Brad May on the Tournament of Roses Parade.
I watch the Rose Bowl. My mom watches the parade before the Rose Bowl.
It's been this way for so long now, I sometimes forget there is a parade before the Rose Bowl; I'm sure my mom sometimes forgets there's a football game.
But I found myself talking to Brad May after practice today for the first time since Dec. 15 – that's how long it's been since he took a puck off his foot and broke it at the VERY END of practice. During his injury down time, he did a lot of TV work, gave a lot of kids tours through the clubhouse and he was in the Rose Parade, along with the Stanley Cup, on the City of Anaheim's float. It was the first appearance in the Rose Parade for both Stanley and Brad...
"I asked the guy – I thought it was almost over – one of the guys
came around on one of those mopeds. I said, ‘How much longer?’ He said, ‘Only
about five more miles.’ That’s when I said, right there, ‘This is big.’ "
K, mom. You were right.
About J.P.
J.P. Hoornstra has been covering the Anaheim Ducks since 2007. Eight months after the University of Wisconsin won its third NCAA hockey championship, he was born in a frigid Madison winter. He betrayed his blue-blooded beginnings by graduating from UCLA in 2003, and welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey.
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