Sports radio host Michael Sorce, who goes by the name Don Geronimo on air, was fired by WBIG-FM on Sunday following sexist remarks he made toward a female reporter at Washington Commanders training camp.
While speaking with co-host Crash Young, Geronimo made several offensive comments about WUSA9 Washington D.C. reporter Sharla McBride, including shouting, “Hi, Barbie girl” as she walked past him.
iHeartMedia is the parent company of WBIG-FM, which signed a three-year partnership with the Commanders in 2022.
“After an internal review, Don Geronimo is no longer an employee of WBIG,” iHeartMedia’s D.C. Region president Aaron Hyland said in a statement to the Washington Post. “We take matters of this nature very seriously and this behavior does not align with our core values.”
In addition to the “Barbie” comment, Geronimo yelled, “I thought she was a cheerleader” at McBride.
He continued later in the broadcast when he spotted McBride again, saying to Young: “Oh, hey, there’s that chick that you thought said tight.”
It’s unclear what “tight” was in reference to.
The Commanders barred Geronimo and Young from training camp Friday while investigating the incident, and prohibited the station from airing a previously recorded interview with new owner Josh Harris.
It’s not clear if Young was reprimanded as well.
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