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Atlanta radio hosts fired for sketch mocking Steve Gleason
ATLANTA Three Atlanta radio hosts have been fired following an ugly two-minute clip of their morning show made fun of former New Orleans Saints player Steve Gleason, who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2011.
Radio hosts Nick Cellini, Steak Shapiro and Chris Dimino of "Mayhem in the AM" on 790 The Zone made insensitive remarks concerning Gleason...
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Radio stunt mocking former Saint Steve Gleason costs jobs
A radio stunt mocking former Saints player Steve Gleason has now cost three Atlanta radio employees their jobs.
790 The Zone's morning show, "Mayhem in the AM" aired a fake interview Monday supposedly with Gleason, making light of his battle with ALS and the computerized voice Gleason now uses to communicate.
The 36-year-old has made his battle with Amyotrophic Lateral...
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Atlanta Radio Hosts Fired for Mocking Former Saints Captain Steve Gleason’s Battle With ALS (Audio)
There are some lines not meant to be crossed, but that didn’t stop three shock jocks in Atlanta from doing just that.
Atlanta radio station 790 The Zone’s Mayhem in the AM hosts Steak Shapiro and Chris Dimino were fired on Tuesday, after the show aired a segment mocking former Saints captain Steve Gleason. Gleason, who has ALS, wrote Peter King‘s Monday Morning Quarterback...
Radio Hosts Suspended After Mocking Former Saints Player Steve Gleason
Former New Orleans Saints player Steve Gleason was back in the news Monday after penning a thoughtful edition of Monday Morning Quarterback on SI.com. (Peter King is on vacation.)
Gleason, who lives with ALS, wrote about the connection between football and the nerve disease, the efforts of his foundation and his world travels. And he does it all typing...
Atlanta radio hosts suspended indefinitely for mocking Steve Gleason
Steve Gleason is a former NFL safety with the New Orleans Saints who has been diagnosed with ALS. His battle with the illness has inspired countless individuals as he's made his fight very public in hopes of raising awareness and research dollars for ALS. His foundation Team Gleason is dedicated to finding a cure for ALS. This morning Gleason wrote SI's Monday Morning...
A Study Of Doofs: Peter King And Tom Friedman
Peter King has embarked on his annual four-week vacation. That may seem like a lot of time off to anyone who isn’t European, but then most people don’t realize how much it takes out of a person to aggressively resist fact-checking as hard as PK does.
Serving in his stead this week is Steve Gleason, the former Saints player diagnosed with ALS. Gleason gives an affecting, nuanced...
SI’s Peter King says there’s ‘little doubt’ Washington Redskins standout Robert Griffin III will start against the Eagles
“(Running) sprints around the practice field Thursday,” SI’s Peter King says there’s “little doubt” Washington standout Robert Griffin III will start the season under center for the Redskins. Named the Associated Press’ Offensive Rookie of the Year, the 23-year-old Griffin is recovering from January’s reconstructive surgery to repair the ACL and LCL ligaments in his...
Peter King: Very little doubt RG3 will be ready for week one
Peter King of SI.com believes that there isn’t much doubt that Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III will be ready for week one of the regular season.
Barring a setback, there’s little doubt Robert Griffin III plays the opener. Griffin had major knee surgery 21 weeks ago. Washington’s opener is 13 weeks from tonight. After watching him run sprints around the practice field...
Cardinals Quarterbacks Coach Freddie Kitchens Nearly Died on Practice Field of Aortic Dissection
Some quick thinking by the Cardinals’ signal callers and training staff might have saved quarterbacks coach Freddie Kitchens‘ life.
Kitchens started to feel dizzy on Thursday during Arizona’s OTAs, according to Peter King of Sports Illustrated. He complained to Carson Palmer and the rest of the Cardinals’ signal callers of some tightness in his chest, which led to the quarterbacks...
Carson Palmer says Honeybadger reminds him of Troy Polamalu
From the looks of it, the Arizona Cardinals plan to keep Tyrann Mathieu busy during his rookie campaign. While working with the Cardinals’ first-team nickel package, Mathieu also has impressed Cardinals coaches at safety, Sports Illustrated’s Peter King wrote Monday.
King was on hand for last week’s organized team activities and watched the former LSU star make a diving deflection...
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