As DEADSPIN informed us earlier to, it sounded like Don Imus was back to making racist comments about athletes. Now, Mike Florio of PRO FOOTBALL TALK gets wind of the inevitable reaction from Rev. Al Sharpton.

But we’ll all have to wait until tomorrow.

Sharpton has released a statement concerning Imus’ remarks about Adam “He’s Still Pacman To Us Because We Don’t Want To Change All Our Post Tags” Jones. During Imus’ show Monday morning, a news story was being read about Jones’ numerous run-ins with the law, when Imus asked what “color” Jones was. When told that Jones was African-American, Imus responded, “Well, there you go. Now we know.”

Of course, Al’s mad about the remark, which seems to read that Pacman’s a troublemaker because he’s black. But now the good reverend isn’t sure what to do next:

I find the inference of his remark disturbing because it plays into stereotypes. Any use of stereotypes is always counterproductive. We will determine in the next day or so whether or not his remark warrants direct action on our part as we did in April of last year.

Why the delay? Well, if Imus’ latest remarks aren’t going to be so widely covered & discussed by the media, then Sharpton’s response won’t be in such great media demand, either. If Don doesn’t get newsroom air time over this, neither will Al.

Since there was already a huge fuss over the “nappy-headed hos” incident from last year, the media might not be so up-in-arms about making a big deal out of Don’s latest comments. It’s hard to get excited over repeat news.

And besides, Imus tries to explain that his Pacman comments were taken out of context. From the NEW YORK TIMES:

Asked in an e-mail message what he was trying to convey, Mr. Imus wrote: “I meant he was being picked on because he’s black.’’ He added that Dick Gregory, a veteran comedian and activist who is black, would be a guest on his show on Tuesday, to discuss the death of George Carlin. “We’ll see what he thinks,’’ Mr. Imus wrote. “I mean…come on!’’

It could be that Imus was actually trying to defend Jones as a victim of racial profiling. But ever since applauding the hairstyle of the Rutgers women’s basketball team, most folks are going to assume that he’s just going off on black people again. No matter what Imus says in the future, his racist reputation is always going to follow him.

But with this latest “controversy”, at least he’ll get people to listen to his show one more time.

And instead of asking Sharpton what he thinks of Imus’ latest comments, has anyone considered asked Jones about what he thinks? He is the slandered subject, after all.