I dont know all the juicy details but how do we know the guy didnt kill himself because his wife cheated? I believe that's actually a common reason given in notes, etc

Bernstein has crossed into scumbage territory by perpetuating this story. This/his story goes beyond Sharp and towards the whole team. What, in an alpha sport Sharp gets to nail anything that moves and everybody is hunkydory with the situation? This isn't a loose collection of local poon but other player's wives. Where has such a situation ever existed before? Not that there haven't been such transgressions before but management will do what it has to do to keep a peaceful locker room. If half of the allegations are true the Blackhawks would have taken the "A" first, and then moved him.

Bernstein isn't a journalist, he's playing the shock-jock role and he is ignorant of both the short and long term ramifications. Short term, he's putting himself out there to be taken down. That's the way the world works. Unlike others who purvey gossip they at least have some boundaries. They at least see more than just one side of the story. Sharp, Keith, and others in that locker room have not just wives but children who while very young, will grow up to know who this asshole really is.

But its not just the players children but his own children. His son is going to have to get used to having his father referred to as a scumbag. He can be the world's greatest dad at home, but in the hallways of high school he'll be a scumbag. And as the fallout from this comes about there'll be more invective he'll have to hear.

Long term Bernstein's name is going to be synonymous with clubhouse/organization cancer. His "sources" aren't operations but organizational, they are replaceable. Don't think these teams, the least of which is worth several hundred million dollars, are going to sit around and pretend there is nothing they can do. They'll endeavor to find the sources and terminate them. All it will is take one person to get fired and the rest will treat him like he's got full blown ebola.

bernstein was pretty dug in yesterday. I'm guessing he's pretty certain there's some scandalous shit out there or he wouldn't take such a strong position. All the denials from the Hawks ring pretty hollow. What else would they say?

bernstein was pretty dug in yesterday. I'm guessing he's pretty certain there's some scandalous shit out there or he wouldn't take such a strong position. All the denials from the Hawks ring pretty hollow. What else would they say?

Hawks fans are understandably letting their emotions get involved.

They want these things to be false.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

They should send Patrick Sharp to sex rehab.

Do you think there would be as much outrage if this story was about a player from the Bears or Bulls?

That is an interesting concept. In most addiction treatment plans they are based in 12 step ideas. The most important is that you refrain from your issue one day at a time forever in simple terms. With food and sex addiction they somehow skirt that part?

Amonte-Roenick was close but garnered no coverage.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

what exactly do you do in sex rehab. sit around all day and NOT THINK ABOUT SEX?

Long term Bernstein's name is going to be synonymous with clubhouse/organization cancer.

You're putting a lot of blame on Bernstein for what is most likely scummy behavior by Patrick Sharp

The whole "they would have traded him or removed the A if the allegations were true" is a very flimsy theory.

It could end up being right but to act like its proof is silly.

That's not called rehab... that's called marriage.

Sharp is still wearing an "A".

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

"Most likely" leaves a lot of ambiguity. Whenever stories like this emerge they don't have a shelf life this long because somebody will confirm the story. Bernstein has had a run of stories which not are just unconfirmed but ultimately untrue.


No more flimsy than everyone going along with this situation because "he's Patrick Sharp, and my wife/girlfriend is a skank who can't help herself." His alleged behavior is not that of a leader, so who/why would he continue to be considered as such.




I'm not a B&B fanboy and will admit that I've beomce a Bernstein skeptic. Bernstein doesn't do any real legwork and his information comes too conveniently timed for his radio show. While I don't read what he writes I have to wonder if he's written anything about this, if not why not (libel)?

A player stepping out isn't anything new, but this story has taken on proportions that make it hard to believe everything is true. Remember, this story started as something he claimed the organization wanted. Trade deadline was yesterday, the team made several moves, Sharp is still wearing an "A".

Nobody else is to blame when someone kills himself.

Nobody else is to blame when someone kills himself.

I wonder if there would be as much outrage if this story was about a player from the Bears or Bulls.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Sharp is her guy. This is an all hands on deck moment.

bernstein was pretty dug in yesterday. I'm guessing he's pretty certain there's some scandalous shit out there or he wouldn't take such a strong position. All the denials from the Hawks ring pretty hollow. What else would they say?

Sharp is her guy. This is an all hands on deck moment.

That's not called rehab... that's called marriage.

RPB I feel you do not get the grasp of the amount of importance the A or C hold on a hockey team. This is like no other sport. If there were half the shit we hear especially the teammate (another A) wife or equipment guy that A would be gone. Period.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Can we get pictures of all the women Sharp has allegedly banged?