Chris Curtis, an executive producer for Boston sports radio station WEEI, has been suspended for allegedly making an ethnic slur on air Wednesday. Curtis opened the “The Greg Hill Show ...
A Boston sports radio host said Thursday that he’s been suspended without pay after he made an ethnic slur on-air directed at ESPN personality Mina Kimes that sparked online backlash and a ...
WEEI's Chris Curtis suspended for on-air racial slur 00:20 BOSTON -- WEEI morning show producer Chris Curtis announced Thursday morning that he has been suspended for a week, after a clip of him ...
Chris Curtis, the WEEI on-air personality and producer who used an ethnic slur during Tuesday’s “The Greg Hill Show,’’ has been suspended without pay by the station until next Wednesday.
But “nips” is also a slur directed at Japanese people, referring to a shorter version of Nippon — the Japanese name for the country. When asked about his favorite “nips,” Curtis blurted ...
After WEEI’s Chris Curtis used an ethnic slur on “The Greg Hill Show” directed at ESPN analyst and personality Mina Kimes, several sports media figures quickly rose to her defense while ...
The slur, which was Curtis' attempt at humor, is guttural, like bottom of the barrel low, and used against people of Japanese descent. Think about how deep you have to go into your dark soul to ...
“Raise your hand if you knew ’Nip’ was an ethnic slur? I did not. Tell me how Mina Kimes’ life was impacted by this?” Whitlock wrote. “Other than nailing herself to a cross, I don’t ...
ESPN has denounced a Boston sports radio host who used an ethnic slur directed at network personality Mina Kimes, calling the comments “extremely offensive.” “There is no place for these ...
"It dragged (Kimes) into a controversy through no fault of her own regarding a slur and her race. I want apologize for the stupid lame attempt at a joke," Curtis said Thursday during an apology on ...
A Boston radio host apologized and was suspended for making a reference to an ethnic slur during an on-air segment as he and the other broadcasters were talking about "nips" – or small bottles ...
