Longtime Canadian hockey commentator Don Cherry fired after his on-air comments that many believed disparaged immigrants
"I know what I said and I meant it. Everybody in Canada should wear a poppy to honour our fallen soldiers," hockey commentator Don Cherry said his comments were not meant to be insensitive to other cultures.
Cherry, 85, was speaking Saturday on his "Coach's Corner" segment on "Hockey Night In Canada" and began a discussion of Remembrance Day - the Canadian equivalent of Veterans Day. "I live in Mississauga," he said on the air. "Very few people wear the poppy. Downtown Toronto, forget it. Nobody wears the poppy. ... Now you go to the small cities. You people ... that come here, whatever it is -- you love our way of life. You love our milk and honey.
"I have just learned I've been fired by Sportsnet for comments made on Coach's Corner Nov. 9," Cherry said in a phone interview. "No problem."
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