Tales of Brent Burns: Teammates talk cheetah attacks, his ‘Mary Poppins’ bag and loving the NHL’s ‘big kid’

Bob Jenkins, who was ESPN’s lead motorsports announcer for more than 20 years and called the Indianapolis 500 on television and radio, died Monday, Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced. The cause was brain cancer, according to a statement from the race track. Jenkins, an Indiana native, was heard over five decades on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and was chief announcer from 1990-98.

Braden Holtby dominated for the Washington Capitals, Ryan Getzlaf scored a big goal for the Anaheim Ducks, Colton Sissons carries the Predators.

“Should you reveal how much you’re earning to someone you’re dating?” I asked my girlfriends one night.