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Wayne Simmonds, of the Philadelphia Flyers, listens during a news conference on June 28, 2011.
Friday, Sep. 23, 2011

Open quoteHopefully that wasn't directed towards me being black. Because if it was, that's just somebody being ignorant.Close quote

  • WAYNE SIMMONDS,
  • a right winger for the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team, on a spectator who threw a banana peel onto the ice while Simmonds was moving in on Detroit Red Wings goalie Jordan Pearce during a shoot-out
Photo: Matt Slocum / AP | Source: Philadelphia Inquirer