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CHERRY AT HIS RIPEST

The CBC has placed Hockey Night in Canada commentator Don Cherry on a seven-second tape-delay and reprimanded him over his remark that only "Europeans and French guys" in the NHL routinely wear visors. Here's a look at some other controversies involving Cherry and the Coach's Corner segment:

November 2003: On Coach's Corner, Cherry scolds Sidney Crosby, the 16-year-old centre considered to be the hottest hockey prospect since Mario Lemieux. "I like the kid," Cherry began. "I see the way he plays and everything. But I've seen him now after goals. He slides on the ice on his knees. You talk about a hot dog."

October 2003: Cherry uses his Coach's Corner segment on Hockey Night in Canada to blast Toronto Maple Leafs management. "It's hard to be a Leafs fan. They do things that upset you so much," Cherry said of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for preventing the club from signing players.

May 2003: Ontario's Alcohol and Gaming Commission says there's nothing wrong with Cherry appearing in commercials promoting Molson's mini-kegs of beer. A public school trustee had said using Cherry to sell beer was wrong because she considers him a role model for Canadian children.

March 2003: The CBC receives 1,500 calls and e-mails after Cherry and sidekick Ron MacLean debate on the Iraq war on Hockey Night in Canada.

November 2002: In an interview on the Jim Rome syndicated radio show, Cherry says the new NHL rules are ruining hockey. "The next thing is going to be skirts, I'm telling you."

September 2000: As the Sydney Olympics near their end, Cherry blasts the federal government for not supporting Canada's athletes. "Countries that we're sending care packages to are beating us in the gold. It's ridiculous."

May 1999: Cherry takes square aim at Peter Forsberg, showing a clip on Coach's Corner of the Swede hitting Chris Chelios from behind. "He's a back-stabbing weasel. And there should be something done about it. This guy, because his name is Forsberg, he doesn't get suspended."

April 1998: Cherry on visors in Coach's Corner. "Brett Lindros, career ended. (Paul) Kariya, out for the year. (Pat) Lafontaine, out for this year. What do they have in common? You know, visors."

April 1998: CBC ombudsman David Bazay says Cherry went too far in his rant against Jean-Luc Brassard, Olympic freestyle skier and Canada's flag-bearer in Nagano, Japan. Cherry called the defending Olympic and world champion "a French guy, some skier that nobody knows about." Cherry reacts to the ruling by saying: "If they want to knock a right-wing guy, I'm the guy. But I won't change. If I did that I'd be lying."

February 1998: In Nagano, Cherry blasts Quebec in the wake of comments by a Bloc Quebecois MP that there were too many Canadian flags at various Olympic sites. "It's a funny thing they don't want the Canadian flag but they want our money. I've never seen such a bunch of whiners in my life."

January 1997: Cherry says on Coach's Corner that jailed sex offender Graham James, a former junior hockey coach, should be "drawn and quartered." James subsequently phoned the Calgary Sun from prison to say he is living in fear because of Cherry's comments.

September 1996: Cherry lambastes Ottawa hockey fans for booing the Americans and cheering the Russians at a World Cup game. "Don't do it again, it was a disgrace. It's the first time I've ever been ashamed of something in Canada. Don't do it again."

"It's a funny thing they don't want the Canadian flag but they want our money. I've never seen such a bunch of whiners in my life."

LOL! Go, Cherry, Go!!!

LQ, who lives 30 miles south of the Quebec border, gets CBC directly out of Canada, and is completely sick of the French-Canadian whiners, too.

The only reason to watch CBC outside of the Olympics is Don Cherry and Coaches Corner.

Wow, Don Cherry's really out there, isn't he? How dare he say that it wasn't a good thing to boo the American flag!