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ESPN suspended its top NBA reporter, Adrian Wojnarowski, after he sent a profane email to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), multiple people familiar with the situation said Sunday.
Wojnarowski had been scheduled to travel to Florida soon to cover the restart of the NBA season, but he will not make the trip as originally planned. He is still expected to be part of ESPNs coverage of the resumption of play at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex outside Orlando but at a later date. His suspension is between one and two weeks, according to those same people.
The suspension came after Hawley tweeted an image of an email from Wojnarowski on Friday in which the reporter responded to a news release from the senators office with an expletive.
Hawleys release had publicized a letter he wrote to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. Hawley criticized the league for deciding to allow messages that promote social justice on its jerseys this summer but not allow messages that support law enforcement or are critical of Chinas Communist Party.
In the email sent to Hawleys press office, Wojnarowski wrote, F--- You, without censoring the expletive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/07/12/adrian-wojnarowski-suspended-espn-email-senator-josh-hawley/
I wonder how many "F--- You" emails Senator Hawley is about to receive now...
Ferrets are Cool
(21,117 posts)Squinch
(51,090 posts)LonePirate
(13,446 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)Renew Deal
(81,900 posts)stopdiggin
(11,415 posts)but I think you're right. Poor judgement -- on a couple of different levels.
(note: I can agree with your sentiment totally -- and still think, as a prominent public figure ...)
dhill926
(16,389 posts)but yeah, fuck Hawley...grandstanding piece of shit...
ProfessorGAC
(65,427 posts)Woj is one of their most insightful reporters.
It's not like there's a history of inflammatory statements.
Really cowardly call on ESPN's part.