Dana Jacobson Suspended By ESPN For "F*** Notre Dame" Remarks

UPDATE: Icon Sports Media has released images of Dana Jacobson's drunken rant at the Mike and Mike roast. The coveted video is still hidden away, but the pictures below give you an idea of just how messy it must have been:

Dana at the podium swigging vodka

Dana being hauled off the podium by Jeff Ross (note Mike Ditka in the background)

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Add ESPN's Dana Jacobson's name to the list of media members who recently found themselves in trouble because of inappropriate comments or actions.

Sources have confirmed that Jacobson, a co-host of "First Take" on ESPN2, currently is serving a one-week suspension because of her behavior at a Jan. 11 roast for ESPN Radio personalities Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic at Atlantic City, N.J.

While declining to confirm Jacobson had been suspended, ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said, "Her actions and comments were inappropriate and we've dealt with it."

Read more about Dana's ESPN suspension.

From FanHouse's Michael David Smith

Jacobson reportedly said "F*** Notre Dame," "F*** Touchdown Jesus," and "F*** Jesus" in an attempt to talk trash to Mike and Mike co-host Mike Golic, a former Notre Dame football player.

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An ESPN spokesman e-mailed me the following statements:

From ESPN: "Her actions and comments were inapprorpriate and we have dealt with it."

From Dana: "I am very sorry. My remarks about Notre Dame were foolish and insensitive. I respect all religions and did not mean anything derogatory by my poorly chosen words. I also deeply regret the embarrassment I have caused ESPN and Mike and Mike. My actions at the roast were inappropriate and in no way represent who I really am. I have personally apologized to many of the people involved. I won't make excuses for my behavior but do hope that I can be forgiven for such a poor lack of judgment."

According to the Catholic League, it remains unclear whether Jacobson actually said "F*** Jesus" or if she just said "F*** Notre Dame." In the event that she did say "F*** Jesus," the Catholic League will argue for a harsher penalty than one week's suspension.

Read more about the Catholic League's response here.

For more information on who Dana Jacobson is and a comprehensive bio, see here.

Comments

[johnnyjust]

Gee, I guess all you intolerant PuffPosters didn't read the article about Obama being a Christian and believing in the invisible magic man in the sky who came back from the dead.

Try to keep up so you don't look completely hypocritical.

[Namtillaku]

She really needs to go on a diet.

[Metacortex]

Dana will probably be reassigned to ESPN 8 "The Ocho"

[yappnmutt]

yeah, but does she give good slurpees.

[wedgie]

The more I hear about this, the more I like her.

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[GenXer]

If it was f**k Muhammad or Budda nothing would of happened. If your going to a roast with rules, you should post them. People say worse about people actually living and do not get repremanded. Are we going to have an officail Moral Police force like Saudi Arbia to arrest everyone who utters GD?

[FDRbyGodDemocrat]

This is just goofy stuff. If the Catholic League wants to get pissed off, whey don't they go after the asshole who thought up the name "Touchdown Jesus" in the first place? Shouldn't that be considered blasphemous?

[ronhacker]

Respecting people's unbelievable "beliefs" is what's put the world in such a mess.

[bobdevo]

Let me be among the many who say:

Fuck Notre Dame.


As for Jesus - Jesus is just alright with me - but Fuck Everybody Who Claims to Speak for Jesus.

[Bobleblah1]

Fraudulent Journalism

Its not a f--k Notre Dame remark
It was a F--k Jesus remark.
If you post an article and then want people to comment on the article why mislead them?
Who in their right mind thinks this has anything to do with Notre Dame?

This headline should read "DANA JACOBSON SUSPENDED BY ESPN FOR ANTI CHRISTIAN REMARKS"

Stop covering for her.
This incident is highly offensive to quite a few people, who are already finding out what was said. Why diminish your own credibility by making it seem as though she didn't say what she actually said?
Its not just this article either, This is a clear pattern with Huffpo.

Huffpo needs to fire all the intellectual cowards who seem to know administer this site.
You people suck, and your making this web site suck.

The Bill Maher show is another perfect example of this, his time is running out as we speak.

Just curious, How long did it take huffpo to change from an honest blog, to a propaganda vehicle??????

keep thinking it doesn't matter.

[hopeless277]

If Jesus is insulted, let HIM do something about it.

[Rescisco]

Given the context, who cares what she said? Wonder if anybody laughed? If they did, should they also be suspended for a week?

[aznurse]

I wonder if the next day she said "I did what?"

[ifyahasta]

Nothing I've read really gives good information about this incident, but it's easy to see how she might have thought that what she was doing was a send-up of a drunken UMich fan. In the top photo, which purports to show her "swigging vodka at the podium," it doesn't look to me like the bottle is open or even fully in her mouth. As for the alleged "f**k Jesus" comment, while it is tasteless, it's also probably not what she meant to say. "F**k Touchdown Jesus" is no more offensive than Notre Dame fans refering to a mural of the resurrected Christ as "Touchdown Jesus" in the first place. Jesus probably couldn't care less about Notre Dame football.

[rektruax]

I love good comedy, but don't pay any attention to jock meatheads. I suspect there wasn't too much good comedy going down at this event, but it was a roast.

Everything is fair game.