On Sunday, the website reported SportsbyBrooks long ESPN broadcaster Ron Franklin was removed from the radio broadcast of the Fiesta Bowl after he allegedly referred to his colleague Jeannine Edwards as "sweet cakes" before the start of a coaches meeting with Florida State on Friday Chick-fil-A Bowl. Franklin Edwards told they do not like to be treated that way. This meant that Franklin allegedly said, "OK then to -. Hole"
ESPN's website reported that Franklin tried to remove the Chick-fil-A coverage that night, but was unable to find a replacement in time. Franklin replaced network radio coverage for the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday with Dave Lamont.
"We had an afternoon game by changing the radio play Fiesta Bowl," ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz in a statement to SI.com on Sunday. "We will not go into details, other than that adherence to our policies on personal conduct and show respect for their colleagues are of the utmost importance to our business and we take very seriously."
Edwards, speaking with SI.com on Monday, did not deny the report SportsbyBrooks, but said some minor facts were inaccurate. Franklin said she used the term "sweet baby", "sweet cakes," is not a colleague, not Edwards, Franklin reported the behavior of officials from ESPN, and that the exchange occurred in a hotel lobby, no production during a meeting with Florida State coaches. Edwards was first talking to your colleague Rod Gilmore on his wife to be elected mayor of Alameda, Calif. Soon other ESPN colleagues joined the conversation, including Franklin. That was when Edwards said the incident took place.
Edwards refused to characterize the previous interactions with Franklin. She and Franklin worked together for much of the 2010 season and, at times before this year.
Franklin, through an ESPN spokesman, told SI.com on Monday: "I said some things that should not have, and I feel I deserved to be removed from the Fiesta Bowl .."
This is not the first time Franklin has apologized for its interaction with a female sideline reporter. In 2005, then-ESPN Ombudsman George Solomon, wrote: "According to the Chicago Tribune, lateral reporter Holly Rowe lauded Purdue defensive coordinator Brock Spack to use three timeouts on defense despite a disadvantage of four runs at the end of the game 'If the. the coaches give up, "said Rowe," what does that say to the players? Play by play commentator Ron Franklin responded: "Holly is not giving up is 49-21, baby .. ' Review of Franklin, and the demeaning tone in response to legitimate observation Rowe was a lack of respect for the audience and with a colleague. "It was an inappropriate comment, and we communicated that to Ron," said Mo Davenport, senior producer coordination of college football. "There is never a reason to say something so petty. Ron apologized. We tried internally. "
The exchange of Franklin-Edwards was the second high-profile incident involving a talent for ESPN in the air recently. Last week, ESPN anchor was suspended for plagiarism Selva several sentences of a story written by the Lakers, the Orange County Register's Kevin Ding. The first reporter hit Selva brought to the attention of the public through your Twitter account and the Lakers Blog. Forest apologized through the communications department at ESPN.
"I made a terrible mistake and I'm very sorry. It was not up to my high level or ESPN," Selva said, they will not appear on the air in the near future. "I sincerely apologize for my carelessness, especially Kevin Ding, viewers and colleagues. In my 15 years in broadcast journalism, nothing like this has happened and I will do everything possible to ensure that never happens again."
The question remains whether ESPN (or Ohlmeyer) Selva investigate to determine whether it was a one-time occurrence or part of a pattern of plagiarism. Traditionally in the newspapers, journalists other personnel to be assigned to investigate such violations. (This is how The New York Times itself reported last March when the plagiarism reached its newsroom, calling the act a "mortal sin of journalism.") Be interesting to see on ESPN is going with this in the coming days.
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