Local Radio DJ Booted From Washington Commanders Training Camp After Calling Woman Sports Reporter “Barbie” On Air Is Fired

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A DJ from the flagship radio station of the NFL’s Washington Redskins was fired after an incident earlier in the week when he and a partner, broadcasting live from the team’s Virginia training facility, called a local female sports reporter “Barbie” and “a cheerleader” on air while she was on assignment covering the team.

Michael Sorce, known as Don Geronimo, from WBIG-FM BIG 100, was broadcasting live Thursday at the facility in Ashburn, VA, when he and his co-host Crash Young saw WUSA9-TV reporter Sharla McBride walking inside the facility and began commenting on air. “Hey look, Barbie’s here.

Hi, Barbie girl,” Geronimo said live on air. “I’m guessing she’s a cheerleader.” Later, when Geronimo and co-host Crash Young saw McBride again conducting interviews, they continued. “Oh hey.

There’s that chick that you thought … you said tight?” said Geronimo. “Yah. I screamed tight when she was …” said Young. “I think she’s a sportscaster at Channel 9, or Channel 7…” Geronimo continued. “I thought she was a cheerleader.” WBIG is owned by iHeart Media, which is in the middle of a three-year contract with the team. “After an internal review, Don Geronimo is no longer an employee of WBIG,” iHeartMedia’s D.C.