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Jonathan Hefney, left, and Chad Faulcon hit the bags during Bombers training camp on Monday. GM Joe Mack says the team will take no immediate action
against Hefney over a possession of marijuana charge. JOHN WOODS/THE CANADIAN PRESS
Pot charge ‘won’t have
any bearing’: Mack
CFL. Bombers GM
stands behind Hefney’s
assertion of innocence
over marijuana
possession charge
Jonathan Hefney was mum
Tuesday but Winnipeg general
manager Joe Mack says
the Blue Bombers plan no immediate
action against the defensive
back over a possession
of marijuana charge.
Hefney is proclaiming his
innocence. Regardless, the
Bombers didn’t sound all that
concerned about what Mack
described as more of a “potentially
societal issue right
now.”
“It, in and of itself, won’t
have any bearing on his
status,” said Mack, adding
that Hefney would suit up as
expected for the Bombers’
first exhibition game of the
season Wednesday.
The Toronto Argonauts
are visiting Winnipeg for the
first CFL game at Investors
Group field, the Bombers’
new $200-million home on
Where it went down
The bust occurred just
before the main Bomber
training camp started,
while Jonathan Hefney was
driving on May 31 in his
hometown of Rock Hill, S.C.
the campus of the University
of Manitoba.
“Jonathan says that he’s
completely innocent in this
and we’re just going to take
him at his word, because he is
one of our teammates.”
Mack also suggested that
the charge might be dealt
with quickly.
“It’s my understanding
that it actually could just go
away because there are certain
details of that that Jonathan
has talked about that I
don’t want to talk about now.”
The Bombers have discussed
the case with the
authorities in South Carolina
and even if Hefney was
convicted, Mack suggested it
might not impair his ability
to play in Canada. But he says
that isn’t an issue right now.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
metronews.ca
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
NFL
It’s Tebow Time
in Foxborough
Tim Tebow is back on the
field with an NFL team —
the New England Patriots.
The Patriots announced
the signing of the former
Jets quarterback on Tuesday,
six weeks after he was
cut by New York and just
in time for the start of the
three-day Patriots minicamp
that runs through
Thursday.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tennis
Monfi ls’ knee
holding up in
comeback bid
Gael Monfils beat fifthseeded
Milos Raonic 6-4,
6-2 in the first round of
the Gerry Weber Open on
Tuesday, the latest step in
the Frenchman’s comeback
from a knee injury.
Once ranked as high as
No. 7 in the world, Monfils,
who is now ranked 67th,
missed several months in
2012 because of a rightknee
injury that also cut
his season short.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sizing up the competition
my size.”
“I’d rather
have the
talk about
my game
rather
than just
Zdeno Chara, the Bruins’ six-foot-nine
defenceman, helped his team hold Penguins
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin
pointless in the Eastern Conference fi nal.
The Bruins will face the Patrick Kane and
Jonathan Toews-led Blackhawks in the
Stanley Cup fi nal. Game 1 will be played
Wednesday night in Chicago.