Word: saskatoon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...north of the 49th parallel. His $21 million hockey contract extending to the end of the millennium constitutes about a third of his earnings after adding cereals, pillowcases and Barbie-size Wayne dolls. All the same, he tolerates the attention without strain and enjoys pointing out that Saskatoon and Flin Flon are not exactly New York and Chicago. At times the arenas he visits will supply him a private exit ("I get nervous. I don't like crowds"), but generally he courts inconvenience. "If I walk into a room and don't hear anyone say, 'There's Gretzky,' it just...
Fair territory in baseball, as defined by the foul lines, extends in theory to infinity, but whoever thought it reached Saskatoon? For half a season, Montreal and Toronto have been leading half the divisions in the major leagues, and now a Canadian World Series is more than just a chilling thought. It's a possibility, God save the Queen...
Bobby Bourne, a lanky winger from Kindersley, Saskatoon, who wanted to play baseball when he grew up, ended a game best described as absurd when he intercepted a Terry O'Reilly clearing pass and blasted a slapshot past goaltender Gerry Cheevers from 60 feet out after only 1:24 of sudden-death...