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Boston radio host references ethnic slur toward ESPN personality; station whiffs attempt to walk it back
When asked about favorite alcoholic 'nips,' the host went in another direction with the term


By Ryan Morik | Fox News



A radio host at Boston's WEEI is under fire after the usage of an ethnic slur.

Chris Curtis, a WEEI host since 2013, and his co-hosts, Greg Hill and Courtney Cox, were discussing Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo's plan to formally present a proposal to outlaw small alcohol bottles known as nips.


But the term is also a racial slur against the Japanese (shortened from Nippon) that gained prominence during World War II.

Cox then said the trio should discuss their "top five nips," in which she mentioned several alcoholic brands.

However, Curtis replied, "I'd probably go [ESPN NFL analyst] Mina Kimes."

Kimes is of Korean descent on her mother's side – the name-drop did not garner a response from any of the hosts but did get a laugh from producer Chris Scheim.

When the Boston Globe reached out for comment to WEEI, the station had the chance to save any wrongdoing but whiffed.

The station did not say anything regarding the slur other than claiming that the host mistook Kimes for actress Mila Kunis, who is Ukranian-Jewish.

Mila Kunis stars in a new Netflix film, "Luckiest Girl Alive" adapted from a novel with the same name, written by Jessica Knoll. (Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Netflix)

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After the confusion, Kimes changed her Twitter profile picture to a photo of Kunis.

 

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Not sure how he can claim that about a knock-off PTI while the original is in decade three on the air. I didn’t see it much because of working during the day so maybe I’m off— I know they covered less topics for more time but I don’t see/remember the huge difference.
 

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Dan is 100% correct!

All the yelling and BS opinions just to create stories is rampant in the sports world. There is zero ethics in sports journalism.

As much as I like Shannon Sharp, I can't listen to him yelling for two hours.

If you ever watch First Take when SAS is out, all the guests that normally don't scream and yell are on there playing these fake roles and yelling at each other.

BTW.... People are not going to hurt Dan Lebatard's feelings with insults. He eats that shit like birthday cake.
 

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