My first interview at SI, I ...

My first interview at SI, I sat in silence next to Guy LaFleur for five minutes on the New York Rangers team bus until he finally broke the ice. Those early interviews, every one of them was like a terrible first date.
 Steve Rushin

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Moms are as relenless as the tides. They don`t just drive as to practice, they drive us to greatness
 Steve Rushin
Hockey belongs to the Cartoon Network, where a person can be pancaked by an ACME anvil, then expanded - accordion-style - back to full stature, without any lasting side effect.
 Steve Rushin
Happy 110th birthday to Frank Zamboni, who left us in 1988 but still resurfaces periodically.
 Steve Rushin