CAN YOU DIG IT? In the 30-plus years since its 1979 silver-screen debut, The Warriors had become a cult classic, and it even had something of a modern revival by way of an eponymous 2005 beat-’em-up video game. And, really, it’s never too late to harken back to the retro action flick. That opened the door for Megan Leonard’s fantastic cover illustration featuring the Bruins’ Tim Thomas, Canucks’ Ryan Kesler and Rangers’ Brad Richards in Warriors stylings.
Associate senior writer Ryan Kennedy’s feature was about the archetypal athletes who “come out to play” in the post-season, including those willing to play through ailments and others who would sacrifice life and limb for Stanley Cup glory. It so happened, too, that the never-say-die Los Angeles Kings, every bit the rough-and-tumble types that…
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