ESPN suspends PTI’s Kornheiser
ESPN has suspended TV commentator Tony Kornheiser for remarks about other ESPN personality Hannah Storm, in accordance with multiple reports Tuesday.
Kornheiser, the favorite host of the show “Pardon the Interruption,” is well know in making sports figures the subject of his humorous criticism, however in a newly released show he aimed his commentary at Storm’s wardrobe.
“Hannah Storm in a horrifying, horrifying outfit today,” Kornheiser said. “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’s got on her typically very, very tight shirt. She looks like she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body … I know she’s very good, and I’m not supposed to be critical of ESPN people, so I won’t … but Hannah Storm … come on now! Stop! What are you doing?”
Kornheiser opened his radio show the next day by apologizing, saying, “I apologize, unequivocally … I’m a sarcastic, subversive guy … I’m a troll, look at me. I have no right to insult what anybody looks like or what anybody wears. That, I think, should go without saying.”
SportsByBrooks reported the suspension is going to be for three days.
The 61-year-old Kornheiser — an early columnist to the Washington Pos t and broadcaster for ESPN’s Monday Night Football telecasts — has hosted PTI since 2001.
[...] ESPN has suspended Tony Kornheiser for two weeks following comments he made on his Washington-based radio show a week ago. [...]