freep.com - 5/11/2008
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Don Cherry was glad that a Free Press reporter sought him out Saturday before the Red Wings-Dallas game at Joe Louis Arena. Cherry wanted to clear the air after making some comments about the Wings the night before on ESPN. "I felt so bad all day," he said. "I, really, seriously felt bad that I somehow was knocking Mr. Ilitch." Cherry said on ESPN -- repeating similar comments he made earlier ...
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Something Is Missing —
KK Hockey
from Tom Benjamin’s NHL Weblog, I don’t think Don Cherry is right when he linked the attendance “problems” in Detroit with their style of play, but I think he does have a point. Despite all the raves about the European style and the “puck possession” game, this group is giving new meaning to the phrase the Dead Wings. The Detroit game is not very ...
Red Wings: No frills, no fisticuffs, no losses —
NHL - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports
They've had their toughness challenged again, this time by a bunch of trash-talking Texans who wear black hats back home on the ranch and by a Canadian coach wearing a pink suit. So, in that sense, you could say the Detroit Red Wings are taking on all comers at this point. But, with apologies to Don Cherry and, yes, this city's nostalgic, old-time hockey roots, too, the Red Wings' response is ...
Caputo tires of Cherry, Melrose's perceived anti-Wings biases —
Snapshots
The Oakland Press's Pat Caputo believes that the CBC's Don Cherry and ESPN's Barry Melrose are all-too-influential broadcast dinosaurs, who are plainly biased against the Detroit Red Wings because they're highly-skilled and European-dominated team that doesn't hold the bibles of...
MacLean goes to bat for Grapes —
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DetroitRedWings.com's Michael Caples noted that the CBC's Ron MacLean went to bat for his broadcasting partner, a certain Don Cherry, who proved once and for all what those of us who have Canadian family members and friends (and sometimes significant...
Wings-Stars post-game 2 multimedia —
Snapshots
Here are the multimedia offerings from the Detroit Red Wings' 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night: NHL.com posted a 4:39 highlight clip that ends just before Ribeiro two-hands Osgood--the irony of the incident is that Ribeiro and...
Cherry: 'Redneck' equals working-class —
Snapshots
On Saturday's Coach's Corner, Don Cherry insisted that calling Detroit a "redneck" town had nothing to do with insulting Red Wings fans: May 11, Detroit Free Press: "Redneck to me, the word came about when the Scottish and Irish come...
To Watch Tonight [To The Airship!] —
Deadspin
What to watch while modifying your flatscreen with a burlap frame ...
In Progress: Detroit Pistons vs. Orlando Magic, Game 4. Chauncey Billups was a gametime decision (not playing). Also a gametime decision: pants/no pants? [ESPN]
NHL Western Conference Finals, Game 2 — Dallas Stars vs. Detroit Red Wings. 7 p.m. Only Don Cherry dresses worse than rednecks. [Versus]
NBA ...
Don Cherry, Hot Pink Suits and Your Eyesight —
Barry Melrose Rocks
By the looks of it, the world is still spinning. That's if I could see right now. My eyes are still recovering from watching Don Cherry on Sportscenter last night. Cherry wore a hot pink suit, which jived nicely with John Buccigross' pink tie. Apparently Bucci only got half of the memo on the night's attire. On Sportscenter, Cherry did split screen talk with Bucci from Pittsburgh, ...
Wings' organization says Hockeytown's the rebound —
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Not surprisingly, a day after Mitch Albom weighed in on the Red Wings' troubles filling Joe Louis Arena, and Don Cherry weighed in (twice), the organization fired back, starting from the top. The Wings' new VP of business affairs discussed...
Top Shelf: Ho-Hum, Red Wings Roll —
The Big Lead
Lee Diekemper, who now rocks a Barry Melrose mullet and flashier gear than Don Cherry, recaps the night in the NHL.
Detroit 4, Dallas 1: Marty Turco’s Detroit nightmare continues. The Stars goalie hasn’t won a game in Joe Louis Arena since his college days at Michigan . The Stars never could recover from the Wings 4-0 lead, but it’s not like the rowdy crowd was a factor. ...
Houston: Any way you slice it, Cherry delivered —
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The Globe and Mail's William Houston says that, for better or worse, Don Cherry's incendiary comments during his first appearance on ESPN could not have done better in terms of drawing viewers, both online and over the airwaves (or is...
Zettersyuk: The Euro player stereotypes are dying —
Waiting For Stanley
There was a time when Demolition ruled the World Wrestling Entertainment Tag Team Division and it was cool to watch. Right now, Henrik Zetterberg and Pavel Datsyuk are an unstoppable combo in the NHL playoffs. These 2 are sickeningly good. You can hit them and rough them up but they continue to thrive and excel. This is killing the old Don Cherry (and my own) stereotype that if you bang ...
Don Cherry will be thrilled —
Gorilla Crouch
First, dandy Don’s comments:
Let’s see if I have this right: Mike Ribeiro takes a two-handed swing at Chris Osgood’s upper-body after the game is over and the Wings are supposed to respond by playing “rock ‘em sock ‘em”? Here is the footage:
Let’s take a look at the rulebook. Mike Ribeiro was charged with attempt to ...
Conference Finals previews/predictions, part one —
Snapshots
The first round of Detroit Red Wings-Dallas Stars series previews and predictions have rolled in, and the predictions are as wildly different as the perspectives given: The Sports Forecaster's series preview says that the Wings will prevail: May 5, The...
