Alright welcome to your daily sports column, the question is which subject to tackle today. So far in my two entries i've discussed an overview of the week in sports, and then the unfortunate death of Alexei Cherepanov. Today i've decided to discuss just a few random interesting stories i've read recently.
First off espn.com had a great article today about a kid named Trevor Wikre from Mesa State College in Colorado. Now keep in mind Mesa State is a Division II school, which means that this guy basically has no chance at going pro or anything like that. Trevor is in his final year of eligibility for football, and in a recent game his pinky finger on his right hand got caught in an opponents jersey while he attempted to make a tackle, and WHOOPSYDAISY he looked down and there's the old finger bone popping out of the skin. Pretty gruesome indeed. However not nearly as gruesome as the decision that followed this injury. You see Trevor loves football, more than most people, he loves his teammates, he loves everything about the sport, so when the doctors told him it would take four months to heal he made the ultimate decision. CUT THAT MOTHER FUCK OFF!!! Yes that's right, rather than miss the final season of competitive football of his life, he told the doctors to amputate his pinky finger so that he could continue playing for the season. So they did, so now he only has 4 fingers on his right hand.....for the rest of his life. Trevor is said to be having troubles eating handfuls of M&M's, holding the remote control, and repeatedly forgets to include P's when typing. He also said that whenever he masturbates now it feels like a stranger. Ok well he didn't say that, but i'm sure it's the truth. Let's hope he can switchhit. He still missed one game of the season but Mesa State seems to be motivated by Trevor's decision and is currently 5-0 so far this season.
Subject the second. David Frost. Anyone remember this crazy bastard? It was a few years ago now, but it was a pretty strange story that emanated from the NHL. Does the name Mike Danton ring a bell? Well back in 2004 Danton was playing for the St. Louis Blues, when out of nowhere his name was splashed across headlines all over North America. You see Danton had been attempting to hire a hitman to kill his then agent, David Frost. Danton is currently twiddling his thumbs in a federal penitentiary, and will be for another couple of years at least. It's such a bizarre case with so many twists and turns that i won't fully dive into it. But the gist is that Frost was Danton's (his real name was Mike Jeffereson, but he changed it to Danton once he disowned his parents) coach in junior hockey. Apparently he would manipulate his players, he kept a room at a hotel and three of the players lived there and stories surfaced years later about wild parties, puck bunnies galore from the high schools, and crazy hazing rituals. Frost had quite a talent for twisting the minds of his players so they were loyal to him and did his bidding. Whether he was responsible for Danton disowning his family remains to be seen, but Frost pretty clearly had goals to coach higher levels of hockey, and constantly attempted to represent his talented players should they reach higher levels of hockey. Following the attempted killing of Frost by Danton, stories leaked out of Deseronto, Ontario, stories of sexual abuse at the hands of frost, both male and female. Frost is soon going to be on trial and faces 12 counts of sexual exploitation however as unbelievable as it seems, many of the players he once coached are still loyal to their old mentor. One of them drives him to and from court hearings, and recently jumped another one of Frost's players and pummeled him in a hockey game, because the kid was one of the whistle blowers against David Frost. Overall it's one of teh strangest stories i've ever heard of in hockey and deserves a read if you get the chance. Pop on over to espn.com to read the full article.
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