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And now for something completely different

Here's a story about an athlete doing something good for the community that he plays in, and in a substantial way.

Vinny Lecavalier of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who was the NHL's leading goal-scorer last season with 52, is helping to raise $3 million for a children's cancer and blood disorder center at the new All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg.

Lecavalier and some businesses are gifting about half the money and the rest will be raised through fund-raising efforts, such as Lecavalier's annual poker tournament at a Florida casino.

Photo credit: Associated Press

 

 

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Bill Ordine has been a reporter and editor for more than 25 years and during that time has covered Super Bowls, major murder trials, township zoning board meetings and bat mitzvahs. In his time with The Baltimore Sun, he has been an assistant city editor, pro football writer, poker columnist, enterprise sports reporter and now blogger -- which may indicate his editors have yet to find a job he can get right.
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