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Article: Benchwarmer Bob goes backpedaling; Former Viking tries to soften remarks he made about the Arctic Blast event.(NEWS)(C.J.)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- February 18, 2003
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Byline: Cheryl Johnson; Staff Writer
Bob Lurtsema is trying to back off the "aggressive girls" comment that came flying out his yap after initial reports about the alleged sexual assault at the Vikings Arctic Blast event. The ex-Viking said alcohol and "aggressive girls" are part of the norm "for any time you have players at something." Other women had pointed out the insensitive, sexist offensiveness of those words even before Fox 9's graphic reports last week and over the weekend about what may have happened. "Oh my God, that's terrible," Lurts said, after a member of his Benchwarmer Bob's restaurant staff told him about the Channel 9 story. I e-mailed Lurts a ...