Ernie and two guys named Al: Memories to last a lifetime
So Ernie Harwell is on the other end of the line, talking baseball. Or rather baseball literature. We’d been at it for nearly an hour, long distance. He was down…
Bob Probert was right
April 2019 — Bob Probert deserves some credit in that line he penned for his book — and repeated in the film that documents his short but eventful life; he…
Hockey makes you happy
ST. IGNACE, Michigan, February 2020 – They came from all around the Midwest, from all across Canada and – as beer-league hockey goes – from outposts as remote as Florida,…
Desperate for another miracle: In a world of fear and loathing, can we still believe in miracles?
February 21, 2020 – Right about now as I sit her typing, 40 years ago to the minute, I was walking out of the newsroom after a long day when…
NHL’s #MeToo moment?: Players (Wings too) take abuse charges public
December 2019 – From the broadcast booth to behind the benches, from front-office investigations that have reached the highest echelons of the National Hockey League, it’s been a hell of…
A stupid mistake
And it scared the hell out of Petr Klima May 2023 – Petr Klima was one of first passengers off the Northwest Airlines plane that delivered him to freedom and…
Sour Grapes:: Don Cherry stands by his words even after firing
November 2019 – First things first: I’ve always liked Don Cherry. He entertained me long before I ever got into hockey media, and when I got to know him he…