With the NHL season getting underway today, Id like to take a moment and pay tribute to a unique group of Canadians. A group that is pretty much completely ignored in the vast, cultural mosaic that makes up Canada. Im talking about members of a minority group so marginalized, whose expression is so trampled upon that they are never reflected in this countrys music, poetry or literature. No one every pays them tribute or acknowledges their suffering, which lasts annually from September right up until June. Im speaking, of course, of those Canadians who hate hockey. We know its not easy to hear over and over again that the nation you live in is defined by the sport you cant stand. And, of course, trying to avoid hockey in Canada is a little like trying to avoid mosquitos in the forest. Except for you, hockey is more annoying. Well, Canadians who hate hockey, there are just so many things in this country you just have never experienced, nor care to experience. Youve never driven your kid to a rink at 7am. Youve never played shinny on a frozen pond on a winter day. Youve never read a Roy MacGregor book and you dont follow Bob McKenzie on Twitter. What about Saturday nights? Well, for you those have always meant college football doubleheaders, somewhere you can safely hide from the gospel of Don Cherry. We understand it drives you nuts that youve got to sit through a full series of Nashville-Columbus highlights before they get to the NBA games on the nightly sportscasts. And those features on small town rinks in Canadas hinterland dont warm your heart. They make you want to puke. Kind of like you feel when you hear Stompin Tom Connors recording of The Hockey Song. Yes, for you Canadians who hate hockey, we know you often feel lonely and isolated throughout the year. And we know there are days when you wish you were in South America... or somewhere like that. You dont get fired up for free agent frenzy on July 1st. 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I suppose Sternberg has earned the right to speak out since his Rays, despite one of the lowest payrolls in the Majors at $58 million, are entering the final weekend of the regular season holding down the first Wild Card spot in the American League, one game ahead of Cleveland and two up on Texas.Justin Rose hopes his recent back injury could turn out to be a blessing in disguise during this weeks US Open and the rest of the season. The 2013 US Open champion has not played since finishing 19th in the Players Championship last month, missing both the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village.Its been a race against the clock really for me to be fit and ready to play here, Rose told a pre-tournament press conference on Tuesday. Rose claimed a two-shot win to win the event in 2013 Since the Players Championship, Ive really been working around the clock. Ive done everything humanly possible to be here, but theres no doubt my practice schedule has certainly been on the light side, limiting the number of balls Ive been hitting. I only started hitting the driver two or three days ago.The rough is the unknown quantity for sure. I think if Im going to get greedy out of the rough, then Im probably risking something. I think it might play into my hands to essentially take your medicine out of the rough a little bit and make par another way. Ways to watch How to follow the US Open this week Theres going to be situations this week where Im going to have to make a smart decision and that could well be a variable that I have to assess in game time because its not sometthing that Ive practised.ddddddddddddRose is one of the late starters for the opening round as he tees off alongside Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson, who finished runner-up at last weeks FedEx St Jude Classic. Im coming in fresh, which is the great news, Rose added. This golf course is going to require a huge amount of patience and I think that having that quiet time to sit back and assess my game and assess the challenge this week could be an advantage. The Englishman has posted four top-10s during 2016 Competitive edge, thats obviously a factor, and thats where Im going to hope that the freshness outweighs the competitive rust. Ive been in this situation before. In 2007, I had a little bit of a stop-start year due to a bad back and it was one of the best years of my career.I won the European money list that year, played really well in all the major championships, so Im hoping its a similar run to that. 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