On Tuesday, ESPN Cleveland’s Tony Grossi called Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield a “fucking midget” when he thought the broadcast was off the air.
Grossi and host Tony Rizzo were discussing a variety of quarterbacks, and Grossi commented that the Browns had a “fucking midget” in Mayfield.
#browns they just called baker a f*****g midget on espn cleveland when they thought the mics were off pic.twitter.com/iSh3scQRCt
— Liam (@leojokerhart) February 25, 2020
Later on Tuesday, ESPN Cleveland announced that they had indefinitely suspended Grossi and would “pursue sensitivity and inclusion training” for the company’s content teams.
— ESPN Cleveland (@ESPNCleveland) February 25, 2020
Grossi also apologized for his comment about Mayfield.
— Tony Grossi (@TonyGrossi) February 25, 2020
In October, Mayfield called a question from Grossi “the dumbest question you could ask” before walking out of a press conference, so that relationship is clearly on solid ground.
Those days when the Browns were a chic playoff pick and a feel good NFL story seem like so long ago.
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