NHL mascot nearly attacked by bear during video shoot

 Sorry guys I've been busy lately with family stuff. It's summertime and the kids are off from school so lots of road trips and grandma visits and going to the movies, you know, anything to divert them from their gadgets for awhile. We're planning a trip to Niagara Falls soon that should be fun.

I haven't written about hockey on this blog yet. The last time I attended a hockey game I was in a luxury suite at a Sabres game. I hadn't met my wife yet, so I was leading a different lifestyle back then. 

Pretty much spending all my money on sporting events. I did see Kobe play and I saw LeBron actually play, LeBron was with Cleveland and both games were in Toronto. Ironically, when I went to see the Cavaliers in Cleveland,  LeBron didn't play.

 He had an injury and that's the chance you take going to a game. At least he was really hurt and not out for rest like Chris Paul did to me...I was so furious, isn't that what the off season is for? Michael Jordan played with the flu just saying.

Back to the NHL...if I'm writing about hockey in the off season then something amazing or unbelievable happened and it's both.

Buoy, the blue haired troll mascot of the Seattle Kracken and forward John Hayden were in Alaska on a video shoot. They were knee deep in shallow water fly-fishing when a brown bear appeared and began approaching them. 

The bear actually charged towards the mascot before turning back around as the film crew waded out of the water on the opposite shore. Bears frequent the river for salmon. 

Kracken Partnership Marketing Director Melissa O'Brochta said, "Bears are everywhere at Brooks Falls and like this is their territory. They're also super used to seeing humans. So I wasn't scared."

Look, I can understand the team doing a promotional video in Alaska, the scenery up there is truly breathtaking, but don't you have a lookout or a guide with tranquilizers just in case a bear shows up? This is a professional video shoot where's the security?

I have a couple of questions for the Marketing Director. If "bears are everywhere and it's their territory", what are you doing there? This isn't a lazy weekend on the Bayou.

I like when she says the bears are 'used to seeing humans' and that she 'wasn't scared.' So my followup question would be, do you have a death wish?

Hey Melissa, why would you bring your crew into bear territory? Luckily no one got hurt or killed. Despite the bears being used to seeing humans, I would be terrified. Do you know why? Because bears are gonna bear. Lucky for you guys this bear was just protecting his food source or he would've kept coming.

World famous DJ Steve Aoki joins unfortunate list

 There must be something in the water this summer. This is usually the slow period during sports. Sure we have baseball but the NBA, NFL, and NHL are in their off seasons. In previous years things would get so quiet reporters resorted to writing about venue conditions and the weather factor. 

Not this year, in fact there hasn't been a slow news day in months. In the past week we've had an athlete complaining about blowing through over $100 million in career earnings. 

Another athlete getting arrested for not paying his casino debts. By the way, a quick update on that case, turns out dude had the money but he just thought he would pay when he was good and ready, how'd that turn out?

Still another athlete just had his home raided for illegal gambling. Allegedly, a neighbor brought that operation down. I guess seeing a valet and armed guards and young women serving drinks and giving massages all in a residential house would stand out a little. 

Despite Olympic gold medalist Sha'Carri Richardson beating down her boyfriend in an airport...allegedly, I'm going to briefly discuss celebrity parents and what the hell happens when it's time to name their kids.

DJ Steve Aoki is not only a new dad, congrats, but the latest celebrity to have a complete meltdown when it comes to naming his son. Rocky77...that's the kid's name and while it would make a good personalized license plate, it's stupid to call a kid that. 

Hey look, I know that my name is unusual, my mom got it from a soap opera is what I understand, at least there's no number in my first name.

Gwyneth Paltrow naming her daughter Apple thinks Rocky77 is a stupid name. 

Cardi B named her daughter Kulture, it's misspelled but at least she's not named after an ethnicity like Mariah Carey's kid Moroccan. 

Elon Musk's kids take the cake as they all sound like software code. I get it it's all about creativity and celebrities are larger than life, but these are human beings at the end of the day not inordinate objects. 

Next time mix in a book of baby names like everyone else does and stop naming your kids after fruit.