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Penguins fire entire medical staff
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10:06 AM ET 07.21 | The Penguins have fired their longtime team physician, Dr. Charles Burke. Burke, 57, who oversaw center Sidney Crosby's concussion treatment and Mario Lemieux's career-long back problems, told the Tribune-Review on Thursday night he was informed July 10 that he and the team's medical staff were being dismissed. The team broke the news to him during its prospect camp at Consol Energy Center, Burke said. The Penguins are replacing their medical team as part of a proposed move by 2014 to a hockey facility in Cranberry that will be in conjunction with UPMC, the team confirmed in a statement Friday.
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Whaaaaat? No Weber threads today?
roamer
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Woooo, who had Burke being fired July 10th in the Burke firing pool?
Argos.
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haha, good one Arg.
HungLikeAThief
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Well done, Argo! Very observant. Any relation to His Irkness? If he is, he won't be unemployed for long!
roamer
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"The Penguins have fired their longtime team physician, Dr. Charles Burke."
That's what happens when you sign people to long term contracts. Complacency sets in. They never learn, do they?
roamer
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Patience
shiprock
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A hockey facility in Cranberry, I smell a Turkey.
shiprock
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"Doc, my head really hurts when I play hockey",, "Then, don't do it"
Hatrunner
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Let's Go Pens!!
hbomb
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Sounds like a shot...fired across the bow of the teams signing these long term disasters!
Golden Bay
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With a name like Burke he ought to be fired just on the principal of the thing.
Burgh-Fan
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Burkes Law
shiprock
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Wonderful 2 stories about hot dogs and one about upgrading the medical staff great job geeks (I mean interns)
Swamp Dragon
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Why did it take so long ???? This should have happened the day after Sids neck injury was finally determined!!
Harry Crack
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You got that right.
Burgh-Fan
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And UPMC paid $10 Million for the right to say they are the official hospital and doctors of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Help make up some of those contracts!
dblewis03
Salem , NH
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Sid wants a second opinion.....:0)
shiprock
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The Hockey thread is just as bad as soccer!
CREEPY FACE !!
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Ummm. Maybe you wanna try NASCAR then? Might be more your speed?
roamer
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wonder if that's considered revenue in the CBA hope so or we'll start seeing an Olympic liker overdose of
Surplus Sam's the official liquidators of the Vancouver Canucks
like bull shytte
Swamp Dragon
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