Oh, the charity.
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mike Brown was supporting one cause while Mike Brown’s Beard was supporting another on Monday. Back in town for the Leafs’ Team Up Foundation golf tournament — which raises funds to establish ice rinks, soccer pitches and basketball courts for youth in under-funded neighbourhoods — the 27-year-old grinder shared a cart with Mike Brown’s Beard, pushing out whiskers to raise money for prostate cancer.
Sportsnet.ca caught up with both the cordial Brown and his somewhat on-edge Beard to get their take on the NHL’s other growing issue…
Mike Brown says: “It’s all for charity. It’s for Movember, prostate cancer. I call it like a halfway-to-Movember thing, so it’s six months total. I started in April, and I’m going to shave it Nov. 1 and re-grow the moustache back. Kind of a promotion thing, generate some money for charity.”
Mike Brown’s Beard says: “Whoa, whoa, whoa. You’re going to shave me?! Dude, I made you. When was the last time a guy who’s scored 14 goals in 242 games got this much press during his offseason?”
Mike Brown says: “For me to grow a beard for six months, it’s no problem at all.”
Mike Brown’s Beard says: “For me it takes water, intense concentration, and shampoo. I could do with a little more of the latter.”
Mike Brown says: “I kinda wanted the hair long in back… I (shaved my head) about a month ago. I was growing it out with my beard, but when I went to go put my helmet on, it was a complete mess.”
Mike Brown’s Beard says: “Also a complete mess: the family of sparrows living inside me.”
Mike Brown says: “I’m the kind of guy that needs to change things up. I get sick of things. I don’t have Twitter, but I’ve been hearing that on Twitter they’re calling (my new look) ‘mullethawk.’ ”
Mike Brown’s Beard says: “I do have Twitter. Follow me Friday! @bushybeast18!”
 Mike Brown’s Beard tells the boss, GM Brian Burke, about his summer vacation. Burke considers pulling a Steinbrenner on the Beard. (Fox photo). |
Mike Brown says: “(My son) plays with my beard quite a bit, yanks on it, pulls it. He doesn’t really know much right now.”
Mike Brown’s Beard says: “I’ll give you $200,000 if you focus the boy’s attention on the cat instead.”
Mike Brown says: “It’s just a new look, something I took a liking to. I just came up with it myself. I guess you could say I needed to change something with the last couple years of injuries. It can’t hurt me; things can’t get worse.”
Mike Brown’s Beard says: “Unless, y’know, you get locked out and stop getting paycheques.”
Mike Brown says: “At this point it’s long enough that I’m past that itchy stage. I’m used to the moustache anyway, so I kinda bypassed the whole itchy stage. Now it’s like caveman.”
Mike Brown’s Beard says: “Beard good.”
Mike Brown says: “I was signing an autograph and one of the pictures had the moustache on it, and someone didn’t think it was me.”
Mike Brown’s Beard says: “See! I am valuable.”
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