Rogers Sportsnet has pulled NFL commentator Chris Landry off the air and removed his column from Sportsnet.ca following an allegation of plagiarism.
Some of Landry’s columns on Sportsnet.ca have contained word for word passages from Internet pieces written by Mike Lombardi and Andrew Brandt of NationalFootballPost.com.
Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com cited several examples. One of them:
Lombardi: ”Pittsburgh is really playing well right now and doing a better job of protecting Big Ben. I never thought the Steelers could win on the road with Max Starks at left tackle, but they are. Holding the Pats to one third-down conversion was just amazing. When they play on a fast track, their defense is even faster.”
Landry: ”Pittsburgh is really playing well right now and doing a better job of protecting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. The Steelers could win on the road with Max Starks at left tackle, but they are. Holding the Pats to one third-down conversion was just amazing. When they play on a fast track, their defense is even faster.”
Sportsnet is investigating, but wasn’t ready to make a statement Thursday.

Sportsnet has placed this editor’s note at the top of its coumnists page:

Portions of freelance writer Chris Landry’s columns published recently on Sportsnet.ca contained verbatim passages from columns that were previously published on nationalfootballpost.com.  Mr. Landry’s columns will no longer be published on our site.  Sportsnet.ca apologizes to our readers and to nationalfootballpost.com.

Landry’s column archive is still online here.