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The Spectacular Ice-Breaker
Review by Mike Gange The Rookie: A Season with Sidney Crosby and the New NHL By Shawna Richer McClelland & Stewart, $29.99, 316 pages Even before he hit the ice in the National Hockey League, Sidney Crosby was being hyped as the next big thing. He broke into the NHL as an 18 year-old, … Continue reading
Chances are one in a million
Review by Mike Gange Outliers: The story of success By Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown & Co., $27.99 US, $30.99 CDN, 309 pages Let me tell ya, Malcolm Gladwell can write. As he describes the growth of a Pennsylvania town, Roseto, you can almost smell the gardens growing in the back yards of the stuccoed houses. … Continue reading
Which came first? Hockey or life in Canada?
Review By Mike Gange Hockey Dreams: Memories of a Man who Couldn’t Play By David Adams Richards Doubleday $19.95, 238 pages There are only a few guys, besides my immediate friends, I mean, that I would love to see appear at my door, just as the game is beginning. Very rarely would I say, … Continue reading
Three Minutes to the Stars!
Nov 8, 2008 I went to a hockey game the other day, and one of the songs being played just before the players came on the ice was Allan Parson’s “Sirius.” I didn’t know the name of the selection then. But a couple of days later, at a football game, guess what…same song. I asked … Continue reading
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