Browns beat writer reassigned after insulting team owner on Twitter

Cleveland Plain-Dealer sportswriter Tony Grossi was removed from his job as Browns beat writer after he posted an insulting tweet about team owner Randy Lerner. Last week, Grossi sent out the following message regarding Lerner: "He's a pathetic figure, the most irrelevant billionaire in the world." He later deleted the tweet and apologized about it, blaming every social networker's avenged foe, inadvertence. "It was inappropriate and not meant to be tweeted," he said, according to Pro Football Talk, "but it was inappropriate nonetheless." Cleveland Scene reported Wednesday that multiple sources confirmed Grossi's apology wasn't enough to save his job as Browns beat writer. I sympathize with Grossi. Even if his excuse sounds a little too "dog ate my homework," it's not like the insult was so egregious that it merited removal from the beat. Pathetic and irrelevant are two of the kinder things I've read about Randy Lerner...