“i want to say thank you to my girlfriend. she’s too young to remember when i played in pittsburgh”… at least we have this. the boys giggling on the bench at jagr’s joke about his 22-years-younger girlfriend
sidney crosby cradles teammate evgeni malkin’s helmet after he gets into a fight (darren clark, 2023) | germanic warrior looking at a roman helmet (osmar schindler, 1902)
sports is about the narratives (and the soulmates)
mario-jagr and sid-geno back to back cups / jagr on mario before his jersey retirement ceremony / sid on geno after he was re-signed (the athletic) / rookie geno on sid (the athletic) / kris letang on the parallels between sidgeno and mariojagr