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Seeing is believing.(NHL)(Stanley Cup)

The Sporting News

| June 07, 2004 | Yorio, Kara | COPYRIGHT 2004 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

It seems so overdone, this Stanley Cup stuff. Cheesy television voice-overs talk about the history and lure of Lord Stanley's Cup. It can't mean that much. It can't be that good.

Then you see it, sitting in grass, reflecting the Florida sun. You see it pulled carefully out of its padded case to the whispered awe of hundreds standing in line in the St. Petersburg heat. You see it brought to MacDill Air Force Base to show to military personnel dealing with so many more important things that you'd think they'd dismiss the Cup's arrival as trivial. This is home to Special Ops Command. The base houses Central Command, which runs Middle East operations. Big decisions ...

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