[cferneyh]

Interesting column by Bill Simmons (Sports Guy) saying that there is no sports equivalent of U2.

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So I gots to thinkin' - who is the Hip of sports? Hard working. Loved in their homeland, ignored elsewhere. Same lineup for two decades. Kept their personal lives out of the media.

The best I can come up with, which is unfortunate given how much I loathe him, is Trevor Linden. No one outside of Vancouver loves Linden as much as Vancouverites do. His production (which I'll call equivalent to sales for the sake of argument) slipped a decade ago. And he does a lot of charity work.

Any other ideas?

[tragicallymike]

Rob Ray before he went to Ottawa.

[farmerdan]

wendal clark or doug gilmour - toronto

[Chris Tanz]

I don't think I could offer a better answer than Wendel Clark. So I'll just say ditto.

ct

[Stephen Dame]

I'd go with The Toronto Argonauts as The Hip of sports because they're consitent, they go largely unhearalded amongst a bigger sea of sports leagues and franchises, and they've got grit and guys full of character and smarts like Mike Clemons.

[K-Town Lassie]

I'm going to say Ray Bourque. I always thought he was underrated.

[cferneyh]

Rob Ray before he went to Ottawa.

Dude, do you even like the Hip when you compare them to a goon who was never good enough to make the playoff roster?

[tragicallymike]

Yeah I like the Hip. Rob Ray not making a playoff roster could be likened to The Hip not making it big in the states. And just to let you know Rob Ray has in fact made a playoff roster. He scored the game winning goal in game 5(i think) of the eastern conference championships against toronto in 99.

[RJB]

I'm going to say Ray Bourque. I always thought he was underrated.

I personally thought he was over-rated.

[brian1175]

Rob Ray was a legend in buffalo till he went to Ottawa and then a union buster....f him now...

[cferneyh]

Yeah I like the Hip. Rob Ray not making a playoff roster could be likened to The Hip not making it big in the states. And just to let you know Rob Ray has in fact made a playoff roster. He scored the game winning goal in game 5(i think) of the eastern conference championships against toronto in 99.

Rob Ray was and is a meaningless player. In 99.9% of the games he played in the NHL, he had no bearing on the outcome. A fourth liner who played 5 minutes a game on a good night. Calling him the Tragically Hip of the sports world is a slap in the face to the Hip.

[fingernailsonhull]

How about the entire CFL? Granted, there have been American teams and Ottawa can't decide whether it really wants a team if it can't share a name with Saskatchewan. However, I get Grey Cup fever every year, but most of the world wouldn't know that there are any professional football leagues outside the NFL.

[Summiteer]

Mike Bossy........

[opiated]

steve yzerman..as a 'nucks fan i've seen him burn us a few too many times, but c'mon..pure class...

[tragicallymike]

Yeah I like the Hip. Rob Ray not making a playoff roster could be likened to The Hip not making it big in the states. And just to let you know Rob Ray has in fact made a playoff roster. He scored the game winning goal in game 5(i think) of the eastern conference championships against toronto in 99.

Rob Ray was and is a meaningless player. In 99.9% of the games he played in the NHL, he had no bearing on the outcome. A fourth liner who played 5 minutes a game on a good night. Calling him the Tragically Hip of the sports world is a slap in the face to the Hip.

Are you gonna cry over this?