NY Daily News Fumbles Avery Story
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Right now, somebody at the New York Daily News has got some explaining to do.
Earlier today, the paper reported the news that New York Rangers winger Sean Avery had been transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan after being “found unconscious and not breathing” and in “cardiac arrest”.
But now other reports are coming out that seem to indicate that Avery’s arrival at the hospital was far less dramatic. First came TSN’s report that Avery had suffered from a lacerated spleen, a frightening injury to be sure, but one that couldn’t be necessarily be connected with Avery’s penchant to frequent the most popular clubs in Manhattan.
Here’s ESPN’s Scott Burnside:
The Rangers said Avery was admitted to St. Vincent’s Medical Center following a CT scan and is expected to make a full recovery. Avery walked into the medical facility with team doctor Andrew Feldman, and the two took a car to the hospital, not an emergency vehicle, the team said.
He “walked” in? That’s a heck of a distinction. Now, in an updated version of the Daily News story, there’s no mention of the initial report the paper made of Avery’s alleged condition last night, but to be sure there’s a mention of his alleged connection to the seedier side of Manhattan night life. It’s almost as if they were wishing that the two were connected.
I guess we should be glad a blogger didn’t get hold of this story first and screw it up.
Back on the side of the story where we’re dealing with actual facts, the Toronto Sun got on the horn with Avery’s mother, who reported that her son suffered the injury in the first period of last night’s game with the Penguins when he collided with an unidentified Pittsburgh defenseman. Even though he was in pain for the remainder of the game, Avery stuck it out the rest of the way.
UPDATE: Alanah at Kukla’s Korner chimes in with much the same message, but with some additional details on the timeline, including links to David Singer of HockeyFights.com, who helpfully grabbed a screen shot of the very first story where the Daily News reported all of the details they later sought to airbrush out of existence. And our buddy Greg Wyshynski is asking the same questions we are.
