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Bobby Orr may have lost the support of some leftist sports writers for supporting President Donald Trump, but he still has The Coach in his corner. “You better believe it — 100%,” said Don Cherry on Monday. In addition to supporting Trump himself, Cherry also believes in Orr’s right as a free person to back whomever he chooses. “Bobby was always strong,” added Cherry. “The great ones are always independent.” It’s not lost on Cherry, however, that the hall of famer is feeling the heat after taking out a full-page ad in a Florida newspaper which backs Trump’s bid for...

There is no doubt when Don Cherry and elderly old stock Canadians, so detested by the left, are gone Remembrance Day will be no more A few things occurred in the lead up to the November 11 Remembrance Day ceremonies this year. These events are proof positive the day set aside for those who fought for Canada, many making the ultimate sacrifice, is on the way out. During these times it is simply too politically incorrect to honour the country’s military. The major occurrence was what Don Cherry, former hockey player, NHL coach and Canada’s number one patriot said on...

Don Cherry has been fired by Sportsnet following remarks made on Coach’s Corner Saturday evening.

Sportsnet has confirmed that Don Cherry has been fired from Hockey Night in Canada over recent remarks that caused uproar. Cherry, 85, had singled out new immigrants in Toronto and Mississauga, Ont., where he lives, for not honouring Canada’s veterans and dead soldiers. “You people … you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that,” Cherry said Saturday night. “These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada, these guys paid the biggest price.” In a statement issued...

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The competition was tough. So many candidates, but there can only be one true Asshat. To tell the truth, there was someone else in mind for the honor and the article was almost complete when I was told of an article in a Canadian newspaper written by the eventual winner. While it is certainly nothing new to hear a leftwing nutjob slamming Canadian sports celebrity/broadcaster/conservative/favorite son Don Cherry, it is the background of the article's writer that made this an easy choice. Montreal Gazette sportswriter Jack Todd is this year's Asshat of the Year. Not for his condemnation of Cherry,...

Well actually I’m wearing pinko for all the pinkos out there that ride bicycles and everything, I thought I’d get it in. What’d you expect? Ron MacLean to come here? I am befuddled, because I thought I was just doing a good thing coming down with Rob, and I was going to do this here and it was going to be nice and the whole deal. I’m being ripped to shreds by the left-wing pinko newspapers out there, it’s unbelievable. One guy called me a pink, a jerk in a pink suit, so I thought I’d wear that for him...

“Put that in your pipe you left-wing kooks,” hockey commentator Don Cherry told a shocked inaugural meeting of the new city council, blasting “left-wing pinkos.” Cherry was Mayor Rob Ford’s pick for a “special guest” for the pomp-filled ceremony. Cherry turned up in a pink-and-white silk jacket and patterned tie that was eye-popping even for the famously flamboyant TV star. The co-host of Hockey Night in Canada’s Coach’s Corner put the chain of office around Ford’s neck — something normally done by the city clerk — and then sat stoically, clapping as each of the 44 councillors got their ceremonial...

“Put that in your pipe you left-wing kooks,” hockey commentator Don Cherry told a shocked inaugural meeting of the new city council, blasting “left-wing pinkos.” Cherry was Mayor Rob Ford’s pick for a “special guest” for the pomp-filled ceremony. Cherry turned up in a pink-and-white silk jacket and patterned tie that was eye-popping even for the famously flamboyant TV star. The co-host of Hockey Night in Canada’s Coach’s Corner put the chain of office around Ford’s neck — something normally done by the city clerk — and then sat stoically, clapping as each of the 44 councillors got their ceremonial...

scored two second-period goals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins overcame the loss of captain Sidney Crosby(notes) and a whole lot of history to beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Friday night in Game 7 and win the Stanley Cup for the third time. Instead of the Red Wings becoming the NHL’s first repeat champion

The end of Don Cherry on the CBC -- if the sources who spoke to my colleague Gayle MacDonald this week are correct and this is, indeed, the end -- fills me with sorrow. I would miss pretty much everything about Mr. Cherry. I would miss his trademark liberties with the English language; his easy-to-mock delivery (my nephew does a spectacular imitation that consists of much unintelligible staccato barking, the only understandable bit being a "Good Kingston boys!" exclamation); his occasionally ghastly but always admirably confident fashion sense and, in particular, his ability to wear a hat with élan; his...

