Ernie Harwell, the acclaimed Tigers broadcaster whose eloquence and kindness made him a beloved Michigan institution, died Tuesday night after a nearly year-long bout with cancer.
He was 92.
Source:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/tigers/2010-05-04-ernie-harwell-obit_N.htm
The first name on the sign-in sheet for Tuesday night's adult pick-up hockey at the Pelham Ice Rink had to be a joke, right?
"What idiot signed in as Maxim Afinogenov?" the next guy in line wanted to know.
Turns out, the "idiot" actually was Afinogenov, the 30-year-old right-winger for the NHL Atlanta Thrashers, three-time Russian Olympian.
Source:
http://blog.al.com/ray-melick/2010/04/melick_fed_cup_lures_mad_max_t.html
