I feel the author use's the connection between being faithful with your religion and being dedicated with your sport because they go hand in hand. You don't want to give up with your religion and be unfaithful, but at the same time you don't want to give up with your sport and become undedicated. I think those two words go hand in hand.

Right from the very beginning I notice the authors vivid use if imagery. I think he might be using imagery to draw out a certain type of emotion from the text.

This is very emotional way to end this article considering the father had to come to the realization that before his son died, he had already lost him to CTE. If his son wouldn't of died from the drug overdose the later affects of CTE would of eventually taken a toll on him.

It's obvious that there is a connection between the brain disease and hockey. But they would never admit hockey links to CTE because it would ultimately hurt their reputation and hockey's reputation as well. Less people playing means less fans coming to watch which means a decrease in the amount of money being made

Boogaard knew exactly what he needed to do in order to excel and that's exaclty what he did. He knew what it took in order to succeed that's how he became the player he wanted to be.

This shows how important playing hockey was to Boogaard. He had only one goal and not succeeding wasn't apart of his plan. He WOULD play hockey no matter what, and this shows the dedication and love he has for the sport.

This shows the readers that Boogaard wasn't just born a fighter, when he was younger he was put in boxing lessons in order to teach him how to fight. These boxing lessons were what made him to be a well-rounded hockey player

In this quote I noticed the irony. Normally the bullies are big and large and they don't get picked on. But he was big, large and wasn't a bully but yet still got picked on.

This quote highlights the important of being resilient to certain factors that may set a team further back and give them a disadvantage compared to other teams. But it also shows that being able to bounce back and recover especially when you lost so many important people is key.

I really think this quote is important because it truly shows how much devastation can affect not just a team but as individuals. It shows how hard it is to go on when so many people around you are no longer with you, but while it also highlights the devastation portion of it I feel it also ties into unity. The fact that these teammates were so close they were able to overcome anything and stick together in the long run.

This ties back to the idea of work and sports being the same thing since the team supported each other with everything. I also think this is a great way to end the article since it ties unity into it. It shows that a sport can bond a team so much so that even after losing people together, their love for the sport ultimately is what kept them close.