I spoke about this with a friend from ESPN....
Reynolds was harrassing a girl at ESPN consistently- she filed two complaints but Reynolds would not quit...evidently he hit on her again yesterday and was promptly fired then escorted to his car...the word was while he was great on TV he was a SOB to work with....
I heard it wasn't major- he didn't say "hey- let's go in the back of my car and play hide the salami"....
he kept asking her out and hanging around her- which classify's as sexual harassment after the first time she say's "leave me alone"....
ESPN walks on egg shells when it comes to sexual harrassment based on prior incidents..
Jeff Brantley,another ESPN baselball analyst was also fired- he evidently showed up drunk to the studios 20-minutes after Reynolds was fired...
Wow! I wonder if it has something to do with this?
Broadcaster's multimillion-dollar former home burns
How bizarre.
::fingers in ears:: Please don't tell me Reynolds was a jerk off the air. He was one of the reasons I would watch the games.
When it comes to sexual harrassment, if you get a pass on the first offense and it is documented with HR, consider yourself very lucky. If you do it a second time, the company has no choice but to fire you. The company does not want to be party to a lawsuit for sexual harrassment.
What ever happened to "Keep it up and I'll do a Lorena Bobbitt on you!" or a hard knee to the groin, or "How about I call your wife right now and ask her about us dating?" or calling a few friends to have a chat in the parking lot explaining that if he left you alone he'd not need major dental work?
Sounds like political correctness at ESPN strikes again.
Yes, I am biased because Reynolds is one of the few at ESPN who isn't annoying on tv. If your friend is right and he was given warnings, then I guess he really did have to go.
Oh well, at least Olberman isn't back on it with his moronic criticisms of boxing and football. As pathetic as he is on MSNBC, he was worse on ESPN.
All right, just as pathetic.
In my experience a "hug" won't get you fired. The real story had to be something more and your friend's explanation clears that up. As for Brantley, what a dope!
Drat. It's bad enough that Peter Gammons is ill. Harold Reynolds and Jeff Brantley, fired?
Just don't let anything happen to Kruk!
Funny how I don't remember EVER hearing that Reynolds was a jerk off of the field when he was in Baltimore....