An off the cuff remark from Tim Hardaway during the NBC Sports Bay Area “Run TMC Takeover” broadcast has caused a stir after the five-time NBA all-star said a player was “raped” during the game after a hard foul was committed. The Greg Hill Show on WEEI debated whether Hardaway was in the wrong, with Courtney Cox taking a strong stance against the comments.
“It’s bad, it’s bad, it’s bad,” Cox said. “I don’t care what people say. If you’re gonna try to relate the two and say ‘Oh, it’s just trash talking. He’s just explaining what happened’, that’s not what happened. So let’s not use rape as a description.”
“I think Courtney’s right here,” said Hill. “You can come up with another word.”
“Other analysts — who did it the other day — Terry Bradshaw,” countered Jermaine Wiggins. “Terry Bradshaw was like ‘Oh, he’s gonna want to kill himself’. We don’t really believe that he wants to kill himself and with Tim Hardaway, we don’t really believe he thinks someone is getting raped. He just believes it was a foul and they should call the police.”
After Hill asked if Hardaway apologized, the show played the clip of the analyst apologizing.
“Wow. Now we have to apologize for everything?,” Wiggins asked.
“For saying he got raped?!,” Cox said before Wiggins claimed she defended Terry Bradshaw. “Actually, I was on the other side of you. No, I didn’t like him suicide, either.”
Cox concluded by saying broadcasters being paid millions of dollars should be able to announce a game without saying things that can be construed as hurtful.
