He could... go... all... the... way

In July 2002, ESPN suspended Tony Kornheiser for two weeks without pay for "making remarks that were critical of management during his radio program."

Two months earlier, ESPN had fired one of Kornheiser's long-time producers, Denis Horgan Jr., for sending e-mail messages that contained profanity. Kornheiser didn't criticize the move on the air, but his comments during the commercial break were picked up by the streaming Internet site that carried the program.

Let's see what ESPN does this time:

Tom sends us the news that Kornheiser used his radio show today to poke fun of Chris Berman. (It seems that Berman picked up a woman in a bar by using the line, "You'’re with me, leather.")

Kornheiser told his radio listeners today that Berman should make that line his signature touchdown call on his football show, NFL Primetime.

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Anonymous said…
Interestingly (or not), Denis Horgan Jr. isn't the only member of his family to be forced out of a job. Denis Horgan Sr., a long-time reporter, columnist and editor for The Hartford Courant, was more or less booted out the door last year by the paper's senior management.
April 14, 2006
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