Dopey comments aside, Chan deserves Marsh award

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BY STEVE BUFFERY,TORONTO SUN
FIRST POSTED: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011 05:02 PM EST |
UPDATED: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011 05:27 PM EST

Before the trip, I kind of felt down about my lot in life — you know, the whole short, balding, pasty skin, bad teeth, beer-gut thing.TORONTO - About 25 years ago, I flew over to the British Isles for the first time and developed a new appreciation for my roots.

But after visiting old Blighty, I felt rejuvenated and accepted.

It’s like that famous book about soccer hooliganism by Bill Buford — Among the Thugs. My buddies swear it’s me on the cover. It’s not. But it very well could be me, or 90% of the geezers in England. (A slight exaggeration). I never felt more at home.

The point is this: I understood where Patrick Chan was coming from when he said — following a trip to China, his parent’s homeland some months back — that he never felt more Chinese.