Sidney Crosby
Crosby to play street hockey for the Cup
Written by Alex Carrollin NHL
20 Jul 2009
While several members of the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins have already taken the Cup on a boat or to a pizza place, Sidney Crosby plans on playing some more hockey with it.
Crosby, along with Max Talbot and Marc-Andre Fleury, answered questions from employees at the CCM Reebok headquarters last week about how they plan on spending their day with the Cup.
I’ve always had this dream of playing street hockey for the Cup. I did it growing up but this time we have the real one, so I’m going to get some friends together that I grew up with, and we’re going to play for the real one this time.
Since turning pro, Crosby has been a strong supporter of street hockey. In 2006, Crosby sent an email to lawmakers when a proposed bylaw threatened the survival of street hockey in Halifax. “He just wanted to share some memories,” Crosby’s mom told the Canadian Press.
While Crosby is just inviting his friends to play, I have a feeling the streets of Cole Harbour may resemble the scenes from his Gatorade ad.
Crosby, Malkin involved in MySpace scam
Written by Alex Carrollin NHL
15 Jul 2009
On Wednesday, it was reported that a Sidney Crosby imposter was attempting to raise $3,000 for a park in Minnesota.
Two Pens fans, along with Crosby’s agents, have been working to expose the fraud and seek legal action. As of Wednesday, the woman in charge of the fundraiser, Stephanie Biddlecom, 23, of Minneapolis, said she was $750 short of the $3,000 goal, but if Crosby “has to take it on himself, he will. It’s no killer; $750 is nothing to him.”
Then on Thursday, another report surfaced that an Evgeni Malkin impersonator is also attempting to raise money for the same park.
“Fundraiser es up. Ples mesg fur mur details. Goal is 2,100,” a message read under the heading “Park.”
Even his typing is in broken English. Who knew!
These fundraiser requests from millionaire athletes were obvious scams, but if Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes sends you a friend request asking you to help “rebuild” Patriots Square Park in Phoenix, it’s probably legit.
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A Pittsburgh native, Alex attends the
University of South
Carolina where he majors in Visual Communications with a minor in Sport
and Entertainment Management. He has interned for the
Columbia Inferno of the ECHL and the Penn Enforcers of the NAJHL.
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