NBC Sports suspended hockey commentator Jeremy Roenick after comments the former NHL All-Star made on a Barstool Sports podcast about some of his on-air coworkers at NBC, multiple outlets reported Monday. “Jeremy Roenick has been suspended indefinitely without pay for making inappropriate comments about his co-workers. According to reports, Roenick made joking remarks about multiple NBC Sports on-air personalities while appearing on Barstool’s Spittin’ Chiclets podcast last Thursday. While talking about a summer vacation to Portugal that Roenick and his wife took with NBC Sports studio host Kathryn Tappen, Roenick reportedly told a story of how a hotel guest asked him if all three were together. But it’s never going to happen.” Roenick later added on the podcast, “Kathryn Tappen is one of the most professional … sports personalities that I know.

Source: National Post December 24, 2019 01:30 UTC