Michael Farber
@MichaelFarber3
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Sports Illustrated special contributor. TSN essays and features.
Montreal
Joined May 2012
This is excellent news. Now there’s a lot of catching up to do. Dave Hodge should be in all the conversations around this new development.
Good news... The Foster Hewitt Award qualifications have been changed/amended. “You must be a play by play person, color analyst or host for an NHL team or a national broadcast.” This enables those like Barry Melrose, Don Cherry, and others to be considered for the Award on
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In the old days if the Nordiques were doing this to the Habs the game would take about 4 hours to finish.
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I never had a chance to tell the star athlete from my hometown how his classy gesture impacted me when I was a young sportswriter. So I did the next best thing. I told his son. Column: https://t.co/pL9GHlws9U
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@SayItIsSoJoe “Last call for hockey’s grandest decade” @MichaelFarber3 wrote a great article in @SInow on the 35th anniversary
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MAY 10, 1979 An epic playoff series 35 years ago between Boston and Montreal was decided by the MOST SIGNIFICANT PENALTY IN HISTORY, a call that forever
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Today we put the New York Daily News / Post tabloid war aside, because that’s what my friend Larry did for me On Larry Brooks, the Great Brooksie, the real King
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‘Brooksie,’ as he was known in rinks across North America, who had dubbed Henrik Lundqvist ‘The King’ as a young Ranger, was a king himself.
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It’s time for all of us to embrace hard conversations Marshawn Kneeland’s death sparked
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If we could all talk openly about our fears, maybe the number of times we are left shaking our heads over suicide can be reduced.
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I was simply going to say that Larry Brooks was the best at what he did and leave it at that. But that does not begin to do him or his career/life justice because, honestly, he was the only one who did what he did. Brooksie was the quintessential five-tool hockey writer whose
RIP Brooksie: Larry Brooks, Post legend and Hall of Fame hockey writer, dead at 75 https://t.co/qep5OYKXDH
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Larry Legend. For 50 years I was filled with admiration for the most tenacious of writers. Hockey will miss Brooksie. May his memory be a blessing.
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From breathability to quick drying to moisture-wicking, SHEIN runs various tests to check that the materials we use in your clothes can keep up with your day. Whether you’re on the move or in the moment, performance is built in.
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On the @VIA_Rail train from Toronto to Montreal, two minutes of silence at 11 a.m.
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My annual Nov. 11 post: My father, USN, served on a sub chaser in the North Atlantic, working in the magazine room, in WWII. My Brooklyn grandmother was pleased because she thought he would have a lot of reading material. Bless the veterans.
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He speaks nine languages, runs triathlons, wrestles Olympians, and has the hardest shot in NHL history. Zdeno Chara may be the biggest "unicorn" in NHL history, and his journey to the Hockey Hall of Fame was suitably unique. “A Tall Tale” with @MichaelFarber3. FULL VIDEO:
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He speaks nine languages, runs triathlons, wrestles Olympians and has the hardest shot in NHL history. The amazing Hall of Fame life and career of Zdeno Chara... The #TSNOriginal 'A Tall Tale' with @MichaelFarber3: https://t.co/l7MP3ZB3iR
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This is really an incredible piece of writing …
Two funerals in the South, two funerals one day apart. Two people who helped raise me: My mom, and my baseball coach. They never met. Column is open. https://t.co/FlGKh3NgIZ
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The only thing missing on that Demidov goal was a rendition of Sweet Georgia Brown.
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Great story by The Gazette's Linda Gyulai on Montreal's never-ending Construction Festival.
montrealgazette.com
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