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He's Not In Motown Anymore

Apparently New York Ranger Brendan Shanahan's post-concussion recovery is going well - this from the New York Post (link courtesy of Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press):

March 20, 2007 -- LINDSAY Lohan continued her New York party over the
weekend. On Saturday night, she and her pals, deejay Samantha Ronson
and p.r. powerhouse Lisette Sand-Freeman, hit the Beatrice Inn before
going to The Box at 1 a.m. - where Lohan got up on the stage and sang
while doing a "stripper dance" to thunderous applause. She got off easy
- after her, New York Ranger Brendan Shanahan was blindfolded and
ball-gagged as trannies danced around him.


I wonder if one of them has a Rangers jersey with "Tran-ahan" on the
back...

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