Topic: In The News

By Morris Dalla Costa, The London Free Press

Tie Domi sits in the least conspicuous spot he can find at the John Labatt Centre.

He’s watching son Max begin the long, tough road to what both hope will be a professional hockey career.

First though he has to make his bones in the Ontario Hockey League.

Max has made most of the big news early in the London Knights’ training camp. The talented forward was traded to the Knights on the first day of camp. His first day on the ice raised eyebrows. People knew he could play but this 16-year-old can play. Read more…

By Katie Brickman – The Huron Expositor

We have all heard the advertisements on the radio and on television, yet many people still drive under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Young kids are told and shown the deadly effects of what driving under the influence in school and by organizations like MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and OSAID (Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving).

We even hear celebrities like Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies, Toronto Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson, former Leafs players Tie Domi and Wendel Clark, and singers Shania Twain and Chantal Kreviazuk pleading with youth and adults to not drink and drive. Yet for some reason, even the insistent plea from celebrities, athletes, and politicians seem to fall on deaf ears. Read more…

By Cynthia Mccormick – Cape Cod Times
June 26, 2011

MASHPEE — Dorchester-born Mark Wahlberg moved his celebrity charity golf tournament from Hollywood to a bit closer to home this year.

Wahlberg and a cast of celebrities and actors hit the links Saturday at Willowbend Country Club to raise money for the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation, a charitable group dedicated to improving the quality of life for inner-city youth. Read more…

Jane Taber
Globe and Mail

The Centre of the Universe is under attack again – this time by ESPN – but its federal politicians have come to the rescue.

The sports network recently declared Toronto the worst city in North America for professional sports. It arrived at this finding by ranking and weighting team performance against fan commitment, including the amount of money and emotion fans invest in their teams without results. Read more…

From Saturday’s Globe and Mail

When it comes to dressing decently, are we there yet, pop? If you (or your old man) are in need of sartorial savvy, take a page from these real-life model fathers, whose styles range from casual to sleek but are uniformly smart. Read more…

Tie Domi joins The Jeff Blair Show with Joey Vendetta to discuss last night’s Game 7, his friend and former teammate, Tomas Kaberle, winning the Stanley Cup, and the progress that needs to come to protect players. Read more…

By Mark Hasiuk, Vancouver Courier
March 21, 2011

Last week two Canadian obsessions, politics and hockey, collided when Vancouver Canuck legend Trevor Linden sat next to Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the Canuck/Wild game at Rogers Arena.

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