Happy birthday Daniel Maldini!
The adorable little tyke turned 7 today-yesterday-two days ago. Go Little Man!
One minute they're trying to catch up with big bro's skills on the field... next thing you know they're bouncing balls on the head of soon-to-be-grandpa Maradona!
Children...grow so fast.
On the other hand:
"New York Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov died during a game in his native Russia on Monday. He was 19.
Cherepanov collapsed on the bench during Omsk's Kontinental Hockey League game and died a short time later. Omsk head coach Wayne Fleming said Cherepanov collapsed during the third period of the game and did not see anything that happened on the ice that may have contributed to it. He also said medical authorities tried to get Cherepanov's heart beating again after it had stopped.
He set the RSL record for goals by a rookie with 18, beating the previous mark held by Pavel Bure (17 goals), during the 2006-07 season. His 29 points in his rookie campaign was more than Evgeni Malkin, Alexander Ovechkin and Ilya Kovalchuk scored during their first initial RSL seasons."
I still cannot believe it! I thought that I read the headline wrong... I had to read it three times. It is a shock! Top prospect in top physical shape just suddenly collapsed, in a blink of an eye! Being a superstar and dying at 19 is... I don't know what to say... poor family.
Yet, I see a trend here... it is a second death this "summer". I wonder if anyone is investigating performance drugs or sports drinks in those deaths. Something's going on. It isn't normal, even heartbreaking, to see the athletes collapsing that way! I hope someone is looking into this.
PS Richard, take care of the kid up there!
