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A League Of His Own

By Eric Adelson

Thursday, November 6, 2008

He wants to speak their language. He wants to please. He grew up dreaming of performing for these people. Now is his chance to win them over. So Sidney Crosby is going to do it. He's going to appear before a roomful of Montreal reporters, in his Reebok underwear, and speak French. He doesn't have to go through with this. It's not like Wayne Gretzky or Steve Yzerman ever did. They just played and scored, and won. Even Crosby wonders, minutes before the moment arrives, if he should scrap the who ...

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