So, if you’re not a hockey fan, this is probably as interesting to you as a stranger’s colonoscopy. But I am a hockey fan. An avid, no, rabid, hockey fan. Being a hockey fan while the Stanley Cup playoffs are going on means you check ESPN.com/nhl 3 times a day and you count down the days until John Buccigross’ next column. That countdown was over yesterday and the latest installment is here: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2009/news?columnist=buccigross_john&id=4193279. Somewhere in the middle, Bucci asks, “Why does everyone hate Sidney Crosby?” And he goes on to say, “It always has baffled me. Why is someone who dedicates his life to hockey — in how he trains, eats, lives and plays so fast and in such breathtaking and entertaining fashion — so reviled?” This got [...]