American talk-show host Conan O'Brien turned out to be Conan the Barbarian on his road show into Canada this week. His NBC program threw oil and matches down our national fault line Thursday night with crude jokes about French Canadians. The show featured a puppet called Triumph the Insult Dog, which wandered around Quebec City's winter carnival, sporting a French beret. It stopped Quebecers in the street and said stuff like: "So you're French and Canadian, yes? So you're obnoxious and dull?" Also: "You're in North America. ... Learn the language!" Thanks for the insults, Conan. Somehow you forgot to...

This is how Don Cherry probably wants it to end. With a big fight and a great big goodbye. The kind of public firing that would make him even larger than he is right now -- if that is, in fact, possible. He just won't say that for attribution. He has said far too much already. The uncomfortable relationship between Cherry and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is more combustible now than ever before. The major difference being that Cherry has never hid from what he is or what he says -- no matter how offensive it might be -- while...

CBC puts Cherry on 7-second delay Last Updated Fri, 06 Feb 2004 21:12:18 TORONTO - The CBC has decided to put an end to "reprehensible" remarks by Hockey Night in Canada commentator Don Cherry. Harold Redekopp, the executive vice-president of CBC Television, says the network will put Cherry on a seven-second delay after he made "inappropriate and reprehensible personal" comments during the broadcast on Jan. 24. Ron MacLean and Don Cherry on Coach's Corner (file photo) During the first period intermission Cherry spoke out about players wearing visors on their helmets. In full flight he said, "most of the...

<p>OTTAWA — The combative co-host of Canada's most popular ice hockey TV show will be censored after suggesting that players from French-speaking Quebec were cowards for wearing protective visors, the country's public broadcaster said yesterday.</p> <p>Although Don Cherry has made disparaging remarks about French Canadians — and others — previously, his comment on "Hockey Night in Canada" that "most of the guys that wear [visors] are European or French guys" sparked a backlash.</p>

CBC has received at least 350 e-mails protesting against the network's move to purge from its Web site the Coach's Corner segment in which Ron MacLean and Don Cherry argued the Iraq war. That and this report from The Globe and Mail's William Houston "Not one e-mail has agreed with the decision," a television source said. "No one has said it was a good idea. The response to the CBC has ranged from 'You're insulting us' to 'What is this? Russia?' " The March 22 segment of Hockey Night in Canada's intermission show was removed from the CBC on-line page...

Tolerance costly loss in war of words By JIM CHAPMAN -- London Free Press I generally like Don Cherry. I'm amused by his bombast and impressed by his knowledge of hockey. But I don't always agree with the things he says and this week he rubbed me the wrong way. During an interview on an American radio program, he made reference to "true" Canadians, implying that anyone who did not share his view was somehow maple-leaf-deficient. So who are these "true" Canadians, as described by Cherry? He says they are outside Quebec and onside with the American effort in Iraq....

Friday, April 4   CBC removes 'inappropriate' video from Web site ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESPN.com news services For Don Cherry hockey analyst, apparently not all speech is free. The Toronto Globe and Mail reported Friday that the Web site for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation officially removed a controversial video clip from Coach's Corner on March 22, when Cherry and host Ron MacLean squared off in a heated war debate. Coach's Corner, an in-between-period segment that airs during the CBC's Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, went from hockey talk to war talk, when the outspoken Cherry criticized Montreal fans who booed the U.S....

Friday, April 4   CBC removes 'inappropriate' video from Web site ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESPN.com news services For Don Cherry ( hockey analyst ), apparently not all speech is free. The Toronto Globe and Mail reported Friday that the Web site for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation officially removed a controversial video clip from Coach's Corner on March 22, when Cherry and host Ron MacLean squared off in a heated war debate. Coach's Corner, an in-between-period segment that airs during the CBC's Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, went from hockey talk to war talk, when the outspoken Cherry criticized Montreal fans who booed...