No. 214: GARY BETTMAN / The Commish had been on the job for a year when we first talked & the interview started out just grand. A couple of innocuous questions chilled the room.

I wasn't looking to plumb the NHL Commissioner's psyche--it was a business story. Still, I wondered how the run-up to his hiring shaped him, events that have been forgotten three decades later.

These last few weeks I’ve been working on the print variation of my Audible Original—what will wind up on the pages and between the covers will be bear little similarity to the audiobook, as I laid out in a post a few days back. For details, check out the link here to No. 213: A NOTE TO THE REGULARS / Recent developments, not so random thoughts, quirky asides & such. Friday housekeeping.

The last few days I’ve been working on a c…