The fix is in, thanks to prize possession
The Stanley Cup (almost) goes to traffic school . . .
San Jose Sharks’ first-year Coach Todd McLellan, who was an assistant with the Detroit Red Wings last season, was given a day with the venerable Cup in the summer.
So he took it to his hometown in Saskatoon, Canada, and there was a presentation at City Hall.
“We were running a little bit late, so I parked in a bus stop, which obviously warrants a ticket,” he said Sunday before the Sharks-Ducks game at the Honda Center. “So as I was getting out with the Cup and we were setting it up, as I look back to my car, there’s a commissioner writing a ticket out. Fine, I understand.
“About three minutes later, the same guy was standing beside the Cup, with his arm around it, taking a picture with us. I guess you win some, you lose some.”
And, luckily, no money was lost.
“The mayor took care of it,” McLellan said.
Trivia time
Which Masters champion shot the highest final-round score?
Major bank
Golfer Anthony Kim may be the one person in the world cutting a deal with, of all things, a bank. The Royal Bank of Canada is sponsoring his bag for the next three years.
Kenny Mayne of ESPN magazine posed the obvious question:
“Are you sure they weren’t asking you for a bailout?”
Kim: “I’m not there yet financially, so I hope not. . . . I also have to stand at the door of the banks and greet people as they come in.”
Can just hear it now: Sir, would you like your money in $20 bills?
Feuding Fergie
Our spats simply don’t compare to the ones between sports figures across the pond. Really, British soccer has raised the sport of feuding to an art form, especially when Sir Alex Ferguson is involved.
This example last month isn’t even one of the better ones, but you get the general idea.
Liverpool Manager Rafael Benitez, taking a shot at Ferguson, told reporters: “Sometimes my English is not good enough, but I do not understand the Scottish accent.”
Ferguson, of Manchester United, on the motivation behind the actions of Benitez: “I would need to read more of Freud before I could really understand all that.”
Trivia answer
Last year’s winner, Trevor Immelman, shot a three-over par 75 for the highest winning final-round score. In the history of the Masters, the eventual champion has recorded an over-par score in the final round eight times.
And finally
Golfer Kim, again to Mayne, on his personal assistant’s cushy life: “He gets paid to do nothing, and to have an attitude about the nothing that he has to do.”
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