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"To tell you the truth, I never liked fighting,"

Donald Brashear in today's must read Washington Post article.

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this article floored me. thanks for the link.
i thought this video of brashear with two children at kettler was worth posting alongside it.

by Natty Bumppo on May 3, 2009 2:12 AM EDT reply actions  

video via TEB and caps insider, btw. didn’t realize when i posted last night.

by Natty Bumppo on May 3, 2009 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

link to the video that brashear mentions near the bottom of page 4.

here’s the passage from mike wise’s story:

Today, Brashear maintains his own Web site that documents his fights. It includes videos of many of them, including one entitled, “Don Delivers A Beatdown,” a malicious free-for-all in a semi-pro game. “That’s not who I am,” Brashear said, adding that he is taking steps to remove it from the site. “I didn’t want to fight any of those guys, but managers [of teams] paid them money to fight me. They just kept pushing me and pushing me.”

and this is how the video is introduced on brashear’s personal website:

Watch this video of Don handing out a beat down. Poor guy! :)

by Natty Bumppo on May 3, 2009 2:18 AM EDT reply actions  

I was a little confused by that too…Does Brash not actually maintain the site, or was he just trying to look better for the press?

by snowburnt on May 4, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Also not sure what to make of this — McKenna from the CityPaper claims that Brash told him that he’s always wanted to be a fighter.

by Scott in Shaw on May 4, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’ve tried for a few days to articulate how this article has made me feel, I don’t think I have the words to fully express it.

by Ovechwin on May 3, 2009 11:52 PM EDT reply actions  

Ok, so now I see why my FanPost was deleted. Exact same quote, too!

/slaps forehead

by Scott in Shaw on May 4, 2009 10:58 AM EDT reply actions  

No worries, and you’re not the only one – I just hid another.

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by J.P. on May 4, 2009 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

This article made me angry at his fathers. The fact that any “man” could do things like this to a child is beyond me. It was also terrifically ironic (in a sick, sad sort of way) when they interviewed his father and the guy said he couldn’t watch hockey because it’s too violent.

It’s uplifting though that he was able to be a professional athlete and get out of that situation. I just hope he can continue doing good things after his hockey career is over.

by snowburnt on May 4, 2009 2:51 PM EDT reply actions  

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