In so many ways, Walter Gretzky walked the walk. He often told Wayne when both of them were much younger that his sublimely gifted son had an obligation to play every game with the same level of ...

Walter Gretzky died Thursday at the age of 82. He raised and coached his son, Wayne, in Brantford, Ontario and is considered by many to be the greatest hockey player to play the game.

As a coach and mentor Walter Gretzky was instrumental in nurturing the talent of his son hockey great Wayne Gretzky So it came as an ironic tragedy when in 1991 just days after his 53rd birthday ...

Wayne Gretzky and Janet Jones first met on the show ‘Dance Fever’ when they were teenagers Getty Wayne Gretzky and his wife, Janet Jones, share a love of sports, five children and more than 30 ...

Years earlier, Walter Gretzky was uneasy about sending his son, Wayne, to Sault Ste. Marie, but he listened to Bumbacco's pitch, made a trip to the minor league town and discovered it was perfect ...

Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is just 41 goals away from breaking the all-time NHL goal record set by Wayne Gretzky. With 854 goals, Ovechkin is on the edge of history, and he’s got ...

And that give him a chance to try to catch Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 894 career goals. Going into the 2024-25 NHL season, Ovechkin has 853 career goals, which puts him in second behind the ...

In 1981, Wayne Gretzky, playing for the Edmonton Oilers ... came from his father, Walter: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” (Warren Buffett has quoted it.) ...

Walter Payton was in a class by himself ... Jordan had his Magic, Gretzky had his Lemieux, Montana had his Elway, but no one has ever come close to the sheer domination Pele displayed.

Walter Payton, Wayne Gretzky and Howard Cosell. “Once you’re there, either you’re all in or you’re not,” said quarterback Peyton Manning, who hosted an episode in 2007. “You gotta go ...