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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.”

Kornheiser Suspended For His Comments On Hannah Storm

ninja.affiliates — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:06:53 +0000

Despite forging the status for prejudiced sports reporting via TV, internet and radio ESPN they have issued an announcement to their employees to not say something decisive about associate ESPNers, under risk of deferral or other finger-wagging chastisement. But Tony Kornheiser couldn’t keep his mouth shut and is paying the price with his suspension over his remarks on Hannah Storm.

Right from the time when Kornheiser criticized the outfit of ‘SportsCenter’ anchor Hannah Storm in the opening of his radio show last week by calling them “semi-revealing outfit”, it was clear that something is coming. And it was proved right when ESPN suspended Tony Kornheiser from ‘Pardon the Interruption’ for an undefined period of time.

Kornheiser did make an apology to Hannah Storm, whom he said wore sweater which was too tight and “red go-go boots”. Though, the apology seemed more than required, but a deferral seems to be a bit severe on ESPN’s part.

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.