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ESPN broadcaster Bob Griese has been suspended one week for a remark he made about NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya.

ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz says Griese will not be working a game this week.

Krulewitz says ESPN has spoken to Griese and “he understands the comment was inappropriate.”

During ESPN’s broadcast of the Minnesota-Ohio State game Saturday, a graphic was shown listing the top five drivers in NASCAR’s points race. Fellow analyst Chris Spielman asked where was Montoya, who is Colombian.

Griese replied he was “out having a taco.”

He has twice apologized on air for the remark.

Montoya is declining to comment on Griese’s suspension. He brushed off the remark Sunday, and said he’d never heard of Griese.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzpast/ jazzpast

    I can only imagine what he really thinks of all the brothers he played with in Miami.

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    [...] about Rush Limbaugh as of October 27, 2009 ESPN Broadcaster Suspended For Racist On-Air Remark – newsone.com 10/27/2009 ESPN broadcaster Bob Griese has been suspended one week for a remark [...]

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bountyhunter_5/ bountyhunter_5

    i dont even see that as racist…if he would of said a hot dog then it woulda been all good right???

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkman6ft6_inla/ blkman6ft6_inla

    it was a joke blacks are always so fast with calling someone a racist who cares if are what he has said about blacks he played it couldnt be as bad as what alot of blacks a this site call other races.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_J_Rok/ Da_J_Rok

    we out eatin chicken…lol

    as a matter of fact, I want some chicken now…lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LastManStandingTall/ LastManStandingTall

    I knew there was gonna be trouble as soon as Griese said it. I had to back it up on the DVR because I thought I misheard him. The other announcer kept going as if he never said it. I thought is was funny though. I even went to Taco Bell later that day. I had a sudden craving for a steak supreme chulupa…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    @Blkman. If Espn has suspended Bobby for making what they view as an inappropriate remark, what does that have to do with Blacks calling someone racist, and what Blacks on this site call each other. I fail to see the connection.

    Back to the actual story, this is actually a non story and has no news worthiness. I wish news one would start supplying us with more economic news (foreign and domestic) and less who made racist comments garbage, or Rush & Glenn Beck comment monitoring foolishness, that does nothing in raising awareness to real issues!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mr_Spann/ Mr_Spann

    I’m sorry, but that joke was funny. LMAO

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mr_Spann/ Mr_Spann

    And am I the only one that thinks that the picture of Bob Marley they got up kind of looks like the guy that played Bubbles on “The Wire”?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LuvWyteF_TheyHateMe/ LuvWyteF_TheyHateMe

    Just goes to show you, the older white guys get, the more their “true” self comes out sometimes. It’s a real shame.
    The U.S. elects a black President and all the bigotry starts to come out, little by little. We as Americans really need to grow up on the race issue. “Civilized society” my ass.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    How on earth did he come up with this joke. Columbians aren’t associated with taco’s. When you think of them you think on cocaine.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/manofsteel35/ manofsteel35

    Heard he was a homosexual….the driver should ask him if his “a” hole is still Griese from last night!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1Divine_soul/ 1Divine_soul

    Blkman6ft6…you know what you do have a point, Blacks are the most racist of them all in general, and intra-racist too, Light Skinned Blacks get treated like Sh.ittt…esp. men, that’s why they have to act so c**ky and conceited to boost their self esteem,women are not into them, whites feel just comfortable enough to call them a n****r, darker males often times take them as being too p***y, a wana be pretty boy or soft… when it comes to women, yes in a lot of cases the lighter woman get’s the man most of the time…but i done seen some banging choclate sista’s, ok let me stay objective…but we are racist a lot…but on the flip side of this thing…WHITE MEN ARE THE MOST RACIST AND JEALOUS MUTHAFUKAS…GOOOD…AND THE BAD THING IS, IS THAT THEY WILL BE IN YOUR FACE LAUGHING AND S**T…BUT GO OUT DRINKING WITH EM’ IT’S DAT FAKE S**TT I HATE…ASK ANY MIXED CHILD, OR ANYONE THAT GREW UP MULTICULTURALLY, THEY WILL ALWAYS SAY THEY WOULD RATHER BE AROUND THEY BLK SIDE, NO MATTER HOW GHETTO, EDUCATED, SNOTTY, OR LOUD THEY MAY BE… NORMALLY WE ARE NOT THAT FAKE WITH OURS, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE…A BBIIIIIIIIIIG DIFFERENCE…YALL BETTER HERE WHAT I’M SAYING,

