From the NYR:

NEW YORK RANGERS DOG WALK WITH COACH TORTORELLA TO BENEFIT THE WESTCHESTER HUMANE SOCIETY AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS

Sunday, September 9 – Riverside Park

New York, August 30, 2012 –New York Rangers announced today that tickets to John Tortorella’s first NYC Dog Walk are now available. The fundraising event, which will benefit the Westchester Shores Humane Society and other organizations dedicated to the humane treatment of animals, will take place on Sunday, September 9 at Riverside Park and will feature members of the New York Rangers team, coaching staff and select alumni for a one mile walk with fans and their dogs. The walk will culminate with an interactive session, featuring a Q & A with the Rangers Coach, dog adoptions, along with many other contests, games.

WHAT:             NY Rangers Dog Walk

WHO:             John Tortorella, Coach of the New York Rangers

                        New York Rangers players Henrik Lundqvist, Brad Richards, Rick Nash, Ryan Callahan and others

WHEN:           Sunday, September 9^th

8:00AM – Check in

9:00 AM- Walk begins

WHERE:                     Riverside Park              

                                 Entrance at 103^rd & Riverside

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By the way, if you can’t go, but you want to donate to help, click here. ^[1]
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Not sure what to make of the NHL and NHLPA meeting through the evening last night … but I’m not optimistic that this is going to get done before the lockout goes into effect next weekend, and before the start of training camp is, at best, pushed back.

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Hope I don’t get into too much trouble for promoting another newspaper’s columnist. But for those who don’t know, or those who have seen it but haven’t bothered reading it because they might have thought it was something other than what it is, check out my friend Hondo’s football picks on Fridays in the New York Post. ^[2]

I’m telling you, it is the most irreverent, most politically incorrect, most immature, funniest column in any paper anywhere. Oh, and there might be some football picks mixed in.