CREATED BY SPORTS BETTORS FOR SPORTS BETTORS
LET’S HEAR YOUR STORY
Montreal Canadiens legend Henri Richard was posthumously diagnosed with stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), Richard’s son, Denis, announced Wednesday.
Richard died in 2020 at the age of 84. In 2015, Richard was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
CTE is a neurodegenerative disease that is linked to repeated brain trauma and can only be diagnosed posthumously. According to the Concussion Legacy Foundation, Richard is the 16th known NHL player diagnosed with CTE and the second Hall of Famer, after Chicago Blackhawks forward Stan Mikita.
CTE is commonly associated with professional football, particularly after the documentary series and best-selling book, League of Denial, highlighted the work of Boston University’s Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy.
“I hope my father’s brain donation and diagnosis will lead to more prevention efforts, research, and eventually a CTE treatment,” Denis Richard said in a statement. “I want people to understand this is a disease that impacts athletes far beyond football.”
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman disputed the link between hockey and CTE in an April interview with NPR.
“We listen to the medical opinions on CTE, and I don't believe there has been any documented study that suggests that elements of our game result in CTE,” Bettman said. “There have been isolated cases of players who have played the game [who] have had CTE. But it doesn't mean that it necessarily came from playing in the NHL."
Richard won an NHL-record 11 Stanley Cups with the Canadiens during his 20-year career, spanning 1955-1975. The younger brother of fellow Canadiens great Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Henri was nicknamed “Pocket Rocket” while recording 358 goals and 1,046 points in a franchise-record 1,256 games.
He was named to nine All-Star games and captained the Canadiens from 1971 until his retirement in 1975, four years before the NHL made helmets mandatory. Richard was tremendous during his first Cup run as captain of the Canadiens, scoring the game-tying and game-winning goals in an iconic Game 7 of the 1971 Stanley Cup Final against the Blackhawks.
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.
Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.
