wawasworld: All Hail To The Great One

I'm gonna be honest with you: I can't stand hockey. I'm not even sure why. If there is a late winter sport that I'm going to watch leading up to baseball, it's the NBA. I guess I'm just one of those overindulgent Americans that loves sports with alot of scoring. To a certain extent, I can see why Canada would love hockey. Canada's cold and miserable, just like hockey. But I'm losing my focus. This blog isn't about knocking Canada or Hockey. This blog is about the greatest hockey player to ever live: Wayne Gretzky. The great one.

Now, if I hate hockey so much, why the hell would I write anything about it? Well, sometimes in life, you run across a person who has it all. Someone who transcends his profession, in this case the game and sport of hockey. That person was Wayne Gretzky. Just to give some background, let's run through some of his accomplishments:

All time point scorer (Um . . . alot)

All time goal scorer (Again . .. alot)

All time assist leader (You get the idea)

Wow. Look at all those accomplishments. With all those records you'd think he's worthy of his nickname: THE GREAT ONE. Say it with me: THE GREAT ONE. It just rolls off the tongue. That nickname is up there in the pantheon of nicknames with the Edge, Flea, and Eddie Vedder. With the cool nickname, all those records, and being a coach in the NHL and owner, you'd think I'd have enough to idolize the guy. However, To be honest, before this week, he was just Wayne Gretzky to me. Just another guy. He needed something to earn that nickname with me. And then I found something out about him:

He's married to a woman who gambles on sports.

Oh. My. God. Just yesterday my buddy Marc pointed out the key detail that Janet Jones, Wayne's wife, is linked to a huge hockey gambling scandal in New Jersey and that she bet on a few games. At first, I kind of just shrugged him off. Big deal, I said. She knows some sports and she bets on them. I know lots of people like that. And then he said something to me that made me see the light: "Yeah, but how many chicks do you know who know enough to actually bet on games???" Holy Christ. He was right.

Don't get me wrong, I've known a couple of girls who claim to know something about sports. Hell, I know one who even plays in a few fantasy sports leagues with me, but I don't know many who actually just bet on sports. To bet on sports, you actually need to know what the hell is going on with the sports world. You need to know injuries. You need to know players, coaches etc. I don't know any women who actually go that in-depth into any sport.

Sure, I know a few who claim they know what the hell is going on, but then the inevitable: "Oh, I didn't know so and so was still on that team!" comment comes out of there mouth, and then I know it's amateur hour. To actually know that there is a woman, no, she's not merely a woman, A GODDESS, who knows sport enough to bet on it . .. Well, that's just hot. Now that I think about it, I can't think of many things hotter then a woman who says: "Don't forget the milk. OH, and also put 100 on the Arizona/Tampa Bay game, Tampa to cover. Thanks, honey!" And to top it all off, Janet Jones isn't bad on the eyes. Christ, she was even in Police Academy 4!! Could she be any more awesome? I say no. Oh, and one other thing:

She's Married to The Great One.

Before today, I thought the Gretzky's nickname was just pretentious. Not anymore. I knew he held all those scoring records in hockey, but it turns out I missed one very important scoring record: Janet Jones. That sure looks like a hat trick to me, Wayne. ALL HAIL THE GREAT ONE!

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ps- lemme know about the shout out louds, either 7/17 @ luna in w'burg or 7/16 @ spiegel - which looks really cool - on pier 17... never been there: http://www.spiegelworld.com/spiegel/spiegel.html

Posted by: julie | June 28, 2007 at 02:39 PM