Everybody Loves Georges

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Everybody Loves Georges
KK Hockey found this 5/2/2008 on www.blackathlete.net [flag]
There isn't a story that better sums up Georges Laraque, the best heavyweight in the NHL who has been driven to distraction simply trying to make people happy. Other players show up late for that hospital visit, or need to be asked and reminded numerous times to commit to a school read-in? Laraque has done his best to fit the games in while answering every single request through his nine-year ... [link]

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Laraque Is A Wanted Man
Published 5/2/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
from Lynda Klym at Black Athelete, Georges Laraque had just checked into a hotel in Calgary. Hadn’t even unzipped his bag when a secretary of a friend called his cellphone. Everybody gets Georges’ cell number. “She asked me if I could come to Edmonton,” he said. “There was this kid who was going to die. He had a couple hours to live, they thought, and his last wish was to see me.” read on

Georges Laraque... Teddy Bear
Published 5/2/2008 by Teka at Talk Hockey To Me
Great article from blackathlete.net on Laraque I continually find it interesting that the enforcers are usually the guys who feel the most like they have something to give back to the community. George Parros and Donald Brashear have also shown up in articles like this, talking about how they actually like going out and doing stuff for people, which seems rare in this overpaid-athlete-commodification era we seem to live in. Hats off to you guys. Making a difference is hot. (Okay, so is punching a bitch :-)

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