... , Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson, Grant Fuhr and, of course Wayne Gretzky -- I loved them all, in that heartsick sort of way that only an annoying teenage girl can have. The ... there waiting for the interview, it occurred to me that people probably do that all the time when they meet him. But Gretzky did genuinely seem interested; he flipped through the program a few times, and again when we ...

... skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.” He didn’t chase the puck. Instead, Gretzky wanted his hockey stick to be where the puck would be going next. He scored many goals with ... -looking despite the difficulties, uncertainties, and challenges that entails. … Wayne Gretzky emphasized that anticipation was important to being a successful hockey player. Failing to ...

... 're suddenly learning a lot more about Wayne Gretzky. While the iconic statesman of the modern game ponders ... version of that particular moment in hockey history. I’d Trade Him Again: On Gretzky, Politics, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Deal, providing ... Pocklington's other interests both business and sport, it will be the Gretzky sections that no doubt gain the most attention and review. ...

... like to 'pile on'. Yes, we freely have admitted that we're not Gretzky fans, but we do acknowledge his significant contributions as a player, etc. However when ... of the few bloggers/writers who have been up front in calling him out. At first concerning his abandoning his team. First with our gretzky-holds-out post, and then after he resigned with our best-news-in-phoenix-so-far-this-year ...

... don't give me this nonsense, though I know it's coming, that the Coyotes are doing well this year because Gretzky 'built' them; no, they're doing well because Dave Tippett can actually coach and ... open, or speculated to be open, or, heaven forbid, Canada needs some Olympic help, is Gretzky mentioned by even respected and healthily-skeptical sportswriters? Yeah, respect the guy ...

Kings Ransom:  The Wayne Gretzky Trade Anyone else notice the recent fixation on the saddest moment in Oiler's history ... and Mail journalist, Stephen Brunt, titled "Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, Canada and the Day Everything Changed& ... about the trade. With the Oilers currently sitting on tough times I thought I would really make it hurt by walking you through the Gretzky documentary. 

TORONTO -- Wayne Gretzky handled his appearance Monday night at the Hockey Hall of Fame with the same deftness with which he handled the puck during his legendary career.   There was much speculation that Gretzky would not make an appearanc... KK Hockey found this 6 hours ago on nhl.com Find more top sports news, videos, and blogs on BallHype: NHL, NHL.com, Detroit Red Wings, Stanley Cup, ...

Many consider Gretzky to be the Babe Ruth of hockey.  Many baseball collectors know him as the one time part owner of the most famous baseball card in the world.  Either way you look at it, hockey fans would love to pull a Gretzky autograph from one of their packs. Posted in Card of the Day

... morning skate in El Segundo when he told me the LA KIngs have asked Wayne Gretzky to come back into the fold. I asked him a general question about getting Kings' alumni involved in what has become an up and coming club in the NHL. Murray would like to see Gretzky in a permanent capacity. Here's my story on CSNPhilly.com: Click Here View original blog ...

... . As we were heading home on Saturday night from downtown Toronto, we were walking through the train station just as the Toronto Maple Leafs game had ended. I look over to my right, and there's Walter Gretzky! I pointed him out to Martin, and since he's the first ever "celebrity" we've really ever randomly encountered, we decided to ask him for a picture. He was so sweet. He ...

Hockey megastar and former New York Ranger Wayne Gretzky hit up some of New York’s most high-profile properties this week on a house-hunting outing with his wife, Janet, and agent Juliette Janssens of Sotheby’s International Realty, who is also married to a former Ranger. Candidates for the couple’s new pied-a-terre reportedly include a $12 million three-bedroom apartment at 15 Central Park ...

... ;t be worth the alienation created with the most important player the game has known. The relationship between Gretzky and the league is the worst it has ever been no matter what rhetoric is spread. Of all that Bettman has ... of view. Hockey is a hard enough sell in the United States and selling out Gretzky will end up costing them more in the long run than it would have cost them to pay The Great ...

UPDATE: I didnt realize Dean Lombardi said this in late Sept. on Toronto radio, but now that the Kings feel the Gretzky situation with the Coyotes is over, I think Murray was telling us they are increasing their efforts to get No. 99 back in LA. ** Why Brian Boucher tonight vs. Kings? “We looked at the schedule a week ago, and I sat down and thought Ray [E...

Andy Warhol was oft quoted for one astute observation. “Everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes,” he smugly announced to a disbelieving posse of media hounds way back when in the heady days of his creative heyday. Today, the thought resonates in every fibre of the being – in an era where global news networks and a glut

Last night I took Wallace out the front door to go out one last time for the night. My friend LKT stopped her car in the middle of the road and insisted on playing this song for me, the whole thing: She had it on her car radio, just to clarify, not on youtube. And all I have to say about Norah Jones is that people who were born on March 30th are pretty amazing. But it's true. Given the ...