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St. Louis Blues forward Kevin Hayes penned an emotional piece in The Players' Tribune Wednesday about his late brother and former NHL player Jimmy Hayes, who died of a drug overdose in 2021. Wednesday marked two years since Jimmy, a veteran of 334 NHL games, passed away from acute intoxication via the combined effects of fentanyl and cocaine. He was 31 years old. If pills can take my brother, they can take anyone, Kevin wrote. Kevin noted that opioid addiction “has probably touched most families in America.” According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, 106,699 Americans died of drug-involved overdoses in 2021. The Hayes family itself was no stranger to addiction prior to Jimmy’s death. Kevin Hayes Sr., the family patriarch, revealed to the Boston Globe after Jimmy's toxicology reports were made public that he is a recovering addict himself. Kevin Jr. continues to carry the pain of his brother's passing with him, and time will never fully heal that wound. It hurts so bad some days that I can barely take it, Kevin wrote of his grief. That’s just the truth. It sucks. It sucks to talk about. It sucks to remember. It sucks to know that I’m never going to be able to hear another one of his stories. Despite how difficult it is talking about his late brother, Kevin says he’ll continue to do it if it means he can spare one family the pain his own has endured. You were the best. You were everybody’s hero. We will never stop telling your story, Kevin wrote. In the first-person article, Kevin detailed the close bond he shared with his brother, who was also his teammate at Boston College during the 2010-11 season. Kevin detailed how Jimmy — who he called “the Dorchester Batman” — was renowned as a caring and kind soul that always looked out for others. Jimmy was, according to Kevin, “the glue that held everything together.” The younger Hayes brother spoke of how Jimmy, who played for his hometown Boston Bruins during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, was idolized in Dorchester, Mass., and by the hockey community as a whole. Several NHL players also shared unique tributes to Jimmy in the days following his sudden death.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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