Geoff Baker: Don Cherry`s controversial rant, firing leave many wondering why it took so long
(WorldNews Sport)

SEATTLE - When we spoke over the summer, Sportsnet commentator Don Cherry discussed how he hoped to work a game in Seattle during the 2021-22 season when the city`s NHL expansion team makes its debut. That won`t be happening now as Cherry`s near-four-decade run on Hockey Night in Canada ended Monday following some seismic weekend events even he couldn`t talk his way out of. Cherry was fired after complaining during his `Coach`s Corner` intermission segment Saturday night that not enough new Canadian immigrants wear artificial poppy pins on coat lapels in honor of fallen soldiers ahead of the country`s Remembrance Day. As with Veterans Day in the U.S., Remembrance Day is held Nov. 11, though...