Wow!
Graham Greene passed away yesterday. âDances with Wolvesâ was great, but I think my favorite performance by him was in âThunderheartâ.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/02/nx-s1-5525595/graham-greene-dead-dances-with-wolves
He was great in longmire
His bit piece in 1883 was solid.
Far less known, but his role in âDEFIANCEâ was also amazing.
Donât know how many of you remember The Turtles.
Remember you and me
I think about you every night.
Itâs only right
Davey Johnson, great second baseman and even better manager. The last team he managed was my Nationals where he won his last manager of the year award.
https://www.mlb.com/news/davey-johnson-passes-away-at-82
A slick-fielding cog on the dominant Orioles teams of the late 1960s and early â70s, Johnson won three Gold Glove awards before embarking on a decorated managerial career that saw him take four different franchises to the postseason. He was one of the gameâs premier skippers of the 1980s and â90s, winning Manager of the Year honors in both leagues â with the Orioles in 1997 and the Washington Nationals in 2012 â and finishing more than 300 games over .500 (1,372-1,071) over the course of 17 seasons as a manager.
âŚTo hold her tight
Also passing away yesterday was Ken Dryden, legendary goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens. Dryden is famously known for winning the Conn Smythe trophy as playoff MVP, then winning the Calder trophy for rookie of the year a year later. Dryden got the Montreal net because they didnât have a choice but to go with an unproven rookie (pre-rookie).
He was an erudite player who wrote (by himself) one of sports best books, The Game, which is widely viewed as one of the best books on sports ever written.
Finally, he was on the microphone with Al Michaels for the ABC broadcaset of the 1980 olympic hockey tournament and had the call of the Miracle on Ice team.
I think every kid in Canada loved Ken Dryden at some point. If you were in goal playing street hockey you were Ken Dryden. Back in my youth the Montreal Canadiens were on Hockey Night in Canada pretty much every Saturday night. The Habs won the Cup a bunch of years in a row back in the 70s backstopped by Dryden. He later became a Member of Parliament and a cabinet minister.
I was an aspiring goalie from Massachusetts - who, despite Gerry Cheeverâs fame - found affinity for Ken Dryden as my penultimate idol; not only as an outstanding goalie but also as a human being. Left hockey early to pursue and find success in a law career. Total class act.
Go Montreal. Go Dryden!!
Truly a loss
