Broadcasters fired for mocking HS basketball gamers’ weight

Two highschool basketball broadcasters in Maine have been fired for ripping into two ladies for his or her weight.

Jim Carter and Steve Shaw have been watching a sport within the north Maine metropolis of Caribou whereas making ready for a radio broadcast of a unique sport Thursday night time on WHOU-FM. They have been unaware that their microphones have been reside, and their feedback have been captured for a social media video.

“Easton has two ladies out right here extraordinarily obese. Terrible,” one in all them mentioned.

“How come you don’t get uniforms that match the women?” requested the opposite, earlier than the duo burst into laughter.

Carter and Shaw went on to name a sport between Central Aroostook Excessive Faculty and Easton Excessive Faculty, the Portland Press Herald reported. They have been canned shortly afterward.

“Final night time, two broadcasters made feedback that weren’t solely inappropriate, they have been additionally blatantly improper,” station proprietor Fred Grant mentioned in a press release. “These broadcasters have been terminated.”

Each Carter and Shaw have longstanding connections to highschool basketball in Maine, in line with the Press Herald. Carter used to teach at Caribou Excessive Faculty, whereas Shaw was the athletic director at Easton Excessive Faculty. He was inducted into the Maine Basketball Corridor of Fame in August 2021.