News about Paul Bissonnette

Michael Jordan's trash talk at golf is remembered by ex-NHL pro Ryan Whitney

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 15, 2024
During a round of golf to Paul Bissonnette, with whom he co-hosts Barstool Sports' 'Spittin Chiclets' podcast and guest Justin Thomas, the 41-year-old former defenseman recalled Jordan's competitive nature. 'He doesn't say a word to me,' Whitney began.' I'm on [the green] in two holes on the day, and it's the 35th hole of the day.' He's dead.' Jordan missed his own birdie putt, but then, Jordan hit a birdie to keep himself in the match, but Whitney missed his own birdie putt...

Mike Babcock, the head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, disputes charges that he broke players' privacy by demanding to see snapshots of their families

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 13, 2023
After a study emerged chastising him for privacy invasions, new Columbus Blue Jackets coach Mike Babcock said Tuesday that he did nothing wrong in requesting photos of players on their phones, clarifying that he was attempting to know them. On the Spittin Chiclets' podcast, Paul Bissonnette said he was told by an unidentified player that Babcock had ordered captain Boone Jenner to show him photos. "Let me see the photos in your phone," Bissonnette, a former NHL player-turned-analyst for TNT, told Jenner: "Let me see the pictures in your phone." I want to know what kind of person you are." In a joint statement released by the Blue Jackets, Babcock and Jenner called it "a gross misrepresentation of those meetings and highly offensive." Jenner said the meeting was a positive start to his Babcock friendship and expressed disappointment.