Barry Melrose dead at 70

RunninRichie

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Refreshing and full of flavor, RIP.
 

AustinTXCat

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Great seeing Paddock wisdom show up over here. Keep up great work, ladies and gents. We'll straighten Rafters out in no time.
 
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JakeKx

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One of the staples to watching espn back on the day when it was tolerable. Didn’t know a thing or cared about hockey but you got use to seeing him as he was literally the only hockey guy they seemed to give air time too.

im curious how head concussions and things like that playing hockey affected him getting Parkinson’s.
 

MidseasonTweak

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One of the staples to watching espn back on the day when it was tolerable. Didn’t know a thing or cared about hockey but you got use to seeing him as he was literally the only hockey guy they seemed to give air time too.

im curious how head concussions and things like that playing hockey affected him getting Parkinson’s.
Almost certainly was a core reason. Similar how it appears many NFL players who have their brains given to science seem to always have varying levels of CTE.

Even headers in soccer can lead to CTE
 

L.O.D.

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A name i heard for many years. Well beford I started to like hockey. He was one of ESPNs best and im not even that big on hockey.
 
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UKWildcats1987

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Loved him on espn. Not a big hockey guy but watching him talk about it was fun. I remember when the Preds made the 2017 finals and he was covering it.
 
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BleedBlue63

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I saw him play with a Cincinnati stingers back in the 70s. And Wayne Gretzky was a 17-year-old star for the Edmonton Oilers in the AHL.
 
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