Jeremy Roenick Claims NBC Firing Was Anti-Straight Discrimination
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterHockey star Jeremy Roenick sued NBC Sports for wrongful termination on Friday, claiming the network discriminated against him as a straight man after he made off-color remarks on a Barstool Sports podcast.Roenick also alleges that the network retaliated against him because he was an outspoken supporter of President Trump in 2016.Roenick was let go after joking on the “Spittin’ Chiclets” podcast about having a threesome with his wife and Kathryn Tappen, a coworker, in a discussion about a vacation in Portugal.“I’m swimming with my wife and Kathryn, and they’ve got their bikinis on, and they look f—in’ smokin’,” he said on the podcast in December. “Ass and boobs everywhere.