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Well, definitive word came down this morning: As had been initially suspected, Harold Reynolds was fired by ESPN because of sexual harassment, specifically toward an ESPN co-worker. (The Big Lead says it was an "inappropriate hug" toward a PA at an Outback Steakhouse.)
Reynolds spoke to the New York Post and doesn't believe he did anything wrong.
"This was a total misunderstanding," Reynolds told The Post. "My goal is to sit down and get back. To be honest with you, I gave a woman a hug and I felt like it was misinterpreted."
The Big Lead, who needs to put a gold star next to its source on this, says it was a minor incident that blew into a larger one because of Reynolds' history of behavior. Reynolds, for his part, still wants his job back. We think it wise that he not hold his breath.
Accused Of Sexual Harassment [New York Post]
Harold Reynolds Update: Outback Steakhouse, An Inappropriate Hug, And A Termination [The Big Lead]
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i remember the first time i had an inappropriate hug at an Outback Steakhouse! Crikey!
sorry harold but it is indeed wrong when you "hug" a woman from behind and rub her titties. tough luck big guy.
Thank you, Miss Ironbox. You are a valued member of our business team, and every bit as important to this company as I am.
I think the misunderstanding was the girl said "no" - words HR hasn't heard since he played himself out of the majors!
Forgive the man. The Bloomin' Onion is a well-known aphrodisiac.
The hug itself was not inappropriate; it's the fact that he wasn't wearing pants at the time that's the problem.
Next time you dole out one of your hugs to the lady, Harold, don't go diggin' for stem cells.
dammit suss!
hell, espn rehired gregg easterbrook and he's a fascist
of course I want to know "how far did your hand travel down toward the butt when you hugged her?" as an ass groper I'm always apprecriative of the little things to know when to cross the mason dixon line.
Right Unsilent?
any chance fox sports southwest will hire harold to continue to fuel their vendetta against espn.
Easterbrook is no facist. A little authoritarian at times Unsilent, and perhaps on the fence in a certain matter, viz-a-vis certain regional conflicts.
Unless you mean by 'facist' as "wanting to butt rapp Tags with an unused TV Dish for failure to provide NFL Total Package in his location".
Too bad he was holding the PA upside down when he gave her the hug
well, to use the baseball metaphor... it looks like Harold Reynolds got thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double.
Fox better be calling this guy. Immediate upgrade no matter who he replaces.
I bet XM will hire him and reunite him with Dibble on the afternoon MLB show. *shudder*
Only time I was outback, my date had a cheeseburger frozen in the middle. That was 1998 I think. I'd rather get butt raped by a cinnamon candle from Cracker Barrell than return to that place.
Easterbrook finally acknowledged the existence of global warming three months ago.
i agree with your ass grabbing tendancies moonshine.
i don't actually know anything about easterbrook's political affiliation, i just know he said naughty things about jews.
Meanwhile, over by the bloomin' salad bar, Keith Hernandez and Walt Frasier were heard giving one of their patented calls.
"Rejected!"
Oh, I'll fix your sink Ms. Romano, and by "fix your sink" I mean I'll have sex with you, and by "have sex with you" I mean I'll fix your sink, and by "sink" I mean your reproductive organ, and by "reproductive organ" I mean the thing between your knees, and by "the thing between your knees" I...well I guess that one's kind of self-explanatory
Denial... It's the American Way.
If Reynolds is serious about getting the job back, then he should sue. YAY! LAWSUITZ!!!
That link to the Big Lead isn't working, wondering if their site is down.
Women are not people, they are devices built by our Lord Jesus Christ for our entertainment. Like ESPN Mobile.
Lets see, we've seen quotes from
a) Family Guy (2 counting yesterday)
b) Simpsons
c) South Park (great Sexual Harassment Panda)
Any other cartoons do episodes about sexual harassment? Futurama maybe....
Women: Jokes? I like jokes.
Peter: Oh yea? Well then youll love this one: Why do women have boobs?
Peter: So ya got something to look at when your talkin to them.
Peter: So ya got something to look at when your talkin to them.
Did he ask her to sample his spotted dick?
Q: "Who's this guy think he is?"
A: "I am Harold Reynolds."
You know, I can see how "Hey, you've got a lot of physicality -- would you like to grab my bat and help me turn the double play?" could be misconstrued... but he was talking about the instructional DVD!!!!!!! The DVD!
Free Harold Reynolds!
Easterbrook has made lots of snarky comments about Isreal. You can say he is the Will Lietch of political journalism.
He admitted Global Warming? Did he bitch about his A/C going out and the wife drop kicking him in the privates because instead of fixing it he kept arguing about it?
