Ovechkin on beating speeding tickets, Sean Avery and dating

Yesterday, we linked over to a pair of rather epic interviews translated by the Alex Ovetjkin blog: One with Alexander Semin, and the other with Alexander Ovechkin. The Semin interview is wide-ranging, but worth it for his comments about Pavel Datsyuk being the best player in the NHL and Nicklas Backstrom being the best poker player on the Washington Capitals. The Ovechkin interview, also from Russia's Sport-Express, is much more entertaining and at times rather hilarious. It's also longer than a Tolstoy version of The Iliad, so here are some selected passages for your perusal and amusement.First up in this July 18 interview with Russian journalists Yuri Golyshak and Alexander Kruzhkov is Ovechkin on the infamous "digging up the Loonie" incident from the World Championships:You've brought the souvenir from the Worlds, the... [read full story]