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Oilers pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins reluctantly enters the spotlight - Puck Daddy - NHL Blog - Yahoo! Sports
“It was about eight years ago now,” he said of his father’s diagnosis. “They didn’t tell me or my brother right away. Then I found out a few years later. Obviously, it was tough to hear. No kid wants to hear that about his dad. But he battled through it, and he’s doing really well.
“Not only have I worked hard for this moment, but my parents put so much into this too. It’s going to be great for our while family.”
-Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, No. 1 Pick for the Edmonton Oilers in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
The Nuge.
Memo to Renney: More Devan Dubnyk, Linus Omark and Jeff Petry in the final 33 games. Less Nikolai Khabibulin in goal and Ladislav Smid on the second-unit power play.
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Miniature Citiscapes in Ruins by Jiang Pengyi
They’re easy to miss amidst the wreckage of previous buildings, but take the time to look closely...
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Angry Birds physics problem
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Shock wave condensation collars, backlit by the sun, occurred during the launch of Atlantis on STS-106, on September 8, 2001. The phenomenon was...
