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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

On Assignment

 


I landed a job covering the Carolina Hurricanes for the local daily...

Okay, so I didn't but after today, where I spent the majority of the morning watching an open practice at the RBC center in Raleigh, I'm thinking that would be a cool job.

It was a surreal experience: I got to walk into the locker room with some other guys from the local media and ask several players a few questions about an upcoming article that I pitched to the local weekly. I've been a hockey fan since I was a kid, caught up in the hype of the 1980 Olympics team and the wonderkid Wayne Gretzky. So it was strange to find myself in the locker room of a professional hockey team.

Even stranger was how young they all looked.

And how tall Eric Staal was.

Pictured: Right winger, number 44, Patrick Eaves.



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5 comments:

Frowning Bill said...

The Canes play the Kings this year! I hope the Kings show up this season.

Unknown said...

The Canes practiced hard and long. I hope they are contenders again for the Cup.

juan huevos said...

the fact that you did not put "no homo" at least once in this post is surprising ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cANNP4ibgM

Anonymous said...

GO SHARKS!
Opps, are farts suppose to be lumpy?

Anonymous said...

...please where can I buy a unicorn?