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04-29-2007, 09:16 AM
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Notebook: Radio hosts run afoul of Spurs
Web Posted: 04/29/2007 12:39 AM CDT
Johnny Ludden
Express-News
DENVER — Spurs officials said coach Gregg Popovich won't do his weekly radio show on KTKR-AM 760 for the remainder of the season after two of the station's hosts participated in a skit Wednesday involving a fake interview with Denver guard Allen Iverson that the team called "highly offensive."
Jeff Vexler and Walter Pasacrita, who co-host an afternoon sports talk show on the station, also are no longer allowed to participate in the station's pregame and postgame Spurs shows.
The skit centered on an interview between Vexler and Pasacrita and someone posing as Iverson. According to people who heard the interview, the fake Iverson said he and Carmelo Anthony had given the Spurs something from their "special stash" to make them lethargic.
The interview also included the Iverson impersonator firing a gun and hitting a homeless person.
"We found their skit to be highly offensive and very inappropriate and decided some action should be taken," said Spurs director of media services Tom James.
The Spurs, who have a contractual relationship with the station's owner, Clear Channel Communications, also revoked the media credentials of Vexler and Pasacrita.
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Station officials couldn't be reached for comment. One Spurs official said the station "didn't offer much resistance" to the team's actions.
Notebook: Radio hosts run afoul of Spurs
Web Posted: 04/29/2007 12:39 AM CDT
Johnny Ludden
Express-News
DENVER — Spurs officials said coach Gregg Popovich won't do his weekly radio show on KTKR-AM 760 for the remainder of the season after two of the station's hosts participated in a skit Wednesday involving a fake interview with Denver guard Allen Iverson that the team called "highly offensive."
Jeff Vexler and Walter Pasacrita, who co-host an afternoon sports talk show on the station, also are no longer allowed to participate in the station's pregame and postgame Spurs shows.
The skit centered on an interview between Vexler and Pasacrita and someone posing as Iverson. According to people who heard the interview, the fake Iverson said he and Carmelo Anthony had given the Spurs something from their "special stash" to make them lethargic.
The interview also included the Iverson impersonator firing a gun and hitting a homeless person.
"We found their skit to be highly offensive and very inappropriate and decided some action should be taken," said Spurs director of media services Tom James.
The Spurs, who have a contractual relationship with the station's owner, Clear Channel Communications, also revoked the media credentials of Vexler and Pasacrita.
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Station officials couldn't be reached for comment. One Spurs official said the station "didn't offer much resistance" to the team's actions.