Written by Wiji on 24 February 2010
For a cable network that is far and away the leader in sports television — so much so that they’ve called themselves “The Worldwide Leader in Sports” for over 30 years now — ESPN seems to be quite the tight-assed organization.
Despite forging a reputation for opinionated sports coverage via TV, radio, and internet, they have issued an edict to their employees to not say anything critical about fellow ESPNers, under threat of suspension or other finger-wagging punishment. Bill Simmons has chafed the most under these regulations, but Tony Kornheiser isn’t far behind.
So when Kornheiser opened his radio show last week by criticizing the semi-revealing outfit ‘SportsCenter’ anchor Hannah Storm wore that morning, you knew something was coming. Sure enough, ESPN has suspended Kornheiser from ‘Pardon the Interruption’ for an indeterminate period of time, according to FanHouse.
Kornheiser did apologize to Storm, whom he said wore “red go-go boots” and a sweater he thought was too tight. Even the apology seemed more than necessary, so a suspension seems to be a bit extreme on ESPN’s part.
For a cable network that is far and away the leader in sports television — so much so that they’ve called themselves “The Worldwide Leader in Sports” for over 30 years now — ESPN seems to be quite the tight-assed organization.
Despite forging a reputation for opinionated sports coverage via TV, radio, and internet, they have issued an edict to their employees to not say anything critical about fellow ESPNers, under threat of suspension or other finger-wagging punishment. Bill Simmons has chafed the most under these regulations, but Tony Kornheiser isn’t far behind.
So when Kornheiser opened his radio show last week by criticizing the semi-revealing outfit ‘SportsCenter’ anchor Hannah Storm wore that morning, you knew something was coming. Sure enough, ESPN has suspended Kornheiser from ‘Pardon the Interruption’ for an indeterminate period of time, according to FanHouse.
Kornheiser did apologize to Storm, whom he said wore “red go-go boots” and a sweater he thought was too tight. Even the apology seemed more than necessary, so a suspension seems to be a bit extreme on ESPN’s part.
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