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Crosby Reacts To Diving Accusations
by Paul on 04/25/08 at 03:22 PM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,
This was more than your customary vanilla pre-series press briefing from Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby.
This morning, hours before the puck would be dropped here for the opener of the Rangers New York Rangers -Penguins Eastern Conference semifinal, No. 87 reacted angrily when asked to respond to innuendo from Tom Renney that Crosby embellishes possible penalties and takes dives.
Thursday, Renney, asked if he were concerned about a potential bias toward Crosby, who has been known to embellish in order to draw penalty calls, said he would speak to the series supervisor of officials about a number of topics.
“I haven’t changed one bit; I never dove and I don’t dive now,” Crosby said today with a flash of anger. “That’s just part of the playoffs; part of gamesmanship.
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It is Larry Brooks opinion that Crosby took offensive. If you read his article from this morning regarding Crosby diving, it would appear that Brooks is attempting fuel a story that he himself created.
Brooks has always been, is, and will always be a jackass.
Posted by marty from pgh on 04/25/08 at 04:46 PM ET
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“Taking offense at innuendo,” implies that Crosby understood Renney’s meaning perfectly.
Posted by Hockey1919 from Montreal on 04/25/08 at 04:15 PM ET