Awful Announcing
The Winter Classic didn't do great numbers this year, but the inclusion of a long pregame in the broadcast numbers was part of that.
A David Stern memorial segment during Tampa Bay Lightning postgame included Paul Kennedy twice saying NHL commissioner Gary Bettman had died.
"I play it off like we’re all going to bed together every night, the three of us."
"I’ve enjoyed an incredible run."
"I think it's a shame, to be honest with you, that the players aren't participating in the Olympics. I know when I got a chance to be in two Olympics, it's probably the highlight of my career."
Everyone has a podcast these days, and that list now includes recently-fired NHL commentator Don Cherry.
The lawsuit claims Comcast "wants to extinguish competition from Altitude so that Comcast can pocket more of the money it takes from consumers each month for sports programming."
We honor what you've meant to the game...Just [a] fantastic human being. And so I love you very much and we honor you tonight in this last talk about a Coach's Corner."
"Yeah, he said many things, but I don't know, I mean, was it that bad? I don't know. ...I don't think that his words were racist."
Cherry was fired by Sportsnet on Monday.
This sure seems staged.
Missed it by that much, SI.
"It has been decided it is the right time for him to immediately step down. During the broadcast, he made divisive remarks that do not represent our values or what we stand for."
Don Cherry launched into an anti-immigrant rant that literally included the phrase "You people!"
"After some reflection, the comments were, in my opinion, inappropriate. But I take responsibility, and I want to apologize."
