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Blake Heard No Disparaging Comments From Avery
by Alanah McGinley on 12/06/07 at 08:06 PM ET
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From the CP,
If noted New York Rangers agitator Sean Avery made disparaging remarks toward Jason Blake the last time they faced off, the Toronto forward never heard them.
A Toronto radio report following the teams’ previous meeting last month in Canada said a pre-game scuffle between Avery and Leafs counterpart Darcy Tucker was fuelled by a comment that Avery made toward Blake regarding his current battle with leukemia.
FAN 590 reporter Howard Berger had claimed Avery made “cancer-related remarks” to Blake, citing an unidentified Rangers player. Blake was diagnosed with a rare form of the disease in October but has continued to play while being treated.
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Note: report earlier today that MSG denied Berger access to the press box tonight.
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I’d like to say that I believe that Sean Avery didn’t do what he’s purported to have done, but I don’t.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 12/07/07 at 05:32 AM ET
Correct K24… from William Houston at the Globe and Mail,
John Rosasco, the Rangers’ vice-president of public relations, said dispatching Berger to the overflow section in the upper level was not a reprisal for his report on Avery. He said there was no room in the lower level. The Post sent another writer, Michael Traikos, to New York to cover the game. The Rangers gave him a seat in the lower level.
Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 12/07/07 at 09:24 AM ET
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That report was false. Berger got his credentials, he just didn’t get into the lower press box.
Posted by K24 from NYC on 12/06/07 at 10:19 PM ET