Conlin Canned For Blueberry Festival Comment?
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)
