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Mike Richards: ‘Dry Island’ story was blown out of proportion

By Helene Elliott
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Center Mike Richards, acquired by the Kings from the Flyers last month, responded Tuesday to a Philadelphia Daily News story that said his hard partying contributed to the team’s decision to trade him to Los Angeles and send Jeff Carter to Columbus.

Richards said the story, in which two unnamed Flyers were quoted, “couldn’t be further from the truth.” You can read the rest of it here.

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Richards is in Los Angeles for a few days this week and is scheduled to meet with reporters Wednesday in El Segundo. First, he was interviewed on Tuesday by Kings TV host Heidi Androl, and acknowledged he’s still adjusting to the move West.

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Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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