Barry Melrose, the former NHL player and coach who was a beloved, longtime hockey analyst for ESPN, died Wednesday, his wife, Cindy, told ESPN's Steve Levy. He was 70. spr.ly/6015BGKJ0b

This is what Canada’s passenger rail network should look like:

Kelsey Grammer on reparations: I don’t have to apologize for my grandparents. “My grandparents were extraordinary people. They survived the Depression. They fought World War II. My grandfather was away from home for 28 months in the South Pacific. This is not a man who has to apologize for who he is.” “Do the people who have ancestors who were killed in the Civil War owe reparations? Do the Italians who came after the Civil War owe money? Do the Irish who came through Ellis Island owe money? I think it’s just a dodge.” @KelseyGrammer @piersmorgan

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After his story went viral, Daniel Romano, owner of D'Romanos Pizza in the Bronx, says he's receiving support from across the country. He says 100% of the donations he's receiving will go towards feeding the hungry. ❤️

🚨WOW!!! A Bronx pizzeria owner saw a woman eating out of his GARBAGE. He walked outside, took her by the hand, led her in, and pulled a hot slice straight from the oven for her. She sat down and cried. He said: "Don't cry. Eat. I don't want you eating out of a garbage." ❤️ His name is Daniel Romano. He owns D'Romano's Pizza in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx. He didn't shoo her away. "I grabbed her by the hand and I led her to the pizzeria and I went in the oven and I got her a fresh slice and gave it to her. Sat down and she started crying. I said, 'don't cry, eat. This is not a problem.'" In that moment, he decided he'd never let it happen to anyone again. So he grabbed a marker, wrote a sign by hand, and taped it in his window for the whole neighborhood to see: "To the people eating out of my garbage, I have more love for you than you think. Please come in and tell me you're hungry. I will forever give you a slice and fresh water to drink." When they asked him why, his answer was simple. "Right now, I think this world is shot. There's too much hate. Too much negativity. Why not put a smile on someone's face?" And it turns out this runs deep for Daniel. It goes all the way back to his mother, Carmella. "She had a saying in Italian. She used to say, 'a desperate person will always make a better decision on a full stomach than on an empty.' "It always stuck with me. So I feed people." A desperate person makes a better decision on a full stomach. That handwritten sign has traveled way past the Bronx now. Daniel says people are calling him from Texas, Arkansas, Hawaii, even Alaska, all wanting to chip in and buy slices for hungry strangers they'll NEVER MEET. "Don't ask me, I didn't even know Alaska had a phone." It all started with one slice. One woman. One man who did something kind. GOD BLESS Daniel Romano. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

In 2013, Mariano Rivera announced it was his last season. Every team in baseball lined up to give him retirement gifts. A gold record. A rocking chair made from broken bats. A fire hose nozzle from the FDNY. He accepted all of it. But at every single ballpark, he asked for something else first. He wanted to meet the employees. Not the executives. Not the owners. The ushers, the ticket sellers, the custodians, the grounds crew. The people who show up at 6 a.m. and leave at midnight and never get thanked by anybody. The Yankees' media relations director helped coordinate it, working with each team to pull together a group. And Rivera did it at stop after stop, all season long, in his final year, at 43 years old, while still closing games. Here's what he told about 20 Rangers employees in Arlington: "We would never have a chance to see you guys, and that's why I wanted to do this. That was important to me, to make sure to thank those that work behind the scenes. No one sees them." In Cleveland, he sat down with 25 staff members for half an hour before a game. And partway through, he stopped and asked a question. "Where's the drummer?" For forty years, a man named John Adams had sat at the top of the bleachers in Cleveland with a bass drum, pounding out a beat to start rallies. Every home game. Four decades. He bought his own ticket for the seat next to him so the drum could sit there. Adams raised a drumstick from the back of the room so Rivera could find him. Rivera's response: "Hey, you the man. Being loyal, being there day in and day out. I really respect that." At Fenway, he finally met a man named Baz who had been a fixture in that ballpark for decades. Baz afterward: "Pretty special. I've got tears in my eyes." In Anaheim, where Rivera made his major league debut in 1995 and got his first career save in 1996, he sat with longtime Angels staffers and listened to their stories. At every one of these, he took a photo with every single person and handed each of them a signed baseball. His explanation of the whole thing: "I want to be remembered as a player that gave for others. It's not that I'm better than anyone else; that's not true. I have been blessed and treat everybody the same because I wanted to be treated like that. With respect." And this wasn't a farewell lap by a guy limping to the finish. He saved 44 games that season with a 2.11 ERA at 43 years old. He pitched a scoreless inning at the All-Star Game, which kept his career All-Star ERA at 0.00 across thirteen appearances. He finished with 652 saves, the most in the history of baseball, and a 0.70 postseason ERA that will probably never be approached. In 2019 he became the first player ever elected to the Hall of Fame unanimously. Every single ballot. Not Ruth. Not Mays. Not Aaron. Mariano Rivera. The greatest closer who ever lived spent his last season making sure the people nobody notices got to be noticed once. For more stories like this, follow us on any platform @thesportsontap

