“According to our MSG sources, however, there was a …
Pablo Torre: “Ranger was a thing on social media. Ranger went kind of viral at the time. This was 2018, 2019.
Ranger was photographed with players, was on the Jumbotron, had the description ‘team’s best friend. ’ And if you are now wondering how the team’s best friend could have coexisted with the team’s owner, good question. Because, as one former Garden official put it, quote, ‘There was definitely an effort to keep the dog away from James Dolan.
Ranger would often stay beneath the desk of his handler in the office. ’” “According to our MSG sources, however, there was a tipping point, which is when a bunch of the models who often sit in the vicinity of Dolan at games saw this adorable Labrador and started asking if they could bring their dogs. ” “Now, MSG did not respond to our request for comment here, but former high-ranking Garden executives recall that right before they were going to introduce Ranger in person at a game, the team’s unofficial dog mascot, as one put it, was abruptly canceled.
Dolan, in other words, had effectively banished an autism service puppy from the arena in addition to his human enemies. ” YouTube This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: “According to our MSG sources, however, there was a …