its first-ever all-star game
are pretty spectacular . The Jan. 11 contest will
be played outdoors in Moscow's Red Square; and as a result of a fan vote, the format will feature "Team Yashin" ( Alexei Yashin 's group of ...
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Ultimate all-star game alternative: Team Crosby vs. Ovie ...
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... list. In profiling Crosby, Jones happened to mention the relative age of the team which defeated Crosby's Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals in an unflattering light: December 4, ESPN : Until 2008, Sidney Crosby had always been the future. But after he, Evgeni Malkin and the rest of the youthful Penguins--with the notable exception of 118-year-old Gary Roberts--reached the Stanley Cup Finals to face the Detroit Red Wings, Crosby became, even in defeat, something like the present. He found himself in a space he had never before occupied, one that sheltered him from questions ...
The Things We Forget, Part 9: Sidney Crosby
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From ESPN The Magazine:
The Things We Forget, Part 9: Sidney Crosby
The Kid lost his first Cup Finals. So did a guy named Gretzky.
Until 2008, Sidney Crosby had always been the future. But after he, Evgeni Malkin and the rest of the youthful Penguins—with the notable exception of 118-year-old Gary Roberts—reached the Stanley Cup Finals to face the Detroit Red Wings, Crosby became, even in defeat, something like the present. He found himself in a space he had never before occupied, one that sheltered him from questions about what would happen next. For seven blessed weeks, he didn’t have to think beyond now. ...
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Sidney Crosby Top 49 2008
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Crosby ridiculously closes all-star vote gap with Canadiens
sports.yahoo.com 12/4/2008 — Yesterday, we focused on the big NHL All-Star Game voting news that Jarome Ignla of the Calgary Flames had rallied and broken the Detroit Red Wings ' stranglehold on the Western Conference forwards Top 3. This morning brings something even more ...
With Crosby disregard, NHL obviously endorses genital walloping
sports.yahoo.com 12/22/2008 — When it comes to analyzing the NHL's system of discipline, it's foolhardy to play the "if Player X had done Action Y, then he would have received Punishment Z" game of hypothetical comparisons. One, because acts of hockey violence are ...
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