Somehow, Alex Ovechkin Keeps Improving + Djokovic Detained
The Lead
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🗓️ 6 January 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
It turns out 36 is the new 20 -- at least for Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin. The aging Russian is off to the best start of his career this season, and is inching closer to a record once thought untouchable -- Wayne Gretzky's career goal scoring record. So what exactly is behind The Great Eight's white hot start? And how has he taken his game to yet another level? The Athletic's Tarik El-Bashir explains. Then, we dive into the tennis story that has become an international sensation -- Novak Djokovic's detention at an airport in Melbourne. Why is the world's #1 player being told to go home? The answer is more complicated than you might think.
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| 0:46.0 | Coming into the season, there was a lot of talk about whether or not the great eight, Alex Ovechkin, |
| 0:57.0 | could eventually break a record once thought untouchable. Wayne Gretzky's career goals record. |
| 1:02.0 | And if the start of this season is any indication, he's well on his way to doing it. |
| 1:07.0 | Alex Ovechkin here comes Alex with a shot he scores and there it is. |
| 1:15.0 | The hole has been breached Alex Ovechkin for all time. |
| 1:22.0 | Today, the Athletics Tarrick Elbashir and how Ovechkin has gotten off to arguably the hottest start of his career |
| 1:28.0 | and how at age 36, he has somehow taken his game to another level. |
| 1:34.0 | Yeah, he's on pace for 120 plus points which it would not only be his career high, |
| 1:39.0 | it would be the highest point total for a player of 36 or older in NHL history. |
| 1:43.0 | This leads me to the round around. |
| 1:45.0 | Plus, we dive into the tennis story that has become a full on international scandal. |
| 1:51.0 | After being detained at Melbourne Airport for eight hours, Novat Jockovich has now been denied entry into the country |
| 1:58.0 | and has been told to leave. |
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