"MNF" Announcer Calls in Strong Offensive Line

Last night's "Monday Night Football" game was an offensive showcase -- as in one of the announcers offended the Latino community.
Tony Kornheiser: Click to watch
To celebrate Mexican Independence Day, ESPN replayed one of the game's highlights with audio from the Spanish-language broadcast. After the clip, "MNF" announcer Tony Kornheiser commented, "I took high school Spanish and that either means that nobody is going to touch him or 'Could you pick up my dry cleaning in the morning?'"

Two hours later, Kornheiser vehemently apologized for the comment, saying, "It wasn't my first mistake, it undoubtedly won't be my last ... but a 100% apology."




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16. F--k the Spanish and Mexs THIS IS AMERICA SPEAK IT OR GO

Posted at 1:39PM on Sep 16th 2008 by I give a Damm

17. MNF is not the same since ESPN took it over. They only need 2 people in the booth, one play by play and one anyalist. There is no need to have a guy that knows littke about football, to be wisecracking and ruining the whole viewer experience. Tony Korn should be removed from that and all future broadcasts! He is an a..hole and should remove himself from MNF! The only way I can watch MNF is with the audio OFF to keep his incessant blabbing from coming into my living room. If he won't remove himself from future broadcasts, ESPN should remove him!!!

Posted at 1:33PM on Sep 16th 2008 by Hater !

18. What a piece of Sh&t!! Maybe he neede his mom to pick up his dry cleaning!

Posted at 1:38PM on Sep 16th 2008 by Zelista

19. What a piece of Sh&t!! Maybe he neede his mom to pick up his dry cleaning!

Posted at 1:38PM on Sep 16th 2008 by Zelista

20.

Actually, I thought he was poking fun at himself and his lack of the Spanish language.

Posted at 1:38PM on Sep 16th 2008 by OCD

21. I don't understand what he would need to apologize for? Not knowing a language that is SECONDARY in America? Do you get offended when foreigners don't understand your English?

Posted at 3:07PM on Sep 16th 2008 by Heather

22. If it was a racist joke, isn't dry cleaning usually associated with another minority group?

Posted at 1:51PM on Sep 16th 2008 by Mary Mac

23. I'm not offended but the first mistake is that this man has a job on MNF in the first place.

Posted at 1:52PM on Sep 16th 2008 by LosCabos

24. Give me a break...people have such boring lives that they have nothing better to do than be offended by this. I wouldn't have apologized, I would have said "Stick it up you a**!"

Posted at 4:17PM on Sep 16th 2008 by people are pathetic

25. Yeah "I give a Damn" let's see how gringos live without Mexicans and Spanish in this country. Unless you'd be willing to do the hard labor.

Posted at 2:00PM on Sep 16th 2008 by LosCabos

26. Last time I checked this was the United States of America, and we speak English here. If they want to broadcast in Spanish that is fine, but I don't need, nor want, to hear it. Keep America English!!!!

Posted at 5:06PM on Sep 16th 2008 by Puck

27. All I know is that these Monday Night Football announcers SUCK! Kornheiser seems to be confrontational and always trying to argue a point

Posted at 2:10PM on Sep 16th 2008 by Stich

28. The Apple never fall from the fruit-tree: ABC, is owned by The Walt Disney Company. WDCO, is probably
the most COVERTLY racist Anti-Latino corporation, in THE history of American business.
The ORIGINAL Disney fortune was built upon the TOIL of MOSTLY Latino employees.
Now? They'll use DOGS before Latinos, in their movies and T.V.
YET, the are PROUD sponsers of Gay Pride Day? WDCO, GOD SEES EVERYTHING.

Posted at 2:15PM on Sep 16th 2008 by I, Slay The Dragon

29. The producer was at fault when he decided to replay the Latino announcers play by play. Tony K did not say anything offensive but the entire situation could have been avoided if the replay was not played. Lets get off this politically correct stuff. This is America, we speak English and if you want to read write and speak another language then I recommend that you move.

Posted at 6:14PM on Sep 16th 2008 by Richard Lane

30. Tony Kornhole is an idiot! From now on, I may just watch MNF without sound. Korny throws out the Spanish, but also consider these:

1. He calls Dallas' building its team for the Super Bowl "Manifest Destiny". I guess he missed Spanish AND History.
2. At the end of the game, one of the others says something about the final play: A "hook and lateral". Blubbering Korny states something like "...they didn't have enough rungs on their ladder..." or something stupid like that. Hey moron, it's a "hook and lateral," not "hook and ladder." I guess he missed PE, too.

BOOBOO has BARFed....

Posted at 2:48PM on Sep 16th 2008 by booboo_barf

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