Tony Grossi was back on air in Cleveland on Wednesday morning after serving a multi week suspension. A live mic for TheLandOnDemand.com caught Grossi calling quarterback Baker Mayfield a f***ing midget on February 25. He was suspended immediately.
Insisting he was a changed man, Grossi joined The Really Big Show on Wednesday morning to talk about his experience away from the radio.
“A few things I do want to say. This obviously was a situation taken very seriously by our company and by me,” Grossi said according to Joey Morona of Cleveland.com. For me, it’s been humiliating, it’s been quite traumatic, in fact. But it’s also been a learning experience to me.”
Jay Rigdon of Awful Announcing took Grossi to task for the rest of his statement. It can be interpreted as Grossi blaming his comments and his suspension on the Browns.
“Being on the front lines of what we jokingly call the ’100 Years War’ is a unique experience. It’s not like covering the Cleveland Cavaliers or the Cleveland Indians. It’s certainly not like covering the Steelers or the Packers, teams that have a lot of success and a lot of fun and a lot of joy.
“And I don’t take it lightly, this career that I’ve had, this job that I have here at WKNR and ESPN Cleveland. Occasionally, I have misstepped. This is my fumble. It won’t define me. What will define me is stepping up, learning from it, moving forward and doing the positive things I need to do to show that I’m a better person from it. And that’s what I intend to do,” Grossi said.
