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A new documentary, “TOUGH GUY: THE BOB PROBERT STORY," will premiere on Thursday in the late former NHLer's hometown of Windsor, Ont. The film is "bigger than hockey," as it is a "familiar, universal story for families who are struggling with drug addiction or alcoholism." It is "gripping, emotional and remarkable for its bare-knuckle honesty." Probert was "one of the first NHL players" to be diagnosed with CTE. He "died of heart failure" in '10 at the age of 45 (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 12/9).
NAMES: Dolphins RB KENYAN DRAKE on Sunday during the team's game against the Vikings will "wear custom cleats" representing a Miami-area Boys and Girls Club and Smile Chain, an international charity that enables surgeries for children with cleft lips and palates (PALMBEACHPOST.com, 12/10)....The Magic will induct longtime TV play-by-play announcer DAVID STEELE into the team's HOF on Feb. 22 at Amway Center (Magic)....Former NFLers CALVIN JOHNSON and ROB SIMS have been "denied preliminary applications for medical marijuana growing, processing and provisioning facilities" by the Michigan Medical Licensing Board (AP, 12/7)....CBS Sports' JORGE ANDRES will perform a comedy bit during a fundraiser for the nonprofit I'm ME tomorrow in Deerfield Beach, Fla. (SOUTHFLORIDA.com, 12/10)....SERENA WILLIAMS on Saturday launched her new clothing collection, Serena Great, with a pop-up shop in Plano, Texas (GUIDELIVE.com, 12/10)....MICHAEL STRAHAN was featured in the WALL STREET JOURNAL's "Technology Essentials" section. Strahan said, "I get my cardio on the Peloton exercise bike." He also said he keeps a "set of Honma golf clubs on the West Coast and a set of PXG clubs out east" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 12/11)....SHAQUILLE O'NEAL will take his "Shaq's Fun House" experience to Atlanta on Feb. 1 in the lead-up to Super Bowl LIII (AP, 12/11).