I would have liked to see: - Monty traded. - Dach traded. - Struble traded. - A couple of pick/prospects traded. - One of Matheson or Guhle traded. All of that to get a legit left-handed 2C, a big top-6 winger and/or a gritty top-4 right-shot dman. #GoHabsGo #Habs

A heartbreaking day yesterday as we said goodbye to our special boy. He was a wonderful dog and a big part of our family for 13 years. He was always so happy and a great companion. He’s going to be greatly missed!

So @BryanMudryk after you had a day to think about it, how does last nights game rank for youWhat a night! Great job on the call. #gohabsgo

Can’t wait to see the new D-Day movie “Pressure” when it comes out in May, but I’m going to have a hard time seeing Damian Lewis as anyone but Dick Winters.

A man driving in Norway accidentally spotted Tom Cruise on a train. Apparently, he was filming "Mission: Impossible". Just Amazing

Martin St. Louis joins @MsChrisSimpson on what it's like coaching in this generation and coaching the Habs ❤️

The Canadiens are a season high 14 games over NHL .500 after a huge comeback in Buffalo. The Wilde Cards are the trading history of HuGo leading to a shocking reveal on who could be next. All written for @Global_Montreal globalnews.ca/news/11646040/…

It can’t go much better than that. The league’s best gets dominated by the Canadiens who put 7 on the board. The Wilde Cards is my view on the goalie coach being fired. The Call Of The Wilde is written for @Global_Montreal globalnews.ca/news/11643973/…

That "skinny" girl lifting the bar recently gained 5lbs trying to overcome her eating disorder. That skinny kid on the bench press is trying to get stronger because he’s tired of being bullied. That young girl doing her workout wrong is new to the gym and struggling with addiction. That angry looking buff guy just lost his job and has no idea how he is going to provide for his family. That "overweight" girl wearing tight clothes has already lost 30lbs and is only just starting to feel confident. That Mom lifting 5lbs has been dealing with postpartum depression and just making it to the gym is a huge win for her. That guy sitting alone on the turf just lost his wife and his entire world is falling apart. Everyone in the gym is fighting demons we know nothing about. Be kind always. 🙏🏼❤️

My glass is most definitely half full. These are the lessons that need to be lived. The Wilde Goats is actually a positive. More positives are Danault and Montembeault. And to round out the COTW, the Wilde Cards is Demidov’s path to the Calder Trophy globalnews.ca/news/11612194/…

The offence went back to work again against Vancouver. Demidov had a breakout game, is it time for a goalie to go down and who ya got, and Hage will be a PPG player and why. All in this COTW for @Global_Montreal globalnews.ca/news/11609925/…

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