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Bergeron for Hart
RIP, Russ.
He was a gem. His work is legendary and he earned his rightful place in the HHOF.
He was a gem. His work is legendary and he earned his rightful place in the HHOF.
And HOF ******* Bob Pulford was his henchman. Eagleson was supposed to represent the players but he was the owners bagman the whole time. An absolute scum of the earth that a guy from a small town newspaper exposed. Gross Misconduct, as mentioned earlier, should be an essential read for everyone on this Board. Very sad to lose Russ Conway.
I'm a lifelong Bruins fan but was always an observer of the Blackhawks and the whole Dollar Bill/Pullie soap opera(I used to visit FreeTheHawks.com). I made it to one game at the old Stadium, in March of 1994, and, through a fraternity brother with a Wirtz connection, I sat six rows behind the Hawks bench, with a copy of the The Blue Line in my back pocket.
SAY FAREWELL TO BLUE HUMOR OF BLUE LINE
We lost another good one. His expose on that loathsome rat Alan Eagleson should have won a Pulitzer (and almost did). My condolences to his loved ones.
Bob Verdi wrote after Wirtz died that when he found out Bobby was dead broke because of Eagleson he sent Orr a personal check for a million dollars
Sinden had a hunch that Eagleson was not giving Orr the details of the contract so he leaked the story to Frank Orr (no relation) of the Toronto Star and Will McDonough of the Globe in n attempt for Bobby to know. Eagleson somehow convinced Bobby it was just a publicity stunt. :
By 1981 Bobby was dead broke and to survive he took a salesman job with Bowne & Company which was a publisher of financial papers and later took a job with Baybank as an ambassador.
Orr was also offered a job with TV38 to do color but he was uncomfortable with the concept of criticizing players and suggested the station hire Sanderson who had no qualms doing that.
Sanderson also had agent problems and was very blunt on how he felt about that person in his bio even refusing to mention his name even though the person had died.
Bob Woolf, Lawyer, Dies at 65; A Pioneer Negotiator for Athletes