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Rei777/ Rei777

    But, what if he was out having a taco? Tacos are pretty damn good. I’d skip a race for a taco…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/wincie/ wincie

    Montoya is so fine…..he’s sexier in person!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jahz_Lynx1/ Jahz_Lynx1

    @LuvWyteF_TheyHateMe…
    Obviously you are new to the planet. The bigotry has been flowing in waves since the 1800′s. I’m like Montoya, I never heard of the Griesey guy either.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/-MAN-OF-HONOR-/ -MAN-OF-HONOR-

    He is more ignorant then he is racist.Most older people tend to think every bronze skin person is a Mexican. And blackman6ft6 and divine souls have damn good points. Blacks are starting to act more and more like the whites that oppressed them for so long. My fiance is a light skinned Dominican. Even though her mother is a few shades darker then mine I still hear racist comments from some of my relatives. To them I somehow betrayed my race by dating outside my race. Once again it’s pure ignorance and unwilling to learn about other cultures. The only difference between Dominicans and blacks in the U.S. is language. Both of our ancestors come from African slaves. Personally I never saw race. What I see is pale and different shades of brown. Skin color is a product of your ancestor’s environment.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DJTrueSkills/ DJTrueSkills

    Im not surprised by Juan Pablo Montoya’s reaction to Griesey’s comments, he’s a true race car driver. From his days in CART and F1 and now NASCAR he never lets anything distract or deters his focus from driving thats the mark of a true champion. Yet still how could dude not know he’s Columbian , C’mon son thats being ignorant more than being racist or a bigot.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DJTrueSkills/ DJTrueSkills

    Hmmm Bob lives in Miami and Montoya live there also hope they dont see each other driving down I95 or on South Beach

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lostking7/ Lostking7

    1Divine_soul is correct!
    blkman6ft6_inla is out of touch w/ reality or just a white folks *ss kisser!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WestsideCartelAtl85/ WestsideCartelAtl85

    SMFH. That was racist as h/ell. All Latino’s don’t eat tacos.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Urbeautifuldream/ Urbeautifuldream

    Man-of-Honor,

    How much do you know about Dominican culture? Have you been to the DR? What about Washington Heights,NY. Not all but MANY Dominicans have been hostile and racist towards African Americans since I first encountered them in 1998 in NYC. Dominicans don’t even like to admit that they are the descendants of Africans who were enslaved during the Afro-Caribbean/translantic slave trade. They prefer to state that they are “latin”. I have had Dominicanos tell me that I am a N**** and denigrate African Americans and they had the nerve to live in Harlem, the place where African Americans have made significant contributions to AA culture, art and history. Read Junot Diaz’s book The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao to learn about Dominican racism, “color struck” issues as a result of or in the face of colonialism and oppression and history then state whether we are racist towards others or is it mutually symmetrical. Habla espanol? or are u learning it?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/zesco2k/ zesco2k

    Colombian + Taco = Error!!1 All this Africans and Blacks in Central or South America, that claims they are not black, can eat s**t!!! Although I feel Griese, he was just trying to have fun and prolly didn’t mean no harm but now he has to pay the price… If u asked me where is Tony Stewart? last i saw him he was flipping Burgers at Burger King downing triple classics!!! Si me Gusta my latinos, and people should leave them alone, they work hard and deserve whatever they get, STOP HATING AND WORK HARD to all my Hispanics, latino haterz!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/zesco2k/ zesco2k

    lol to DJ Trueskill(i95 and the south beach stuff was funny… Sub-Zero true talk Colombian + Cocaine = Access Granted!!!!

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