Word: hockey
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Before the speech, Gore continued her supportof women in athletics as she met with the Harvardnational champion women's hockey team to commendthem for their dedication to athletics andteamwork...
Before the speech, Gore continued her support of women in athletics as she met with the Harvard national champion women's hockey team to commend them for their dedication to athletics and teamwork...
...best it was a wake. "I played hockey for 35 years, since I was three years old," he said. "It's like suddenly they say, 'Give me your skates. You're done.'" After playing 20 seasons and amassing virtually every scoring record in pro hockey and then some (under "most points in a season," Gretzky holds nine of the top 11 spots), his own aging body asked him to hand in those skates...
...supposed to rise from obscurity, slowly dominate the sport, overcome adversity and go out on top, like that basketball guy. By the time Gretzky was 10, though, he was featured in a half-hour television special. At 18, his fame was part of the reason the National Hockey League absorbed the upstart World Hockey Association, where Gretzky was playing for the Edmonton Oilers. He had won four Stanley Cup championships with the Oilers by the time he was 27. He married actress Janet Jones in Canada's royal wedding, and a month later was sold to L.A. to teach...
...team, he has seen his skills deteriorate. After beating the Rangers earlier this year, Buffalo Sabre Vaclav Varada said that stopping Gretzky wasn't challenging. The next time the two teams played, Ranger Todd Harvey chased Varada and punched him in the back of the head. This is a hockey player's way of saying the truth is sometimes difficult to take...