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ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt Bamboozled By Howard Stern

ninja.affiliates — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:09:46 +0000

It certainly isn’t the greatest day for ESPN, and after the much talked about Tony Kornheiser-Hannah Storm dust up there is this.

Earlier today Philadelphia Eagles announced of releasing their veteran running back Brian Westbrook and with the news ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt thought he had a special on air interview with the former Philly Brian Westbrook. But it wasn’t exactly what he had in mind and the guy he was interviewing looked like Brian but wasn’t Brian Westbrook.

Instead of being Westbrook, the guy Scott Van Pelt was interviewing was notorious Howard Stern disciple Captain Janks, who’s well-known for making fools out of people by doing practical joke calls.

Tony Kornheiser Suspended For His Remarks on “SportsCenter” Hannah Storm’s Attire

ninja.affiliates — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:22:43 +0000

ESPN host Tony Kornheiser was suspended from his talk show “Pardon the Interruption” for two weeks for his comments on the radio last week about the attire of “SportsCenter” anchor Hannah Storm.

Tony Kornheiser publicized his deferral on his Washington D.C. radio show on Tuesday morning, calling his comments about Storm immoderate and unintelligent.

Tony Kornheiser said, “As the consequence of this, I have been sent to the sidelines of PTI for a while.”

ESPN in a written release called Kornheiser’s comments unsuitable.

John Skipper, ESPN vice president for content said, “Upsetting and individual comments for example the ones made by Kornheiser are not suitable and encompass major penalty”.

Tony Kornheiser, who is 61, described an outfit of Storm, which she was wearing at ESPN last week as “horrific.”

Tony Kornheiser’s remarks on Hannah Storm gets him 2 week suspension

ninja.affiliates — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:51:54 +0000

ESPN recently suspended Tony Kornheiser, current co-host of daytime Pardon the Interruption sports talk show (better known as PTI to some) for mocking ESPN’s own host Hannah Storm from SportsCenter. Tony has worked with ESPN networks for years and its quite shocking decision from them considering its Tony’s style to make fun of people on air including himself.

Tony mocked Storm’s outfit and said its “horrifying” and that her “very, very tight shirt” looks like “sausage casing” and he remarked her “Catholic school plaid skirt” as “way too short for somebody of her age”.

Kornheiser later apologized to Hannah Storm and issued an on-air apology. But ESPN had to get him down from his show and suspended him ‘for some time’.

John Skipper ESPN’s Content V.P. issued a statement on Tuesday telling that they think Kornheiser’s comments on Hannah Storm are inappropriate and hurtful. Tonywill be suspended from PTI for two weeks.

It seems that ESPN has lost its sense of humor, isn’t this normal for colleagues to make fun of each other? Will they fire me from my job if i tell my co worker that she is too old to wear that top at work? Probably not but then i don’t work for ESPN.