Cultural References
- Lemieux had a hockey video game, Mario Lemieux Hockey (1991) for the Sega Genesis, named after him. Additionally, he was featured as the cover athlete on EA Sports' 2002 edition of its popular NHL series for multiple platforms.
- Mario Lemieux was mentioned in the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest's track "Keep It Rollin'", which was released on the group's third studio album, "Midnight Marauders". On the track, rapper Phife Dawg sings: "I skate on your crew, like Mario Lemieux."
- Canadian Hardcore punk band Comeback Kid are named after a newspaper article which nicknamed Mario Lemieux 'the comeback kid'
- Lemieux appears in NHL 12 in the game's 'Be A Legend' mode.
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“If in the earlier part of the century, middle-class children suffered from overattentive mothers, from being “mother’s only accomplishment,” today’s children may suffer from an underestimation of their needs. Our idea of what a child needs in each case reflects what parents need. The child’s needs are thus a cultural football in an economic and marital game.”
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