Sidney Crosby Loves Mayo, SOCOM

News is thin these days, so we’re reaching back to a pretty good article written by TSN’s resident midget, James Duthie about 2 months ago. Because soooo much has already been written about Sidney Crosby, Duthie went out of his way to find 10 things people may not know about Sid the Kid. It’s a pretty good read. Here’s some highlights:

No. 5: Sid is not a health-food freak. The other day after practice, we chatted while he ate an ugly, white bread, mystery-meat, mayo-laiden sandwich.

No. 8: …Last season, eight of the Penguins got PSPs so they could play a shoot-em-up army game called SOCOM against each other. The guys were only supposed to play on planes, but it soon became clear that Sid was practising at home.

“Of course he had to beat all of us, says Laraque. “He’s so competitive.”..

“He plays like a girl,” says Talbot. “He’s always hiding in the corner. Anything to win.”

Hey! Now that they’re on different teams Laraque can show Crosby that he’s competitive too with a few beats of his own.  Also interesting - I don’t play like a girl but I’ve been known to pretend to be one in chat rooms from time to time. (Damn you Dateline!!!)

See? Pro athletes are just like us, only different.