Great One's Image has Been Tarnished ; Gretzky Should Stay Away From Games

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › February 10, 2006

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TURIN, Italy Anyone but him. Anyone but Wayne Gretzky. Of all our sports icons, of all the indisputable truths in these Games, everyone was sure they could count on him. There promises to be a national mourning in Canada, where they're waking up to discover that maybe there is no Santa Claus, that maybe a nation's most beloved son has his flaws, too.

For his own good, the good of these Olympic Games, the executive director of Team Canada hockey can't come here. Before the puck is dropped in the medal round, it sounds like a grand jury could want Gretzky in New Jersey answering questions about the involvement of his Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach and wife in a sports gambling ring.

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Great One's Image has Been Tarnished ; Gretzky Should Stay Away From Games

Four years ago, Gretzky was feigning outrage at an Olympic hockey news conference outside of Salt Lake City, ripping everyone in defense of his hockey team, trying to move the bright lights and pressure from his team to h...

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