Don Cherry will no longer appear on Canada's No. 1 sports network after referring to immigrants as 'you people'
Don Cherry will no longer appear on Canada's No. 1 sports network after referring to immigrants as"you people."
Sportsnet announced Monday the"Hockey Night in Canada" personality stepped down after making"divisive" remarks about immigrants not wearing red poppy pins to honor Canadian soldiers for Remembrance Day, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.Cherry's comments don't 'represent our values,' Sportsnet saysCherry's comments were made during a broadcast Saturday during his weekly Coach's Corner segment, CBC reported.
— Sportsnet November 11, 2019 Sportsnet received so many online complaints about Cherry that the section of its website that receives complaints shut down.CNN has reached out to Cherry but has not heard back. Cherry was voted the seventh greatest Canadian in 2004Cherry, 85, is"synonymous with hockey and has played an integral role in growing the game over the past 40 years," Yabsley said.
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