Gretzky doesn't have much to say before he leaves for Turin

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, February, 2006

Wayne Gretzky sidestepped questions about the gambling investigation that has engulfed him and his wife, and insisted he won't distract the Canadian Olympic team despite a scandal that has shaken all of hockey.

Gretzky spoke for just 4 ½ minutes in a news conference in Mississauga, Ontario, cut off by a Hockey Canada official when the NHL great repeatedly was asked about the integrity of the game.

"That's not for me to talk about," Gretzky said.

Gretzky's shoulders sagged at one point, and he reacted with a nervous laugh a couple of times. Hockey Canada official Andre Brin interrupted five times to say Gretzky would take only game-related questions.

"There's no story about me, that's what I keep trying to tell you. I'm not involved," Gretzky said....