Stick to hockey: Down to earth

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsWelcome back to another edition of Stick to Hockey! Sorry about the hiatus last week (if anyone even noticed?). This has clearly been a great week to be a Leafs fan [Note: I wrote this before game 4, and am now focusing on the game and am unlikely to ever update this], which is something that no one ever really says. As you enjoy the glow of the playoffs, I have some links to bring you down to the less praise-worthy aspects of sports. Unlike in the past few weeks, there isn’t much to unify these links except the fact that sports are as messed up as they are glorious.

AP, ESPN

This has been a theme in the last few weeks of these links: when a league is run by people…