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...first clue that the National Hockey League is not a well-run organization came when they offered to give me the Stanley Cup for a day. The 108-year-old trophy, when not in the Hall of Fame in Toronto, is given to each player of the championship team for 24 hours. The only other journalist ever given the Cup was Rick Reilly of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, who took it to a kids' hockey game, an old-age home and a hospital filled with sick children. The only way I was going to a hospital was if Pam Anderson was there...
...Phil and I headed to the Grill Room at the Four Seasons, the hardest place in Manhattan to get a table for lunch. I approached Julian Niccolini, the managing partner, and said, "I don't have a reservation, but I do have the Stanley Cup." Julian led us to a table and placed the Cup on it. By the end of the meal, nearly every diner had cell-phoned his assistant to bring a camera so he could get a picture with it. When we asked for a check, Julian refused our money. Phil and I belched the satisfied belches...
Both the NHL and NBA playoffs have boasted terrific post-seasons thus far. Mario Lemieux and Ray Bourque are still in the hunt for a Stanley Cup. In the NBA, both Eastern Conference semis were decided by a seventh game yesterday. The Lakers have dominated their competition in every game, spearheaded by excellent performances by Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant...
...first clue that the National Hockey League is not a well-run organization came when they offered to give me the Stanley Cup for a day. The 108-year-old trophy, when not in the Hall of Fame in Toronto, is given to each player of the championship team for 24 hours. The only other journalist ever given the Cup was Rick Reilly of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, who took it to a kids' hockey game, an old-age home and a hospital filled with sick children. The only way I was going to a hospital was if Pam Anderson was there...
Other winners were J. Ashley Burgoyne, Peter Ciganik, Andrea H. Kurtz, David A. Rice and Rebecca E. Shapiro of Kirkland House; Marlys S.S. Fassett, Eleanor K. Hubbard, Stanley M. Jurga and Luba T. Mandzy of Leverett House; Soman S. Chainani...