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    How to put an end to headhunting in the NHL

    The league remains dangerously ambiguous about the role of violence in hockey

    Wade Belak’s final hours

    Wade Belak’s final hours

    The night before he was found dead of a suspected suicide, the former NHL enforcer was out on the town and in good spirits

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    Small balls: home runs, redemption, and Brett Favre’s tears

    La première étoile: As baseball reaches the All Star break, the story of the season is, without a doubt, Josh Hamilton. The Dallas Morning News does a nice job of telling the tale of Hamilton’s battle against drug and alcohol addiction, to claw his way back into the major leagues. Batting over .300, with 21 homers and 95 RBIs, just two years after he was completely out of the game. We at Balls don’t often get teary over tales of redemption and the power of the human spirit, but, you know…sniff…we’re not made of stone either.

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    NHL: we’ll take the suspected fraudster, thanks

    Does the NHL exercise anything resembling due diligence when choosing those it welcomes into its rarified club of owners?