Joe Murphy lives in the precarious crack that lies between an uplifting ending or a tragic conclusion.
Once upon a time he was the first NCAA player selected in the NHL Draft, a Stanley Cup winner and an eccentric teammate, but today he is homeless and in clear need of mental health care.
Could a vicious hit sustained in one of the 779 career games he played from 1986-2000 have significantly altered the path of his life to where it is today?
Journalist Rick Westhead (TSN) digs deep into the story of a gifted Canadian kid that went to the top of the hockey world, and the untreated brain injuries that may have caused his unsettling descent.
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 10) - Bryan Trottier (Hockey Hall of Fame - 1997) - All Roads Home
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 9) - Barrie Shepley (Olympic coach and commentator) - Chasing Greatness
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 8) - John U. Bacon (seven-time best-selling author) - The Greatest Comeback
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 7) - Corey Hirsch (NHL goalie) - The Save of My Life: My Journey out of the Dark
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 6) - Dan Good (Journalist) - Ken Caminiti: Playing Through the Pain
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 5) - Howard Bryant (Sr. Writer - ESPN) - Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 4) - Les Stroud - Around the World with Survivorman
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 3) - Tyrone (Muggsy) Bogues - Muggsy
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 2) - André Lachance & Jean François Ménard - Team Chemistry
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 1) - Scott Morrison (Journalist) - 1972: The Series That Changed Hockey Forever
SportsLit (Season 5, Episode 7) - Brian McFarlane (Hockey Hall of Fame - 1995) - A Helluva Life in Hockey
SportsLit (Season 5, Episode 6) - Perdita Felicien (Canadian Olympian, World Champion Hurdler) - My Mother's Daughter: A Memoir of Struggle and Triumph
SportsLit (Season 5, Episode 5) - Ryan Minkoff (83 LLC) - Thin Ice
SportsLit (Season 5, Episode 4) - Eurico Rosa da Silva (Champion Jockey) - Riding for Freedom
SportsLit (Season 5, Episode 3) - Brantt Myhres - Pain Killer: A Memoir of Big League Addiction
SportsLit (Season 5, Episode 2) - Rich Cohen - Pee Wees: Confessions of a Hockey Parent
SportsLit (Season 5, Episode 1) - Spencer Haywood - The Spencer Haywood Rule: Battles, Basketball and the making of an American Iconoclast
SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 14) - Ken Reid (Sportsnet) - One to Remember - Stories from 39 Members of the NHL's One Goal Club
SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 13) - Paul Romanuk - Hockey Superstars 2020-2021
SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 12) - Serge Savard with Philippe Cantin - Forever Canadien
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