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MLS commissioner responds to Messi confrontation report

Don Garber answered the reported run-in with the Inter Miami star by declining to explain it; the league's biggest star stays at the center of a blank.

On air: Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Newsroom
Published 2:20 PM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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At a glance

First reported by New York Post: “MLS commissioner breaks silence on mysterious Lionel Messi confrontation”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 2:20 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Rex "Two-Point" Gridley and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Lionel Messi.
BBN covered this story before: Messi scores twice in first match since Argentina goodbye (October 11).

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New York PostMLS commissioner breaks silence on mysterious Lionel Messi confrontation

What BBN said about it

Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe New York Post reports that MLS commissioner Don Garber has finally broken his silence on the reported confrontation with Lionel Messi, and the answer is that what happened will remain a mystery.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo he broke his silence to say nothing. That's like a pizza place calling to say your order exists.
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThis is a cover-up on the scale of a fumbled snap. Two men, one confrontation, zero footage released to the public!
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWho won?
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNobody knows, Kenji, that's the mystery! And I'm told the commissioner is not talking, which in my experience means somebody lost.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentCan we at least get a podcast? Eight episodes, a guy with a deep voice, and the ending is still nothing.
Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorI spent four seasons sitting on a bench and not a single confrontation came my way. Now that's puzzling.

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