Poll: Was ESPN's Suspension of Tony Kornheiser Justified?
Tony Kornheiser and Hannah Storm
Pardon the suspension, if you will.
ESPN benched Pardon the Interruption host Tony Kornheiser for two weeks, effective this past Monday, after he made comments about the attire of fellow ESPN host Hannah Storm. But was the punishment the proper recourse?
ESPN suspends Tony Kornheiser for bashing Hannah Storm
Kornheiser, 67, said Storm's get-up was "like a Holden Caulfield fantasy" and that she looked like "she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body." Being blunt and biting is his trademark, though, so was Storm, 47, fair game? Is ESPN overreacting? Or are colleagues — and their fashion senses — off limits?