Colin Cowherd Reflects On ESPN Firing From New Manhattan Beach Mansion

Last week was a bit of a roller coaster ride for Colin Cowherd, the now former ESPN radio show host.

It started off with the announcement that the 51-year old was moving on from the “World Wide Leader In Sports” in favor of a cushy job with FOX Sports, where, of all things, the NFL stars were aligning in his future. It ended of course, with his unceremonious dismissal from ESPN a week ahead of schedule after Cowherd made some offensive remarks towards Dominican baseball players (and Dominicans themselves) everywhere.

At least the controversial host has a nice cushy new mansion to go home to and reflect on his Anti-Dominican remarks. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, Colin has completed the purchase of a brand new $3.1-million home in Manhattan Beach, California. The purchase at the time, however, came well before his controversial (and potentially racist) remarks last week. The new home, coupled with his contract ending, led many to speculate the two moves were not coincidental.

“Cowherd sold his West Hartford, Connecticut, home for a shade under what he initially paid for it ($1.34 million) after selling his Florida home this spring, which drew suspicions from some in the media that a job change was imminent. Sure enough, the 12-year ESPN vet inked a deal with the network’s biggest competitor earlier this month, only to be let go a week early following controversial comments on the intelligence of Dominicans during a rant about baseball’s lack of complexity.”

As reported by Inquisitr, FOX Sports has remained mum on how, if in any way, Colin’s racist remarks will impact his new job at FOX. That the network works closely with MLB could certainly impact where Cowherd lands within the network.

Major League Baseball demanded an apology, according to the New York Times, releasing in a statement that the comments by Cowherd were “inappropriate, offensive and completely inconsistent with the values of our game.”

And Tony Clark, a former major league first baseman and current executive director for the players union, also demanded retribution.

“As a veteran of 15 M.L.B. seasons, I can assure you that our sport is infinitely more complex than some in the media would have you believe,” Clark said in a statement. “To suggest otherwise is ignorant, and to make an ignorant point by denigrating the intelligence of our Dominican members was not ‘clunky’ — it was offensive.”

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