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Kirby Puckett (MLB HOF, R.I.P.)

For once, Jim Rome made a pretty nice and respectful gesture today. On his show, he mentioned Kirby's passing and said he was a great player. He mentioned some of the troubles he had following his career, then said TODAY, he will remember him for the likeable, great ballplayer he was; not his troubles following his career. Bottom line is, IMO, when your job is SPORTS JOURNALISM, when somebody who is so beloved by fans passes, you should focus on his accomplishments on the day of his passing...not his shortcomings, leave that to the tabloids (which in retrospect, is exactly what E!SPN has become).
 
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Judge grants children custody of Puckett?s ashes
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
ASSOCIATED PRESS

A judge in Phoenix has awarded the cremated remains of former Minnesota Twins star Kirby Puckett to his children.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Benjamin E. Vatz ruled this week that keeping Puckett?s remains away had imposed emotional hardship on his two children, Catherine, 16, and Kirby Jr., 14.
Had Puckett "not wanted his remains to be in the home of" his children, "then he would have taken care to express that wish in writing," Vatz wrote in a ruling issued Monday.
Puckett?s fianc?e, Jodi Olson, had sought possession of the ashes, saying she wanted to wear some of them in a locket. Puckett and Olson were living together in Scottsdale when he died.
An attorney for Puckett?s ex-wife, Tonya, and his children, who still live in Minnesota, said they?re pleased with the court?s ruling.
"The children are looking forward to bringing their father?s remains home," attorney Bridget Logstrom told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune yesterday.
The judge also removed Puckett?s friend, Brian Woods, as the personal representative of the Puckett estate. Vatz cited repeated violations of Woods? duties to preserve the estate, including allowing Olson to remove virtually all of Puckett?s possessions from his Scottsdale home and later letting her have access to his Wisconsin lake home.
At the lake home, Olson arrived with four trucks and several of her family members and removed an unknown number of items. Woods also tried to persuade Puckett?s lawyers to transfer $1 million of his funds to Olson as the baseball star was near death, eventually convincing the attorneys to give her $50,000, according to the judge?s findings. Olson has now filed a $4 million claim against the estate, the judge noted.
Puckett, 45, died in March after suffering a stroke. His body was cremated in the Twin Cities and the ashes were kept by a funeral home.
 
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NFBuck;458203; said:
Bottom line is, IMO, when your job is SPORTS JOURNALISM, when somebody who is so beloved by fans passes, you should focus on his accomplishments on the day of his passing...not his shortcomings, leave that to the tabloids (which in retrospect, is exactly what E!SPN has become).

Wrong, you should focus on both. Anything less would be irresponsible journalism.
 
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