PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS columnist Bill Conlin, pictured below in a never-before-seen deguerreotype from 1815, is trying to remove the foot from his mouth after reading a question on-air during his Comcast SportsNet show DAILY NEWS LIVE and dismissing its author with some good ol’ stereotypin’.

When Raul from Vineland, NJ e-mailed in a remark about how the recent Donovan McNabb injury was overblown by the Philadelphia media. Conlin, who is part of that overblowingness, fought back, adding: “Amazing that guy would leave the blueberry harvest to send that off.”

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At least … I … think … that’s … racist. Raul = Hispanic. Hispanic people work in the field. Blueberries are grown in the field. Hence … yep. There’s the racism.

Apparently the fine folks at Comcast SportsNet agree, as Conlin has now been suspended - as FIGHTINS has the video of the announcement (after the jump)

WCAU reports Daily News’ assistant sports managing editor Pat McLoone defended Conlin, saying “I’ve known Bill Conlin for 28 years. I know he would never say anything racist.” Well, if he says so, then sure. But all old people are racist. And this McLoone fella sounds old too. Amazing he was able to find a computer that still used rabbit ears to send an e-mail off to WCAU defending Conlin.

Also, this is the first time that a curmudgeon-y writer made an off-color comment regarding race that involved Donovan McNabb without actually targeting McNabb. That’s because the media wants to see him succeed, natch.