Boston sports radio host Tony Massarotti suspended after making racist remark on 98.5 The Sports Hub
"The company has decided to suspend Tony for the rest of the week without pay."
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Akim Aliu and Wayne Simmonds fire back at Steve Simmons: ‘People like Steve are what’s wrong with society.’
"You are a racist, and you are arrogant. You have zero credibility and respect from even your own peers in the media space and athletes alike."
Junior hockey broadcaster Bruce MacDonald removed from broadcast, banned after “Does he speak English?” comment
This comment led to MacDonald being not only removed from this broadcast, but banned from future BCHL broadcasts.
Jon Gruden offers further apologies for racist 2011 email on DeMaurice Smith: “All I can say is I’m not a racist.”
"I apologize for the insensitive remarks. I had no racial intentions with those remarks at all."
Ukranian Hockey League fires GM Eugene Kolychev after his calls for further discipline for Andrei Deniskin over racist gesture
"Will it solve the problem? No. Will it silence me? NO!"
The Juventus FC women’s team posted a racist gesture to Twitter, deleted it, and gave a “Sorry if you were offended” apology
"We sincerely apologise that our tweet, which was not meant to cause controversy or have any racial undertones, may have offended anyone. Juventus has always been against racism and discrimination. #DifferencesMakeTheDifference."
NBA player turned Turner analyst Draymond Green says “It doesn’t directly impact your team” on Raptors’ Black Lives Matter buses
"As a Canadian team, it doesn’t directly impact your team because you’re in an entirely different country."
Hal Johnson says “BodyBreak” was started “to combat racism,” after producers tried to replace him with a white man
"I saw the program director … and he loved the show, and I was excited, and he said, 'Yes, we’ll take it,'" Johnson recalled. ..."However, the problem is you’re Black."
Italian pundit Luciano Passirani says “the only way to outmuscle [Lukaku] is to give him 10 bananas to eat,” gets banned from station
Saying Lukaku could only be stopped by giving him bananas to eat was a terrible remark, and one that led to Passirani being banned from Milan station Telelombardi.
USA Today tweets “The Cubs banned Theo Epstein for life” to promote story on Cubs banning a fan for a racist gesture
Theo Epstein is the Cubs' president of baseball operations, and he discussed the ban for a fan after a racist gesture. He was not the one banned.
Brazilian YouTube personality who lost sponsors over racist World Cup tweet now facing $1.8 million fine
A tweet about Kylian Mbappé could get even more costly for João Cocielo.
Infamous British columnist compares Everton’s Ross Barkley to “a gorilla at the zoo”
Kelvin MacKenzie is infamous for The Sun's Hillsborough coverage. Now, he and the paper are under fire again.
Fox Sports Arizona’s Todd Walsh accused of racist comments after car accident
A woman in Arizona is claiming Fox Sports Arizona broadcaster Todd Walsh swore at her and attacked her...
