Sidney Crosby picked up the Stanley Cup at the Halifax, Nova Scotia, airport and made a surprise visit to his hometown Tim Hortons.
"We heard this big explosion of applause and heard someone say, 'Sidney,' " Paul MacFarlane, operations manager for the coffee shop in Cole Harbour, told The Associated Press. "We came up to the front and saw Sidney Crosby walk through with the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy [which is given to the MVP of the playoffs]. I had never seen it before. It was awesome."
The coffee shop, visited frequently by Crosby as a kid, is on Forest Hills Parkway and was shut down Saturday to allow the Pittsburgh Penguins captain to parade the Cup.
Each player of the Cup-winning team gets brief custody of it. As team captain, Crosby is permitted to have the trophy an extra day and said he wanted to share it with as many people as he could.
PAL Airlines tweeted a photo of Crosby, the Cup and an unidentified man in an orange safety vest with thanks "for visiting our Halifax offices."
Crosby also took the trophy for a visit with children at his hockey school before moving on to the Tim Hortons where he also generated plenty of excitement.
For those keeping score, Crosby has won two more Stanley Cups than Canadian teams since 1993.
Worthy
David Ramsey of The Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colo., believes Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller will prove himself worthy of the $70 million guaranteed he received Friday in his six-year, $114.5 million contract.
"He's worth it," Ramsey wrote.
"Von Miller dominated the Super Bowl, leading the Broncos and their sputtering offense to NFL supremacy, but he's only offered hints of his staggering potential. He can grow into an even more dominating, intimidating defender.
"John Elway was right to guarantee $70 million of Miller's six-year, $114.5 million contract. In the final hours of needlessly dramatic negotiations, Elway knew he had to take a risk on Miller's tomorrows.
"The future of a franchise was shaking until Emperor Elway surrendered and handed over a mountain of cash to an astoundingly talented 27-year-old linebacker.
"Miller must prove he was worth all the money, which places a severe squeeze on the Broncos salary cap. I'm betting, along with Elway, that No. 58 will use the contract as motivation. Miller will become the NFL's premier defensive player, worthy of the NFL's premier defensive contract. He will grow into a complete player, nearly as dangerous against the run as he already is against the pass.
"The contract is the largest for a defensive player in NFL history and, sure, it's a risk to pay so much to a sometimes erratic young man who was suspended in 2013 for violating the NFL's drug policy.
"But it's a worthy risk."
He said it
From Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald:
• "I miss the old days when you'd see a crowd at Memorial Stadium storming the field to tear down the goal posts after a win over Oklahoma. Now it's to play Pokemon."
• "Vince Wilfork appears in the ESPN The Magazine's body issue. Wilfork's picture is on pages 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23."
• "A court ruled against Tom Brady's Deflategate appeal. I believe this is a case of best-of-seven court decisions."
SPORTS QUIZ
For which school did Von Miller play?
ANSWER
Texas A&M
Sports on 07/17/2016