The Good: Evgeni Malkin may be in Penguins training camp this fall after all. In a drama worthy of a made-for-television movie, he grabbed his passport and bags, left his team behind in Helsinki and headed to an undisclosed location (now known as Los Angeles). He officially filed a letter of resignation with his former Russian super league team, Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
The story is rather bizarre. Malkin renewed his contract with Metallurg two weeks ago in a 3 AM signing, under tremendous pressure from the club and his family. Metallurg is threatening to sue the owners of the Penguins and the NHL and calling it "sports terrorism".
Scott Burnside of ESPN.com does not cut him too much slack, describing him as "a boy...promising too many things to too many people" and "getting bad advice...trying to hard to please everyone in his world"
Hey Scott, go back and read what you wrote. He is TWENTY years old. A twenty-year old potential superstar trying to please too many people, including his father? You think?
Question: Am I the only person who is getting tired of the overuse of the words "terrorist", "terror", and "terrorism"
The Bad: The NYCLU had to file a complaint against three upstate pharmacists because they refused to refill prescriptions for doses of emergency contraception. One of the pharmacists altered the script so it listed no refills.
The Reprehensible: 33 year old Prashant Modi avoids jail for sexual assault and is ordered to write a letter of apology to his victim.
The Strange: No strangeness today. It is too hot for people to misbehave. Although I did see two middle class women throw a tantrum outside a bus stop because there were too many teenagers on my bus and all the seats were taken.
It's kind of hard to be critical of Malkin. The amount of pressure that is put on these kids is just amazing.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who is a college sports fan knows how bad it is. These big time recruits say yes to every coach who visits just to keep everybody happy.
Hmmmm. There are Yevgeniys and then there Yevgeniys...and there's "terrorism" and then there's terrorism.
ReplyDeleteNaaaaaah. Not going there.
But I can imagine what kind of, er, moral suasion (that's the term I learned in ECO 101) might've been applied back in good ol' Magnyitogorsk. Even Kennesaw Mountain Landis wouldn't have pushed things as far.
I hope the hell EM can get as many family members out as quickly as possible. And put 'em someplace very un-ostentatious with their names changed to "Murphy."
Beware the fury of a patient man. - Dryden