Brown's All-Star day
Want to read about Dustin Brown's All-Star Game experience? You can do it in two places. The Kings' website has a story on Brown's day, and USA Today has its final installment of Brown's diary from Montreal.
L.A.'s Brown earns assist; hoping for 2010 Olympic bid
``I ended up deciding against hitting someone. I saw Zach (Parise) today at lunch and we talked about it briefly then. I told him, `Keep your head up. We'll see how it goes.' I had a few shifts against Zach and there was one opportunity where I could have hit him, but I laid off.''

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Curious as to why Brown singled out Parise as his potential target for a hit?
They're friends.