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Witness: Rex Ryan Flipped Bird After Being Taunted, Spit On
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Jen Chung
Published Feb 4, 2010
Modified Feb 4, 2010
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The latest revelation in Rex Ryan's Finger-Gate: Fox Sports reporter Jay Glazer says the Jets coach was repeatedly harassed and even spit on by "a guy who was going out of his way to incite a fight." The man allegedly told Ryan, "Hey. I eff-in hate you. I hate you. I hate you. You're an eff-in piece of eff...I hate you. I hope you die, you fat piece of crap,' and then spit at him." Ryan and his group ran into the man two more times, and third time being a charm, Ryan flipped off the man. Glazer declared that Ryan's $50,000 fine for the incident "is the most ridiculous thing. If (Jets GM) Mike Tannenbaum or (Jets owner) Woody Johnson was there, they would have hit the guy."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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