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Stars' Avery apologizes for ex-girlfriends remarks (AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_stars_avery_suspended"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081202/capt.60e616380a3e4fb09399e52c2b91db9e.stars_avery_suspended_hockey_ny175.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=OSVSSuDfpcfRdAlGgGvuhg--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="In this Nov. 20, 2008, file photo, Dallas Stars center Sean Avery moves the puck during an NHL hockey game against the Chicago Blackhawks in Dallas. The NHL has suspended Avery indefinitely pending a hearing with commissioner Gary Bettman. The league says the suspension was imposed Tuesday, Dec. 2, after Avery made 'inappropriate public comments, not pertaining to the game.' (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Dallas Stars instigator Sean Avery apologized Wednesday for comments about his former girlfriends that led to an indefinite NHL suspension. "I would like to sincerely apologize for my off-color remarks to the press yesterday from Calgary," Avery said in a statement obtained by SportingNews.com.</p><br clear="all"/>