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ESPN analyst Mike Tannenbaum is believed to be in trouble after appearing to make fun of colleague Brian Windhorst’s weight while live on the air.
Tannenbaum was on the network’s early-morning show, ‘Get Up,’ when he seemed to take a shot at Windhorst, affectionately known as “Windy,” while Aaron Rodgers was being discussed. Rodgers, now with the Pittsburgh Steelers, has his work cut out for him ahead of what he says is the final year of his career.
The Steelers haven’t won a playoff game since 2016, and the analysts were discussing whether A-Rod could lead them to their first in almost 10 years. Asked for his thoughts on whether the veteran quarterback could deliver, Tannenbaum replied, “No! I’m more convinced that Windy is in the cafeteria!”
Mike T’s colleagues tried to play it off.
“No idea where Windy is,” one of them said.
Tannenbaum, a former New York Jets manager and senior vice president of football, has been with ESPN for six years. Before that, he was the EVP of operations for the Miami Dolphins.
Whether he gets into trouble with the network remains to be seen, given that fat shaming is heavily frowned upon nowadays, although it’s very likely that Windhorst didn’t mind.
The NBA insider is one of the more good-natured reporters out there and responded with grace after being called out by LeBron James a few months ago. While he might take exception to someone whom he considers a friend poking that sort of fun at him, he probably won’t respond publicly.
Then again, it would likely take a lot more than that to get Windy mad.
In any case, this is something an apology could definitely smooth over.
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