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Posted by John Niyo (The Detroit News) on Sat, May 10, 2008 at 2:57 PM

Rednecktown? Don Cherry Drops The Gloves on Detroit

It takes a confident man to wear a pink suit. Especially when he's the one calling you names, eh?

Yep, Don Cherry says Detroit's a "redneck town" that's looking for a fight. After trashing the Wings fans on his ESPN debut last night, I'd say he's probably half-right.

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Wed. 09/17/08 10:30 PM

Detroit 'rednecks'?

The star anchor of Hockey Night in Canada called Detroit fans "rednecks", which generated a bit of controversy south of the border.Cherry explained that he considers rednecks to be Irish and Scottish Immigrants working in construction.

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Smily

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Wed. 09/17/08 10:22 PM

Detroit 'rednecks'?

Don Cherry stayed true to form on his debut performance on ESPN on Friday evening. The star anchor of Hockey Night in Canada called Detroit fans "rednecks", which generated a bit of controversy south of the border.

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Katie

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Wed. 09/17/08 10:18 PM

Detroit 'rednecks'?

Don Cherry stayed true to form on his debut performance on ESPN on Friday evening. The star anchor of Hockey Night in Canada called Detroit fans "rednecks", which generated a bit of controversy south of the border.

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Katie

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Fri. 05/16/08 05:42 PM

Detroit 'rednecks'?

Evidently Don Cherry doesn't keep up with the news. There hasn't been a 'redneck' living in Detroit since 1972 when Coleman Young became Mayor.

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