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TORONTO - Don Cherry thinks there was someone more deserving of this years Lou Marsh trophy than Olympic bobsled champion Kaillie Humphries.The hockey commentator used his segment of Coachs Corner on Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday to argue that the award, given annually to Canadas top athlete, should have gone to Los Angeles Kings defencemen Drew Doughty instead.Heres the deal, Kaillie Humphries, good luck to her, congratulations and everything, but youre telling me Drew Doughty shouldnt have got the Lou Marsh trophy? Cherry said. He went through two months ... and he was the guy, lets face it. L.A. won the Cup, he was the guy. Then he goes over and was absolutely fantastic when (the Canadian mens hockey team) won the gold in the Olympics.The 29-year-old Humphries became the first female in her sport to win back-to-back Olympic gold when she captured her second title in Sochi. The Calgary native also carried Canadas flag along with brakeman Heather Moyse into the closing ceremonies in Russia.A month earlier, Humphries had claimed her second consecutive overall World Cup title for Canada.But Cherry believes that Doughty — whos from London, Ont. — accomplished more in 2014.Everybody knows the most important thing in the Olympics is the hockey, Cherry said. Its come to the point now, no hockey player can ever win the Lou Marsh trophy from here on in because you cant do any more than he did — he did the Stanley Cup and the Olympic gold medal.Kaillie, I love you, but you shouldnt have done it.Humphries is the first bobsledder to win the Lou Marsh trophy, which is voted upon by representatives of Canadas leading news organizations. The vote was announced last Thursday.She will be piloting a Canadian four-man team in what would have been the mens competition on the World Cup circuit this season. Humphries has long lobbied for the chance to race against men, and the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation decided this year to make the four-man event gender neutral.Penguins forward Sidney Crosby was the last hockey player to win the Lou Marsh, taking the award in 2009, when Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup. Crosby also won in 2007. Hockey great Wayne Gretzky has won the trophy four times, more than any other athlete. The sport of hockey has the most Lou Marsh wins, with 12 players earning the trophy. Figure skating is the next closest sport, with nine. Authentic Danny Green Jersey . There were no real chances until Augsburg broke the deadlock through Raul Bobadilla in the 33rd minute. Frankfurt failed to clear a cross and Bobadilla slotted home from close range at the far post. 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Gauteng High Court Judge Dunstan Mlambo ruled Tuesday that South African media houses will be allowed to install three remote controlled cameras in court for the Olympic athletes trial starting next week to capture images that likely will be seen by millions around the world.LONDON - One in four professional footballers said they suffer symptoms of anxiety and depression in a new study into the sports largely unexplored "dark side" of mental illness. The mental health of recently retired professional footballers was even more worrisome, with one in three reporting signs of anxiety and depression. Some 300 current and former professionals — from the Netherlands, Major League Soccer, Scotland, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand — took part in the study for the players union, FIFPro. While football can draw on reams of scientific study about players physical injuries, little research has previously been done into their mental health, and mental health problems have remained very much taboo in the sport, FIFPro chief medical officer Vincent Gouttebarge said. "There is definitely some dark side of professional football," he said in an interview. "We dont talk about mental health issues in football, or we didnt talk about this issue," he added. "Its quite a macho culture so people do not talk about it." Gouttebarge said the studys findings suggest that professional footballers are no less prone to mental illness than other younger people in the general population. He said that might surprise fans who believe footballers live comfortable, worry-free lives, with media attention often focusing on the wealth of the most successful players. "Contrary to what people think, professional footballers experience psychological problems just like other groups in the population," Gouttebarge said. Among the 180 active footballers who responded to the lengthy questionnaire, 10 per cent reported symptoms of distress, five per cent reported signs of burnout and three per cent said they suffered from low self-esteem. Nearly 20 per cent reported problems with alcohol, which Gouttebarge said could include binge drinking and regularly drinking too much, and seven per cent said they smokeed.dddddddddddd The 121 former professionals who responded on average had 12-year playing careers and have been retired for five years. Fifteen per cent showed signs of burnout and 18 per cent signs of distress. One in three reported drinking problems, 12 per cent smoked, and 39 per cent reported suffering from depression and anxiety. Gouttebarge said that could include worrying, mood swings, difficulties sleeping, feeling stressed, not being sociable or a combination of symptoms. "Mental illness seems to occur among former professional footballers more often than in current players, and more often than in other populations. Consequently, mental illness among former professional footballers cannot be underestimated and should be a subject of interest for all stakeholders in football," the study said. Retirement was "really a critical period," with players abruptly losing the structure of regular training and the support of being in a club, Gouttebarge said. "You have to find a new life," he said. "It can put you under a lot of stress." Long-term injuries and surgeries that take players out of the game and away from close, regular contact with teammates can also be factors in mental health problems. Being forced to stop playing professionally because of injury or because clubs wont offer another contract can be particularly hard to cope with, Gouttebarge noted. "This has been recognized in other sports as a huge cause of mental health issues," he said. "The guy who is willing to retire or to stop his career is really (in) a different kind of situation to the one who is forced to retire." He called the study "a good first step" toward identifying the scope of mental health issues in football. The survey is expanding to players in France and from French-speaking nations in Africa, with plans to also study players in Spanish-speaking countries and Japan, Gouttebarge said. Wholesale NFL Jerseys ' ' '