{"id":1591,"date":"2009-04-17T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T18:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2009-04-17T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T18:07:09","slug":"ovie-on-e60-421","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2009\/04\/17\/ovie-on-e60-421\/","title":{"rendered":"Ovie On E:60, 4\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Capitals&#8217; ultra-megastar Alexander Ovechking will make an appearance on ESPN&#8217;s E:60, ESPN&#8217;s verson of 60 minutes. Ovie, who will be the first hockey player to make the show, spent multiple hours over the course of two weeks shooting for the piece. Rachel Nichols will do the interview.<\/p>\n<p>If that name sounds familiar to Caps&#8217; fans, its because Rachel was the Caps Beat Writer at the Post before\u00a0going to work in\u00a0Bristol.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sneak peak:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4187766&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff3333&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4187766&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=ff3333&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><\/object><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/4187766\">E:60 Alex Ovechkin Preview<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/espn\">ESPN Communications<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Capitals&#8217; ultra-megastar Alexander Ovechking will make an appearance on ESPN&#8217;s E:60, ESPN&#8217;s verson of 60 minutes. Ovie, who will be the first hockey player to make the show, spent multiple hours over the course of two weeks shooting for the piece. Rachel Nichols will do the interview. 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