Yeah, no posts in forever 'cos who can face what little Hawks news there is.
Kruger is still unsigned and Kane is still, well, Kane.
I guess the only thing I can add is that I'm very curious to see what occurs with the whole Mike Richards thing; if the appeal that the NHLPA launched to counter The Kings' quest to stop paying him due to (something like) "material breach of contract" when he was pinched attempting to cross the US/CAN border with restricted painkillers succeeds, I see little reason for The Hawks to not try a similar manoeuvre IF Kane is convicted for rape or similar. This is not to say that I hope Kane is found guilty of anything...just thinking ahead is all.
Anyway, here's a little something to pass the time and remind ourselves that, as bad as things are for Hawks fans right now, at least we're not implicated with this idiot.
This was taken almost 30 years ago, shortly after Ozzie was pinched for wazzing on a war memorial. Let's be real, though; if I was Po-po, and I saw this dude walking around in that sweater, I'd arrest him right away and find out what he did later. He actually kinda looks like Steve Ott in a wig which, come to think of it, are two reasons to arrest his ass.
Sadly, IndyCar and Formula One driver Justin Wilson has succumbed to injuries sustained in Sunday's race in Long Pond, PA.
In harness at Minardi, 2003.
Justin Wilson first came to my attention in the winter of 2003 when it was announced that he would race for my beloved Squadra Minardi in Formula One, partnered with the experienced Jos Verstappen. While he ended up finishing the year with Jaguar I continued to follow and cheer on Wilson. What can I say, once a Minardi boy...
In 2004 Wilson was off to America and CART, joining another backmarker team in Eric Bachelart's shoestring effort, Conquest Racing. No wins or even podiums were to be had in Wilson's rookie year in American open-wheel racing but his eight top-10 finishes from fourteen starts helped him parlay a drive with the more competitive RuSport team. J Will raced three season with RuSport, right until CART folded and merged with the Indy Racing League to form the IndyCar series. Wilson notched four wins in those three seasons and placed third, second and second again in the championship.
He raced and won with Newman-Haas racing in their final season of competition before taking what was a perceived step down the grid when he signed on with Dale Coyne Racing. Coyne were entering their 25th season in the top open-wheel series but had never scored a win. With "Badass" in the saddle for 2009 this would change, heralded first with a podium finish in the season-opener, followed mid-season with a popular win at Watkins Glen.
Celebrating Dale Coyne's First Win, Watkins Glen, 2009.
That's kind of how I'll remember Justin Wilson, from his spell at Minardi and, later, with Coyne, Conquest and Dreyer & Reinbold, doing the best he could with small, underfunded teams, bringing the underdogs into the points whenever he could.
Forza, Badass.
