Empty the Bench

Bacon and eggs sound tasty, Cedric, but we’re hooked on Apple Jacks and espresso. Boston Celtics’ radio commentator Cedric Maxwell came down with a severe case of Foot in Mouth Syndrome on Monday, saying over the air that female NBA referee Violet Palmer should “go back in the kitchen” because he didn’t like her calls (the Celtics won, by the way, 77-72). To further clarify what, exactly, he wanted her to whip up in the kitchen, Maxwell said: “Go in there and make me some bacon and eggs, would you?”

Mmmmmm…. bacon. Maxwell of course “apologized” Wednesday night for his remarks, but announcing partner Sean Grande made it sound like they’d been victimized:

“If I said anything that might have been insensitive or sexist in any way, then I apologize because she worked extremely hard to get where she is now, end of quote,” Maxwell said before the Celtics’ game against the New York Knicks on WEEI-AM, which is owned by Entercom Communications.

Said Grande:

“We are not changing the way we do our jobs because of the tendency of media outlets to present people’s comments in a way that serves their story.”

And to bring it all home, let’s not forget the last time an on-air personality for Entercom made a slip of the tongue:

Entercom fired former WRKO talk show host John DePetro in November after he called Green Party gubernatorial candidate Grace Ross a “fat lesbian” on the air. DePetro later apologized.

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