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Mascot says it's all Bull

Posted by Marc J. Spears, Globe Staff April 2, 2008 12:05 PM

A Bulls official said this morning that their mascot Benny the Bull is innocent. He is accused of hitting Celtics players Kevin Garnett and James Posey with T-shirts, according to the players.

Bulls officials say that the incident was a result of an accident by its promotional team, the IncrediBulls. One of the members apparently fell down as it was shooting T-shirts into the crowd.

“When the IncrediBull member tripped, the shirts were accidentally launched in the direction of the Celtics, but they did hit the floor first according to what we saw. When it took place we did take steps to apologize to the Celtics’ bench and the referees during the timeout and let them know what happened during that same timeout," said Bulls spokesman Tim Hallam.

The Bulls have watched the incident over video.

Instead of hitting the crowd, the T-shirts hit the Celtics players. When Garnett and Posey turned to look where the shirts came from, all they saw in their vicinity was Bennie.

Bulls officials said they told the game referees what had happened. Then the referees told the Celtics bench the story. However, the Celtics did not buy the tale.

Benny the Bull may comment later today, but says he is innocent of all charges.

However, according to the Bulls officials, Benny does not speak and conduct interviews.

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11 comments so far...
  1. Posey needs to focus on playing better basketball than what the mascot is doing. Maybe if he payed more attention during timeouts he wouldn't have time to ponder the worthless allegations!!!!!

    Posted by nabber April 2, 08 02:26 PM
  1. Hmmmm...Accidently hit one of the Celtics key players? I wonder if they would consider it an "accident" if Lucky "accidently" slam dunked that bulls stupid stuffed head.

    Posted by DB2 April 2, 08 02:48 PM
  1. ummm..... this may be worse than Pierce sitting there with a sling on his jaw ;)

    Posted by bostonlou April 2, 08 03:18 PM
  1. This could be one of the dumbest things I've ever read.

    Posted by Joe April 2, 08 03:30 PM
  1. It's a T-shirt, big deal grab it off the floor and take home a nice souvenier from a good victory...

    Posted by Jim April 2, 08 03:36 PM
  1. This is proof.

    We, as a society, have way too much time on our hands.

    Posted by pnunes April 2, 08 04:04 PM
  1. This is all a bunch of bull

    Posted by Rich April 2, 08 04:04 PM
  1. This is going to be bigger than Spygate.

    Posted by betterthanthealternative April 2, 08 04:41 PM
  1. LMAO...stupid

    Posted by bennie the bull April 2, 08 05:27 PM
  1. this is stupid benny is innocent

    Posted by munib April 2, 08 08:35 PM
  1. Da Bull was arrested with 6 oz of dope then fired, Benny was arrested for fighting and off duty cop. Now this? Hahahaha I love this guy!

    Celtics are bs anyways they were put together by David Stern. They wana see Lakers vs Cetics and relive the 80's. Pau Gasol for Kwamee Brown? Comon. KG for Gerald Green an Jefferson?That just screams fixed. Last season they were the worst in the NBA now their favorites? Smells fishy.

    Posted by Megatron April 3, 08 02:30 AM
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