Calgary radio host suspended after Rider 'death' comment
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Posted: Nov 9, 2012 3:12 PM MT
Last Updated: Nov 9, 2012 3:11 PM MT
Calgary sports radio personality Dean (Boomer) Molberg apologized for saying he hoped the Saskatchewan Roughriders' plane would crash and four of the players die (Troy Fleece/Canadian Press)
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A Calgary sports radio host has been suspended after saying on-air that he wished four Saskatchewan football players would die in a plane crash before a key game against Calgary this weekend.
Dean (Boomer) Molberg of Sportsnet 960 The FAN has apologized and so has the station, saying it was a misguided attempt at humour.
The suspension was announced in a note on the station's website Friday.
The station is also offering to make a donation to the Saskatchewan Roughriders' charity of choice.
In 1956, four Roughriders were killed in a plane crash near Chilliwack, B.C.
This Sunday, the Roughriders will take on the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL's West Division semifinal.
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