You know you've been faithful. And that makes you much tougher out on the field.
I feel the author use's the connection between being faithful with your religion and being dedicated with your sport because they go hand in hand. You don't want to give up with your religion and be unfaithful, but at the same time you don't want to give up with your sport and become undedicated. I think those two words go hand in hand.
wore his letter jacket from the Dearborn High Pioneers
Right from the very beginning I notice the authors vivid use if imagery. I think he might be using imagery to draw out a certain type of emotion from the text.
For months, he could not bear the thought of his son’s death. Suddenly, he was forced to imagine the life his son might have been left to live.
This is very emotional way to end this article considering the father had to come to the realization that before his son died, he had already lost him to CTE. If his son wouldn't of died from the drug overdose the later affects of CTE would of eventually taken a toll on him.
The condition of Boogaard’s brain, however, suggests the possibility that other current N.H.L. players have the disease, even if the symptoms have not surfaced.The N.H.L. is not convinced that there is a link between hockey and C.T.E.
It's obvious that there is a connection between the brain disease and hockey. But they would never admit hockey links to CTE because it would ultimately hurt their reputation and hockey's reputation as well. Less people playing means less fans coming to watch which means a decrease in the amount of money being made
He knew he wasn’t going to be good enough to make it on skills alone, and he used his size to his advantage. I remember him at 16 years old, pushing weights and boxing and stuff like that. He knew his job.”
Boogaard knew exactly what he needed to do in order to excel and that's exaclty what he did. He knew what it took in order to succeed that's how he became the player he wanted to be.
And what if hockey did not work out?“I have no idea,” his father said. And neither did anyone else.
This shows how important playing hockey was to Boogaard. He had only one goal and not succeeding wasn't apart of his plan. He WOULD play hockey no matter what, and this shows the dedication and love he has for the sport.
for skating lessons, then boxing lessons to teach him to be a better fighter on the ice.
This shows the readers that Boogaard wasn't just born a fighter, when he was younger he was put in boxing lessons in order to teach him how to fight. These boxing lessons were what made him to be a well-rounded hockey player
He was hardly a bully. Paradoxically, he was picked on largely because he was so big.
In this quote I noticed the irony. Normally the bullies are big and large and they don't get picked on. But he was big, large and wasn't a bully but yet still got picked on.
The New York City Fire Departmentfootball team starts its National Public Safety League seasonnext week missing seven starters, 12 alums and two coaches. Butthe firemen are playing. Hell, yes, they're playing
This quote highlights the important of being resilient to certain factors that may set a team further back and give them a disadvantage compared to other teams. But it also shows that being able to bounce back and recover especially when you lost so many important people is key.
How do you go on when so many guys are dead that you can't evenretire their jerseys because you wouldn't have enough left todress the team?
I really think this quote is important because it truly shows how much devastation can affect not just a team but as individuals. It shows how hard it is to go on when so many people around you are no longer with you, but while it also highlights the devastation portion of it I feel it also ties into unity. The fact that these teammates were so close they were able to overcome anything and stick together in the long run.
ou cry together at enough funerals, you figure you can bleedtogether on a football field, too.
This ties back to the idea of work and sports being the same thing since the team supported each other with everything. I also think this is a great way to end the article since it ties unity into it. It shows that a sport can bond a team so much so that even after losing people together, their love for the sport ultimately is what kept them close.