A SIDEWAYS GLANCE : `ROCKET' NOT HIGH ON HOWE'S RETURN.Maurice ``Rocket'' Richard, former Montreal Canadiens The Montreal Canadiens (French: Canadiens de Montréal) are a professional men's ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). scoring star, is not impressed by the comeback of 69-year-old Gordie Howe. ``It's completely ridiculous,'' Richard said. ``He must be crazy.'' Richard suggested his former rival from the 1940s and 1950s was only doing it for the money. ``In my mind, it was his wife Colleen's idea,'' Richard said. ``She leads him by the nose and he listens to her. I don't see how he can risk being injured for money. It's got to be her that's behind all that.'' Howe has said he would return April 1 with the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. star wants to have played at least one game in six consecutive decades. The end-around play When soccer coach Paulo Matta revealed his frustration at losing a game, he shouldn't have bared more than his emotions. The Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r Soccer Federation suspended Matta for 420 days on Thursday for pulling down his pants to protest a controversial goal that beat his team, Itaperuna, last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Matta was furious when the referee validated a goal by Vasco's Edmundo in the 83rd minute for a 3-2 victory. Matta complained Edmundo was offsides off·side also off·sides adv. & adj. 1. Sports Illegally ahead of the ball or puck in the attacking zone. 2. when he received a pass and raced in to score. Matta charged on to the field, pulled off his shirt and was removing his pants when police stopped him. ``It was a protest,'' he explained. Radio's lessons Sportscasters played a major role in the Americanization of Henry Kissinger. The former secretary of state said it was through their radio broadcasts that learned about Americans and the American way of life after he arrived in this country as a teen-ager. Kissinger said sometimes he was troubled by the nuances. For example, he puzzled over a single wing formation in football. How could a team be good with only one wing, he wondered. ``I admired Zeke Bonura when he was with the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. because I kept hearing on the radio that he had the best fielding average of any first baseman,'' Kissinger said. ``Then, when he came to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of with the Giants, I saw why. He didn't cover much ground, so he had fewer chances to make errors.'' |
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