Former all-time World Cup top goalscorer Miroslav Klose:
“I stopped playing football because I no longer recognised it. Today, young players think about other things. As a child, I only thought about training and becoming someone in this sport that I always loved.
At Lazio and in the national team, after each training session, I put myself in a bathtub full of ice to avoid injuries. But the young players on the team systematically refused.
When they saw me picking up the bags of balls to put them away at the end of training, they said to me 'But who tells you to do that?'.
At that moment, I said to myself: 'You're 20 years old and you can't help a 60-year-old worker?'
They care more about whether their boots go with their socks. That's why I said stop. The football I knew no longer exists.
Today's young players think first of cars, contracts with their sponsors, and their new boots. It is only after all these things that football comes. For them, their image is the most important thing. Whereas for me, all that mattered was football in its purest form.”
Luke Adam has announced his retirement from professional hockey.
From St. John’s, Newfoundland, Luke played major junior hockey with his hometown St. John’s Fog Devils of the QMJHL from 2006 to 2008 before being selected by the @BuffaloSabres in the second round of the 2008 @NHL Entry Draft.
Luke continued his junior hockey career for an additional two seasons before turning pro and joining the Portland Pirates, Buffalo’s affiliate club, for the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs. Luke made his NHL debut the following season on October 26, 2010, and scored his first career NHL goal in his eighth career game on December 7, 2010. After 87 games with the Sabres from 2010 to 2014, Luke joined the Columbus @BlueJacketsNHL in December 2014, and would later play for the New York Rangers’ affiliate in Hartford during the 2015-16 season.
Luke’s professional hockey career continued with Adler Mannheim in Germany the following year, playing three seasons with Mannheim, culminating in a league championship in 2019. Luke played seven seasons in Germany, followed by additional seasons in Czechia and Slovakia, before returning to North America in 2024, where he’d play his final two seasons.
In a statement shared earlier today, Luke noted, “The game of hockey has given me more than I ever could have imagined. I leave with a heart full of gratitude, incredible memories, lifelong friendships, and immense pride in the journey.”
Congratulations on your retirement, Luke, and welcome to the NHL Alumni Association!
@schnellenbachj Empfehle den Podcast von @ronzheimer zu dem Thema heute. Sehr aufschlussreich wie der FORSA Geschäftsführer die Stärke der AfD und die Schwäche von CDU und SPD erklärt.
The NHL Alumni Association is devastated to learn that Matt Davidson has passed away at the age of 48.
Matt was selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft after two seasons with the WHL’s Portland Winter Hawks, and returned to Portland to play two additional seasons before starting his professional hockey career with Buffalo’s affiliate club in Rochester.
After playing three seasons with the Sabres organization, Matt joined the Columbus Blue Jackets ahead of the 2000-01 NHL season and made his NHL debut on December 2, 2000. Matt scored his first NHL goal on November 2, 2001, and would play 56 games with Columbus from 2000 to 2003. Matt’s professional hockey career continued for an additional seven seasons in Europe, retiring in 2011.
Nearly thirty years after playing his last junior hockey game for the Winter Hawks, Matt returned to Portland in 2024 to serve as the club’s Director of Player Personnel.
We send our deepest condolences to Matt’s family, friends, and former teammates during this incredibly difficult time.
From @TheAthleticFC: New Jersey Transit is currently planning to charge more than $100 for return rail tickets from Penn Station to MetLife Stadium for FIFA World Cup games.
The 18-mile rail journey ordinarily costs $12.90 for a return ticket. https://t.co/vjGqvpr1qT
The @TBLightning have acquired defenseman Ian Mitchell from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for forwards Michael Milne and Wojciech Stachowiak.
Mitchell will report to the Crunch.
https://t.co/gOe6me0UdE
@PatschSchneider@janchen_wi Wintersport ist gesund und macht Spaß. Und ja, hoffentlich werden Kinder weiter ermutigt und gefördert aktiv Wintersport zu betreiben, am Ende muss dann nicht immer ein Weltmeister stehen.
Und wenn du es anders siehst, spielt das für mich auch keine Rolle.
@PatschSchneider@janchen_wi Hm, die Zahl an Skitagen von deutschen Konsumenten steigt seit Jahren stabil an. Im Winter 24/25 haben deutsche Skifahrer 8.000.000 Tage im Schnee verbracht. So richtig schlecht ist das nicht.
@JohannesHano Partner? Vielleicht kurzfristige, themenbezogene Interessen Gemeinschaften, aber sicher keine verlässlichen, dauerhaften Partnerschaften. Die USA sind fragiler und verwundbarer als viele glauben.