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| Author: | mechaphil [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Jim Kelley RIP |
Paul Hamilton is reporting Jim Kelley, former Buffalo News, Sports Illustrated, and Sportsnet hockey writer, has died. Jim was a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
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| Author: | Skyline_BNR34 [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
Oh, that sucks. |
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| Author: | CriminallyVu1gar [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:07 pm ] |
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| Author: | slesh [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Buffalo sports writer Jim Kelley: RIP |
Just coming across multiple news sources, Sports writer Jim Kelley has passed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kelley |
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| Author: | SABRESAllTheWay [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Buffalo sports writer Jim Kelley: RIP |
 
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| Author: | ironyisadeadscene [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
RIP. the only thing i really knew kelley from was the hasek incident. sad none the less. |
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| Author: | fly as hale [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
Very sad. I remember a few years ago he wrote about his battle with cancer and said that it was terminal, and that he didn't really want to discuss it further. He always had a good sense of humor about the whole Hasek incident. RIP. |
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| Author: | fly as hale [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
Check out this tweet I just stumbled across: Jim Kelley fought cancer for at least a year. He filed a column this morning and tonight he is dead. That, my friends is a pro and a man. http://twitter.com/#!/dshoalts/status/9799093207433216 ETA: Here's the column: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2010/11/ ... e_process/ |
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| Author: | SABRESAllTheWay [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
fly as hale wrote: Check out this tweet I just stumbled across: Jim Kelley fought cancer for at least a year. He filed a column this morning and tonight he is dead. That, my friends is a pro and a man. http://twitter.com/#!/dshoalts/status/9799093207433216 ETA: Here's the column: http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2010/11/ ... e_process/ holy fuck. I'm shocked, and amazed, at how dedicated and .. just wow.
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| Author: | powerplayer [ Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Hockey Writer Jim Kelley Passes |
He had apparently been suffering from pancreatic cancer. http://www.wben.com/Hockey-Writer-Jim-Kelley-Dies/8679512 I always liked his incisive and sarcastic critiques and looked forward to his columns and appearances. A big loss and a shame. |
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| Author: | Ryan911T [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
Ah that's terrible. RIP |
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| Author: | acrossthelines [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
Pancreatic cancer is as close to a guaranteed death sentence as you can get. RIP. A pro and a man indeed. |
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| Author: | Squanto [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
I had to fortune to have spent time with Jim at his home in Angola on more than one occasion. I worked with his daughter at the time, and she know how big a hockey fan I was. Jim needed some work done on his computer, so his daughter asked me to come do it. He lived in a small house near Evangola State Park, right on the lake. Just Jim and his wife. I figured that he would just have me do what work he wanted and that was it, but he was probably the most hospitable person I've ever met. I had gone down right after work, and he insisted that we eat dinner first. We walked a couple houses down to a relative of his, and I had a wonderful meal. They treated me like family, which really resonated at the time because of my own personal life back then. After dinner, he decided that the water looked right, and he wanted to take the boat out. So, we hopped in his truck, and drove down to Sturgeon Point. We cruised around Lake Erie for a couple hours until the sun set, and headed back. I'm not a big boater, although I want one someday, but Jim talked about what I should look for in a boat, good spots to go so, how relaxing it was. When we got back to the house, it was getting late, so he asked if I could come down another time to work on the computer. I ended up coming back the next week. Again, he insisted on dinner first, and they treated me to a great spread. After dinner, we headed up to his office to look at the computer. It was almost surreal. Small room, maybe 10 by 10 at most. One wall was a built in bookshelf just overflowing with hockey books. Media guides from every NHL team that you could think of, and probably every book about hockey every written. His desk, more cluttered than mine, had a note pinned on the wall. I didn't think much of it at a first glance, but then I saw a '#16' on it. I looked at it closer, and it was a personal note from Pat LaFontaine dated the day he was traded to the Rangers, thanking Jim for his friendship during his time in Buffalo. On the wall were other similar notes from other players. Jim seemed most proud of that note from Patty though. I worked on the computer, and we talked. I wish I could remember some of the stories that he told, but at that point I was in awe of just being there. At one point, he closed his office door so I could see what he had hanging on the back of it; the shirt and tie he was wearing when Hasek attacked him. There was an obvious tear, and it had been signed by anyone you could ever think of in the hockey media. He seemed very proud of it, as I think he should have been. After I finished up his machine, he said he wanted to give me something for my troubles. I didn't want to take anything; just the experience of having met the man was enough for me. But, he insisted. He gave me a French Connection plaque, and my crown jewel of sports memorabilia, a complete set of unused season tickets from the Sabres last season in the Aud. I emailed him now and again over the years, not so much to talk about hockey,but just to say hello. It always surprised me that he remember who I was, and was always very friendly, not like I was bothering him. I last emailed him when it came out that he had cancer. He was upbeat about it, confident that he would beat it. It pains me to know that he didn't. Rest in peace Jim. |
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| Author: | SABRESAllTheWay [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
Probably my first quote that will stay in my sig forever. “I don’t ask you to agree with what I write,” Jim Kelley wrote on his bio, “but I would hope you read it with an open mind, think about what’s being said and, hopefully, realize that there is always more than one way to see the game.” |
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| Author: | fly as hale [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
That's a great story, Tom. Just shows what kind of guy Kelley was. |
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| Author: | Stuuuuuuu [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
Sad news for hockey fans, especially those from western NY. RIP. |
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| Author: | Skyline_BNR34 [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
fly as hale wrote: That's a great story, Tom. Just shows what kind of guy Kelley was. +1 |
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| Author: | ironyisadeadscene [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
fly as hale wrote: That's a great story, Tom. Just shows what kind of guy Kelley was. thats what i was thinking as well. we should all be so luck. hasek seemed so quiet and laid back... i wonder exactly why he snapped? |
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| Author: | fly as hale [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
ironyisadeadscene wrote: hasek seemed so quiet and laid back... i wonder exactly why he snapped? Hasek was nuts, and it was the playoffs... His emotions were running high. Barnaby actually tweeted about the incident last night when news broke that Kelley had died: Jim kelley nailed the hasek story and dom going after him in the hallway. Truth hurt http://twitter.com/#!/MattBarnabyESPN/s ... 6553370624 |
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| Author: | Seanothan27 [ Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Jim Kelley RIP |
RIP, Jim Always enjoyed him on Prime Time Sports here in Canada |
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