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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: theswo on February 23, 2010, 11:28:02 PM
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Not digging his replacement on PTI so far.
ESPN suspended host Tony Kornheiser from his television talk show "Pardon the Interruption" for two weeks for comments he made on the radio last week about "SportsCenter" anchor Hannah Storm's clothing.
Kornheiser says he called Storm to apologize: ESPN has suspended host Tony Kornheiser from his television talk show "Pardon the Interruption" for two weeks for comments he made on the radio last week about "SportsCenter" anchor Hannah Storm's clothing.
Kornheiser announced the suspension on his Washington D.C. radio show Tuesday morning, calling his remarks about Storm intemperate and stupid.
"As the result of this, I have been sent to the sidelines of PTI for a while," Kornheiser said.
In a written release, ESPN called Kornheiser's comments inappropriate.
"Hurtful and personal comments such as these are not acceptable and have significant consequences," said John Skipper, ESPN vice president for content.
Kornheiser, 61, described an outfit Storm, 47, was wearing at ESPN last week as "horrifying."
According to The Washington Post's Web site, Kornheiser's radio comments included:
"She's got on red go-go boots and a Catholic-school plaid skirt ... way too short for somebody in her 40s or maybe early 50s by now ... She looks like she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body ... Come on now! Stop! What are you doing?"
Kornheiser said he had called Storm to apologize for the remarks. According to The Washington Post's Web site, last week he told radio listeners "no one should take anything I say about them personally, because I am a troll."
On his radio show Tuesday, Kornheiser said, "If you put a live microphone in front of somebody, eventually that person will say something wrong. This was one of the times I said something wrong."
Storm declined to comment, ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said.
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Love guys that have the balls to say whats on their mind. However, stupid to do it to a co-worker.
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47?
Wow. Never would have guessed that.
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Silly Tony
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Here's the outfit...
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthebiglead.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F02%2FHannah-Storm-SportsCenter-outfit.jpg&hash=178531047ddeff44d92cec80bd24c3e1c64a4976)
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Here's the outfit...
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthebiglead.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F02%2FHannah-Storm-SportsCenter-outfit.jpg&hash=178531047ddeff44d92cec80bd24c3e1c64a4976)
he does have a point. Still would hit it though.
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Love guys that have the balls to say whats on their mind. However, stupid to do it to a co-worker.
Now that ESPN is THE dominant world wide leader in sports they will start running into this problem alot more. Half of guys like Kornheiser appeal is that they arent afraid to rip on people in the sports world. Unfortunately for ESPN(or fortunately) they dominate the sports journalism world so its kinda hard for Korny to avoid making comments about their broadcasters.
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Love guys that have the balls to say whats on their mind. However, stupid to do it to a co-worker.
Now that ESPN is THE dominant world wide leader in sports they will start running into this problem alot more. Half of guys like Kornheiser appeal is that they arent afraid to rip on people in the sports world. Unfortunately for ESPN(or fortunately) they dominate the sports journalism world so its kinda hard for Korny to avoid making comments about their broadcasters.
Agree. This makes zero sense to me. ESPN is saying, "Tony, love it when you run people down, ratings are through the roof!!!! But, HR is on our ass about your comments on a coworker, so why don't you take two weeks off and think about it".
Long term, this isn't going to work. They can't encourage the behaviour one week and then punish for it the next week.
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He can keep doing what he's doing. Just don't make those types of comments about your coworkers.
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He can keep doing what he's doing. Just don't make those types of comments about your coworkers.
The point is almost everyone on sports TV is his co-worker
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I guess he should stick to sports then? :confused: Or, maybe start his own show on Bravo.
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He can keep doing what he's doing. Just don't make those types of comments about your coworkers.
If he had made a comment about a male's outfit, there would have been no consequences.
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Dumb to suspend him for two weeks. If she'd said the same about him, no one would say a word. Dumb.
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He can keep doing what he's doing. Just don't make those types of comments about your coworkers.
If he had made a comment about a male's outfit, there would have been no consequences.
Obviously. Real men tend to not be so oversensitive. It's science.
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Would love for him to go, "shazbot! you, I quit".
PC police piss me off.
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Would love for him to go, "shazbot! you, I quit".
PC police piss me off.
Mods - Please move to the "Little things that make you :angry:" thread. tia.
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Would love for him to go, "shazbot! you, I quit".
PC police piss me off.
Yeah, the thing is, I'm guessing he likes money.
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He can keep doing what he's doing. Just don't make those types of comments about your coworkers.
If he had made a comment about a male's outfit, there would have been no consequences.
Obviously. Real men tend to not be so oversensitive. It's science.
If it had been a male coworker, no comment would have been made, period. Stick to sports and stfu.
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Would love for him to go, "shazbot! you, I quit".
PC police piss me off.
Yeah, the thing is, I'm guessing he likes money.
which would make it even more awesome if he told them to screw. He has money and could still do radio on XM or for Fox.
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The irony of Tony commenting on a co-worker's personal appearance is off-the-charts.
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Really close to sexual harrassment. In today's PC work place-world, it's usually an auto termination. Tony the Pony got lucky. :dunno:
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Here's the outfit...
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthebiglead.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F02%2FHannah-Storm-SportsCenter-outfit.jpg&hash=178531047ddeff44d92cec80bd24c3e1c64a4976)
She's ugly. Dressing like that doesn't help. What Tony said was much needed.
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Who would have heard about this if they didn't make it such a big deal? Does anyone listen to his radio show? I feel they just made it more well known and embarrassing for her by continuing to talk about it and making a big deal out of the punishment.
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Here's the outfit...
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthebiglead.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F02%2FHannah-Storm-SportsCenter-outfit.jpg&hash=178531047ddeff44d92cec80bd24c3e1c64a4976)
She's ugly. Dressing like that doesn't help. What Tony said was much needed.
This.
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this whole thread fails to mention all the sexual harassment thats yaken place @ espn over the years- harold williams, erik kuselias, steve phillips, and more.
this has little to do w/ his comments about storm and everything to do w/ his comments here-
http://deadspin.com/5478645/kornheiser-gets-two+week-suspension-for-on+air-comments-and-other-things-of-note
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this whole thread fails to mention all the sexual harassment thats yaken place @ espn over the years- harold williams, erik kuselias, steve phillips, and more.
this has little to do w/ his comments about storm and everything to do w/ his comments here-
http://deadspin.com/5478645/kornheiser-gets-two+week-suspension-for-on+air-comments-and-other-things-of-note
Always wondered what happened to him. Seem to disappear to NASCAR land out of nowhere.
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this whole thread fails to mention all the sexual harassment thats yaken place @ espn over the years- harold williams, erik kuselias, steve phillips, and more.
this has little to do w/ his comments about storm and everything to do w/ his comments here-
http://deadspin.com/5478645/kornheiser-gets-two+week-suspension-for-on+air-comments-and-other-things-of-note
Always wondered what happened to him. Seem to disappear to NASCAR land out of nowhere.
does radio now. He was a horrible fit for NASCAR now. Horrible.
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kornheiser was awesome on espn radio back like 10 years ago. especially during the commercial breaks, when the internet stream stayed in the studio.
he was constantly bitching about and making fun of espn, espn personalities and especially espn mgmt on that show. and constantly getting in trouble for it. there's a long backstory.
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kornheiser was awesome on espn radio back like 10 years ago. especially during the commercial breaks, when the internet stream stayed in the studio.
Old ESPN radio via the stream was the best, staying with the stream during breaks led to some classic moments.
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can't wait for kornheiser to pop up once football starts
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I wish Max Kellerman still did ATH