Have you heard of Buccis Overtime Challenge? Well, this is Buccis Hat Trick Challenge. Brandon Fusco Jersey . Whats the challenge part? Regularly coming up with three hits about the World Cup of Hockey. Sundays game features Team Europe versus Team?Sweden?(1 p.m. ET, ESPN and on WatchESPN).1. Crosby is all the rage again:?Its easy to forget that just a few years ago we werent sure what was to become of Sidney Crosby. His neck and head injuries were robbing him of seasons in his prime, and his team had made no real postseason impact since 2009. The Penguins were bounced in the second round of the playoffs in 2014 and in the first round in 2015, and Crosby -- who had played with such rage and emotion early in his career -- seemed to lack an edge.I was an intense athlete as a young adult and I always enjoy watching those athletes who compete in a similar manner. Early last season Crosby stopped producing like he always had. One coach firing, two trades and a couple of AHL call-ups later, the Penguins won the Stanley Cup, Crosby won the Conn Smythe and now hes on another career roll. He will soon add a World Cup and a World Cup MVP to his résumé. I miss the days of his demonstrative, rage-filled play. There is not enough of that for me in the NHL. But what a year -- and what a résumé -- he is building.2. Marchand of the Penguins??So?Brad Marchand is a free agent next July 1. And while he has a gem of an on-ice running mate in Boston in?Patrice Bergeron, its been kind of fun playing with Crosby at the World Cup, I imagine. I mean, if anything, it gives Marchand leverage to get eight years from the?Boston Bruins. Marchands price keeps going up.3. Waiting for?Gaudreau:?Wednesday night, I sauntered over to the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. It has a cool bar thats dark and warm. I had stayed there while working the NBA playoff series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors this past spring. As I twirled through the revolving doors, I noticed a young kid in a baseball hat smiling. He looked like he was anywhere between the ages of 16 and 19, and I thought maybe he was an American who watches SportsCenter in America and happened to be in town for the World Cup.As I got closer and was about to say hi to what I assumed was an ESPN viewer, I then realized it was Johnny Gaudreau. The?Calgary Flames?winger (whos 23)?looks young even without a hat, but like many men his age, he looks even younger while wearing one. (Tiger Woods at 30 looked 20 in a hat and 40 without one.) The 5-foot-9 Gaudreau looked like a Backstreet Boy with his hat on.We talked a bit as he prepared to meet some of his North America teammates for dinner. You know, just a kid in Toronto who has just owned the North America-Sweden game and is about to make millions with the Flames. And to think some questioned whether Gaudreau could do what he did in college in the pros. His coaches and teammates at Boston College told me two years ago at the 2014 Frozen Four that he was an otherworldly talent who would thrive in the NHL -- no matter how small and young he looked.Brooks Reed Jersey .C. Lions has come to an end. Banks told TSN on Jan 2 that he had no interest in playing out the option year of his contract with the Lions in 2014, and he again made that clear in a conversation with Lions GM Wally Buono last week. Garrett Grayson Jersey . -- In a span of seven Washington Redskins offensive plays, Justin Tuck sacked Robert Griffin III four times. http://www.cheapfalconsjerseysauthentic.com/ . Now that hes hitting streaking teammates with pin-point passes for easy layups, Love is asserting himself as one of the true superstars in the league.The front and back pages of the Spanish newspapers were dominated by one thing on Sunday - the Champions League final. Real Madrid won the tournament for an 11th time after a tense 5-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Atletico Madrid at the San Siro.The teams could not be separated over 120 minutes, with Yannick Carrasco cancelling out Sergio Ramos early opener for Real as it finished 1-1. Cristiano Ronaldo then scored the decisive penalty to give Real their second Champions League victory in the last three years.Gloria interminable (Endless glory) is the headline on the front page of Madrid-based daily Marca.Underneath is written: After goals from Ramos and Carrasco, the final had an agonising outcome on penalties. Both teams gave their souls. Juanfran missed and Cristiano scored the decisive penalty.Another Madrid-based paper, AS, simply went with the headline La Undecima (The 11th) to signify the number of times Real have won the competition.A dejected Fernando Torres is pictured above the words an even crueler final for Atletico, comparing the defeat to their loss to Real in the 2014 showpiece.Real Madrid a la Undecima potencia (Real Madrid to the power of 11) is splashed across the front of national paper ABC.Real return to break the limits of European football with another Champions League that they won on penalties against an Atletico side that never lost belief, is written underneath the headline.While there was plenty of focus on the winners, the Barcelona-based papers went with the losing side on their front pages.Both El Mundo Deportivo and Spport carried the same headline: Pena maxima (Maximum penalty). Jack Crawford Jersey. Alongside a picture of Torres hugging Juanfran, who missed Atleticos fourth penalty, Sport writes: Madrid won their 11th [Champions League] on penalties in one of the most unjust finals that can be remembered. Sergio Ramos scored from an offside position and Griezmann missed a penalty.El Mundo Deportivo goes with: Ramos was offside when making it 1-0, Griezmann missed a penalty but Carrasco took the final into extra-time. CR7 scored the decisive goal in the shoot-out after Juanfrans miss as Atletico were punished and did not deserve to lose.In France, meanwhile, it was Zinedine Zidane who graced the front page of sports daily LEquipe.After becoming the seventh man to win the competition as a player and coach, Zidane is pictured being thrown into the air with the headline Grandiose (Spectacular).Nearly five months after his appointment, Zinedine Zidane clinched the Champions League after a stifling match, is the sub-headline. The Frenchman, already winner of the trophy as a player in 2002, has given Real their 11th title.Perhaps unsurprisingly, it was Ronaldo on the front page of Portuguese paper Record.The picture of the Real star is partnered with the headline Siii, meaning Yes and also referencing his three Champions League wins with the trio of is. Also See: I knew Id score winner CL talking points Benzema: Im staying Ronaldo seals Real glory Cheap JerseysWholesale Authentic JerseysWholesale Jerseys 2019Cheap NFL JerseysCheap Jerseys Free ShippingChina Jerseys WholesaleWholesale Jerseys 2018 ' ' '
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