Cenk Uygur
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Artie Lange's Racist Fetish For ESPN Host
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November 6, 2014
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6:06Now Playing"ESPN responded Wednesday to race-based Twitter comments by the comic Artie Lange about First Take moderator Cari Champion.
"His comments were reprehensible and no one should be subjected to such hateful language," the network said in a statement on Wednesday. "They objectify and demean one of our valued employees under the thin guise of “comedy” and are offensive to all of us. We will not dignify them with any other comment."
Champion declined comment to SI.com.
In his series of tweets on Tuesday, Lange described several sexual scenarios he would enjoy with the host and dropped references to slavery within those tweets. His comments set off anger on Twitter -- the hashtag #iSupportCari was trending on Wednesday -- and a number of Champion's ESPN colleagues called out the comments publicly including SportsCenter anchor Kevin Negandhi who tweeted: "She's the epitome of class, one of the sharpest people I know. Cari Champion is above the ignorance. Nothing funny about those tweets.""*
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