Please refrain from discussing or engaging in any sort of interoffice bleeping or bleeping or finger bleep or bleepsting or bleeping or even bleep. Even though so many people in this office are begging for it. And if anybody does anything with my sister Lindsay, I'll take off my pants, I'll shave bleep. And I'll personally bleep...
Isn't Outback Steakhouse's philosophy "No rules. Just right"?
So what's wrong with hugging a bitch and grabbing a little furburger while you're at it?
Female PA: Harold, you're trying to touch my breasts aren't you?
HR: What can I say, I like the way you're put together.
Denis Lemieux,
Well Done.
Like the guy who's the analyst on Baseball Tonight who's making $250K a year isn't going to hug the PA who makes $25K inappropriately in an Outback Steakhouse? Come on!
one of the greatest string of comments ever put together...
...if you don't like it, then just throw it right back. I wanna be on you."
Denis,
The reason this didn't work for HR? He wasn't the guy in a $3,500 suit...COME ON!
So much for "No Rules, just right." Consider the new slogan "One rule, no touching!"
BDD: Thank you for that excellent addition to my vocabulary. I think this day may have already peaked, and its only 9:46. Great.
HR is putting the moves on well hell anybody at an Outback? WTF? Saving the nice restaurants for the ones he's going to marry?
You stay classy, Harold Reynolds!
"Disney's CEO, Michael Eisner, is Jewish; the chief of Miramax, Harvey Weinstein, is Jewish. Yes, there are plenty of Christian and other Hollywood executives who worship money above all else, promoting for profit the adulation of violence. Does that make it right for Jewish executives to worship money above all else, by promoting for profit the adulation of violence? Recent European history alone ought to cause Jewish executives to experience second thoughts about glorifying the killing of the helpless as a fun lifestyle choice."
oh gregg, you had me at "worship money"
See if he had just offered her a monkey burrito first, everything would have been fine
looks like Harold's "TBone" was hung up in her "Rack of lamb" a little too long.
Too late for a "I heard he really got fired for groping Kruk at Brokeback Steakhouse" joke?
Even a pat on the back is inappropriate when a lady has your "Blooming O" sauce all over her face
Harold Reynolds is a true one-tool player. Shame it's frowned upon when he uses it.
don't act like you're not impressed!!
Seems like HR was after too much leather.
As for hugging a PA inapproriately outside an OUtback Steakhouse - what's wrong with him? Couldn't he wait till they're back in his room?
Sit on my face, and tell me that you love me!
I don't think that the PA was so offended at the Reynolds Reach Around, its that he thought he could get a little bit of the stinky pinky after a dinner at the Outback. I mean the girl has to have some kind of self-respect Harry, take the girl out to dinner at a nice place before forcing yourself in her, thats what I do. It will pay off in the long run.
Man 50 comments already....I'm slow on the uptake today, so I'll save my jokes since I don't think I can top "furburger" (good stuff BDD)
If you think what HR did at Outback was wrong, you should have seen him at the softball game against Sitwell Housing when he dumped water all over the interns' white shirts.
mmmm...furburger covered in "bloomin' onion sauce"
She declined his invitation to the pants party
Looks like Harold should have called for the stunt cock.
AcilletaM, you've never been to Bristol. The Outback is about as classy as they come in that Godforsaken place.
A couple years ago, a group of about 10 espn employees were at Outback having dinner. HR was also there, saw us, and picked up the tab for the whole table. No punchline - just bears mentioning that not all his Outback-related activities are sullied.
He thought she was choking on her princess-cut prime rib and tried to give her the Heimlich. Yeah, that's the ticket.
yeah, I'm hungry for burgers, too... furburgers!
come on... the "baseball tonight" line always works on strippers!
Oh come on. A little ass-grabbing is worth firing over nowadays? The man's a ball player! They grab asses all the time.
Make him say an apology! Make him go to a class! Just don't fire him!!
Free Harold Reynolds!
I gues the "hugs not drugs" philosophy is dead at The Leader. Irvin keeps his job and the amorous ex-Mariner gets the boot. I don't recognize this world any more and I'm afraid.
"I was in the backroom at espn and Kruk hooked me up with this incredible X. Next thing i know im being dragged to Outback Steakhouse and im trying to rape the PA at the salad bar."
dirk, he was just trying to get into your mom's pants
Stalin, I don't want to sound like a fag or nothing, but I think unicorns are kick ass.
I can't believe no one has made the comment about HR going for the "Suicide Squeeze Play". Get it, Squeeze Play?
How bout 'hit and run'?
UM, he would never say that. The son of a brain doctor doesn't need to impress anybody.