Mike Francesa Calls Out ESPN For Firing Already-Leaving Colin Cowherd

ESPN announced Friday that Colin Cowherd was banned from their airwaves after claiming baseball must be easy to learn since “a third of the sport is from the Dominican Republic.” In a statement, the network said they were letting him go because “Colin Cowherd’s comments over the past two days do not reflect the values of ESPN or our employees.” They also let him go the day after he announced he was leaving Bristol, and he was only going to be on-air one more week.

If the timing wasn’t enough, consider the fact Cowherd’s been a lightning rod for controversy since being hired at ESPN Radio in 2004. He’s been under fire for incidents throughout his tenure, which include telling his listeners to launch a DoS attack on The Big Lead; claiming Sean Taylor’s death in a home robbery was his own fault; saying Roger Goodell is for black NFL players the father they never had; claiming New Orleans is America’s “least safe major city”; telling folks in Indiana and Ohio, particularly Cleveland, that choosing to live there was “inviting unemployment” on themselves; claiming Pacers fans don’t watch their team because of race; and an ongoing thread of criticizing John Wall for doing the “Dougie” in his rookie year, saying it was “Yo dawg look at me I’m the man,” and pointing to his dead dad as a reason why he’s immature. Not only has Cowherd gone relatively unscathed, ESPN has expanded his role with a stint on SportsNation, a couple of big game simulcasts, and a Sunday morning football program.

So if ESPN’s dismissal seems hypocritical to you, you’re not alone. WFAN’s Mike Francesa called out The Worldwide Leader for making a big deal out of firing an employee who’s already quitting. “ESPN, in all of its righteousness, came out and announced they are firing Colin Cowherd,” Francesa said Friday, “Except one thing they didn’t put in the release, and that is Colin Cowherd already signed a new deal with Fox and is leaving next Friday.” He followed it up with “Can you be bigger fools?”
Well, we’ve seen “First Take” and “Around The Horn,” so the answer is yes.

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