Yzerman, Wings duped by child with false cancer diagnosis

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Red Wings Duped by Dad
Published 1/29/2008 by World of Isaac at The World of Isaac
And the father of the year goes to.... Brant Davis.... He scores tickets from the Red Wings and Steve Yzerman by saying his son has cancer. Turns out, the boy has been healthy since he was 2. Sad story of a guy taking advantage of his kid. Read the story here

Yzerman Duped by "Cancer" Parent
Published 1/29/2008 by Eric McErlain at FanHouse
... Wings learned the hard way after one twisted man hoodwinked Yzerman and the Wings into thinking that the man's son had been stricken by neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous system. What's worse, that man, Brant Davis, manipulated his son into perpetuating the lie. The story by Eric Adelson appears in the latest issue of ESPN: The Magazine. Though the text has disappeared from ESPN.com, George James Malik from Snapshots copied the text and has it stored here. Here's just one harrowing passage: Braxton said he didn't know he was sick ...

Steve Yzerman con job shows classiest can be duped
Published 1/30/2008 by henwood at Hockey News & Opinions – Hockey.com
... Which makes you wonder just what, exactly - if anything - one father was thinking when he allegedly took Steve Yzerman for a three-year ride, taking advantage of the same thoughtfulness, the same desire to change a life, that brought that lump to your throat in Jordan's story. ...