IS ANOTHER GRETZKY POSSIBLE?
THERE’S A SONG BY The Waterboys frontman Mike Scott called Sensitive Children that, along with many other tunes, has lingered like uranium deep inside my cranium (confession: I stole that rhyme from Scott, too). In it, he sings, “Sensitive children, seeing things you don’t, sensitive children, walking where you won’t, you can’t contain her, just love her to the bone.” Over the years, the message has often wormed its way into my consciousness in dealings with my own kids. It resurfaced recently when I viewed Gabe Polsky’s new documentary, In Search of Greatness, in advance of our Superstar Issue. Polsky, the director who created the sweeping Soviet hockey/sociopolitical film Red Army, tunnels into the psyches of some of the sporting world’s living legends, including Jerry Rice, Pele and the primary voice…
