A veteran ESPN announcer sued the sports network Monday for firing him during the Australian Open over accusations that he had used an ethnic slur against tennis superstar Venus Williams. He claims he was using a well-known term to describe aggressive play yet ESPN has destroyed his career. “By the way ESPN chose to handle this non-issue, they effectively branded me, my character and my reputation for the rest of my life,” Adler told FoxNews.com. He was “told he was done working tennis at ESPN,” the complaint said. The complaint mentions “Guerilla Tennis,” the name of a famous 1995 Nike television ad campaign featuring superstars Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras setting up an impromptu tennis match in the middle of a busy city intersection.

Source: Fox News February 15, 2017 00:56 UTC