Keith Olbermann on Gordie Howe:
I used to hate, Hate, HATE Olbermann when he was doing politics on MSNBC. Sports is quite another thing altogether and this video is a fitting... even elegant... tribute to the great Number Nine. Olbermann notes that Mr. Howe has taken a turn for the worse; The Freep has details about his condition and it doesn't look good. Our best thoughts go out to Mr. Howe and the family.
I used to hate, Hate, HATE Olbermann when he was doing politics on MSNBC. Sports is quite another thing altogether and this video is a fitting... even elegant... tribute to the great Number Nine. Olbermann notes that Mr. Howe has taken a turn for the worse; The Freep has details about his condition and it doesn't look good. Our best thoughts go out to Mr. Howe and the family.
HAte Olbermann, wish Mr. Howe the best.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jim.
DeleteWow. Great piece. I've always sorta had this idea that Gordie was indestructible, and Olbermann captures that perfectly. He's lived 60+ years and scored how many hundred goals since they thought he was gonna die the first time? Incredible. I'm actually a little young to fully appreciate Gordie Howe; he won his last Stanley Cup before I was born. I mostly remember him as an aging superstar whose best days were behind him, but who could still do more than most anybody else.
ReplyDeletePrayers for his family; the world will be a poorer place without him in it. . .
I'm actually a little young to fully appreciate Gordie Howe
DeleteMe, too, Craig. I came to the game late in life (1985), well and truly past the time Gordie was in his prime. I'm glad there's film that gives us a lil taste of his greatness.
Olberman is as good on sports as he was bad on politics. He used to call in frequently to Dan Patricks' radio show in early 2000s and the conversation was usually spiritedly highly informatively
ReplyDeleteI agree with ya, Virg.
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ReplyDeleteHaven't been by in a while, but it's hockey season so here I am. I was fortunate to be able to watch Gordie at the Olympia near the tail end of his career with the Red Wings. There are few hockey players that seem to be able to "slow" down the game so that it seems they're the calm eye in the middle of a storm, but that's the thing that's most stuck in my mind about Howe's game after all these years. For example, off the top of my head, Igor Larionov and Pavel Datsyuk are a couple of Wings that also had/have this ability due to their skating and puck handling ability. Course no one else in NHL history has as many Howe hat tricks as the original. Also heard that on occasion, he took batting practice with the Tigers at the old Tiger Stadium and had no problem launching balls into the outfield seats.
ReplyDeleteNice to see ya gain, TC! I envy you when it comes to seeing Gordie... at the Olympia, no less. That old barn was gone when I moved to Detroit in '85. Your points about Gordie/Igor/Pavel are well taken.
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