An ESPN broadcaster landed in hot water this week over a comment he made during a women’s college basketball game between Michigan State and Maryland.
The incident in question occurred following a showdown between the No. 8 ranked Terrapins and the currently-unranked Spartans.
Essentially, the ESPN personality recapped the game that occurred between the two teams, before transitioning to a men’s college basketball game between Michigan State and Michigan.
That is where things went awry.
And that was the last time this man was heard from on ESPN pic.twitter.com/GIN0bgABgM
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) February 19, 2023
“Let’s get back to the actual basketball,” he said.
The reactions to this particular situation were roughly what one would expect. Everyone is so polarized nowadays that it didn’t take long for each side to plant their feet and start defending their particular points of view.
The disrespect on woman’s sports!! These woman put in the work just like men. Just because they are not in the spotlight as much as women does not mean they are less than!! @espn @NCAA #womenssportsmatter https://t.co/6HLtHRBh6o
— Del (@Irishsk1lls) February 20, 2023
I hate men. https://t.co/TrFfdnoM0i
— Kori (Will never miss Vegas again) (@y0ungnewengland) February 20, 2023
Lmaooo I mean …. https://t.co/g8enJPtMXD
— John Hamati-Sayegh (@j_hamatisay) February 20, 2023
Disrespectful https://t.co/byoczY9gP3
— BigBaby (@MarcusTaylorII1) February 20, 2023
Sorry but womens sport isn’t anywhere near the level of mens, women are now commentating/punditry in mens sport and about 95% of men wish they would stick to covering female sports. we don’t want to listen to someone with no experience of winning in mens sport! https://t.co/FA1IHYzyZW
— YNWA97 (@YnwaJustice497) February 20, 2023
This isn’t the first time ESPN has landed in hot water in recent months. Fans were also calling for one personality’s firing after his Damar Hamlin comments. And then of course there was that weird incident where a cameraman kept zooming in on cheerleader derrieres.
Gisele Bundchen’s videos speak for themselves. Tom Brady who?https://t.co/PW5FeR5YuX
— Game 7 (@game7__) February 20, 2023
The Worldwide Leader in Sports has certainly seen better days from a controversy perspective.
Will anything actually happen as a result of this incident?
Time will tell, but to date ESPN has yet to comment on it.
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A longtime sports reporter, Carlos Garcia has written about some of the biggest and most notable athletic events of the last 5 years. He has been credentialed to cover MLS, NBA and MLB games all over the United States. His work has been published on Fox Sports, Bleacher Report, AOL and the Washington Post.
