ESPN Learns Its Lesson: No More Roasts
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No More Roasts For ESPN
Published 3/3/2008 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
This is a small quote taken from a larger article on ESPN's growth and fluff, but I thought it was worth noting. From the Orlando Sentinel via TSB... Dana Jacobson was suspended by the network for getting drunk and making religious slurs at a roast with fellow ESPN personalities Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic. "We've had to adapt and I've made one change -- we're not doing any more roasts," said John Skipper, ESPN executive vice president of content. "The big adaptation is everybody has to be cognizant we're in a world where there is ...
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Published 3/4/2008 by Anthony Hall at MVN Outsider
... Look at what you’ve done, Dana Jacobson. Your drunken, curse-laden rant at the Mike & Mike roast caused ESPN to ban future roasting of its personalities. Well, it looks like insult extraordinaire Jeff Ross just lost his opportunity to do a few jokes about ...
