ESPN SUSPENDS ANCHOR FOR ANTI-CATHOLIC REMARK

 

Published 1/24/2008 by By JUSTIN TERRANOVA at NY Post: Sports

ESPN suspended "First Take" co-host Dana Jacobson yesterday for anti-Catholic comments made at a Jan. 11 roast of Mike Golic & Mike Greenberg, the hosts of ESPN Radio's "Mike & Mike." An apparently intoxicated Jacobson went over the top in making... [link]

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