UPDATED, 5:48 PM: Two days before the start of the 2021 NHL season, NBC Sports and its longtime hockey analyst Mike Milbury have parted ways.
The news comes more than four months since he was suspended for “insensitive and insulting” remarks about women.“We are grateful to Mike for all of his contributions to our coverage for 14 years,” NBC Sports said in a statement. “But he will not be returning to our NHL announce team.
We wish him well.”Milbury, a former NHL player and coach who long has been known for making controversial comments, had no immediate comment on being let go.
He hasn’t tweeted since a week before his August 22 suspension from NBC Sports.Milbury will be replaced on NBC Sports’ hockey broadcasts by another fiery ex-coach,
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