Jalen Rose pulled off the air by ESPN for DUI controversy

[cobbland]

Damn.

But they let this retard stay on the radio?

Sports talk radio personality Harry Teinowitz had fresh marijuana residue on his shirt when he was charged late March 4 with driving under the influence, according to a Skokie police report.

More information on Teinowitz’s arrest emerged from the report that was released this week. The arrest led to an on-the-air apology from Teinowitz, who was suspended from his job on ESPN Radio’s WMVP-AM (1000).

Police did not charge Teinowitz with possession of marijuana, but they reported there was a strong odor of pot coming from his vehicle when he was pulled over in the 3800 block of Greenwood Avenue.

When asked about the odor by police, Teinowitz said the car was recently parked by a valet and those who parked it must have smoked inside, police said. Officers searched Teinowitz for marijuana and then saw marijuana residue on his shirt, the report stated.

Asked by police where the marijuana was, Teinowitz again denied having any, police said. An officer then pointed to a green leafy substance on Teinowitz’s shirt and he had no response, according to the report.

A witness told police Teinowitz was driving a vehicle with dealer plates when he entered the Kennedy Expressway at Addison Street in Chicago. The witness said Teinowitz’s SUV almost struck his vehicle several times. The witness told police he stayed behind Teinowitz and called 911 as Teinowitz eventually exited at Dempster heading into Skokie.

Teinowitz swerved across all lanes of traffic, said the witness.

Police saw Teinowitz swerve to the right side of the road and almost strike the curb before they pulled him over on Greenwood.

Teinowitz had a strong smell of alcohol on his breath and had bloodshot, droopy and watery eyes, police said. He failed all sobriety tests.

Teinowitz told police he was coming from the Blackhawks game before he was taken into custody just after midnight. His blood-alcohol level tested at 0.131 percent, above the legal limit of 0.08, police said.

During processing, Teinowitz told officers that they “could not do this” because he works for the Disney company and he would lose his job, police said. He then asked twice if he could contact Skokie’s mayor, the report stated.

An ESPN corporate spokesman said Friday afternoon: “The company is reviewing the additional information that has come to light regarding Harry Teinowitz, and his suspension from ‘The Afternoon Saloon’ will continue through Monday.”

Saying he made a “horrible mistake in judgment,” sports radio host Harry Teinowitz dealt with his recent DUI charge on the afternoon drive show on ESPN’s WMVP-AM (1000).

“Before we start the show today, there’s something I need to say that’s very important — to me,” a contrite Teinowitz, 50, said at the opening of the “The Afternoon Saloon” program he co-hosts from 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays with Carmen DeFalco and John Jurkovic. “I want to address an unfortunate situation involving me.

“Some of you may have heard about the incident that occurred last Friday night. I made a horrible mistake in judgment,” he said, his voice wavering. “And I take full responsibility for my actions. I let my family down. I let you guys, the listeners who I love, down. I let the company I work for down. And I’m deeply sorry.”

At that point, Teinowitz said it was a legal matter that he would no longer discuss. “That’s all I want to say. Thanks for hearing me out. I’m thrilled to be back. Let’s get back to Carmen, Jurko and, thank God, Harry.”

But he did add: “This doesn’t define me. What happens from now defines me.”

An ESPN spokesman also declined comment about the DUI charge or Teinowitz’s remarks on air.

Teinowitz was pulled over at 11:50 p.m. Friday while he was behind the wheel of a Nissan Murano SUV, according to Skokie police. He was charged with driving under the influence and improper lane usage after a test put his blood-alcohol level at .131 percent, police said. The standard in Illinois to be charged with DUI is .08 percent. Teinowitz was released on $1,000 bail.

Last May, Teinowitz was removed from the White Sox clubhouse for being loud and behaving in a manner that Sox executives deemed inappropriate.

Teinowitz has been with WMVP since ESPN took over the station in 1998.

 

[dbrazil412]

this has more to do with the duke comments than anything...

 

[dbrazil412]

now all the sudden jalen rose is a problem...a black eye to the espn community

 

[BlackAX410]

Soon as I saw that he got in trouble wit DUI I knew this was gonna happen especially cuz the way they was draggin out those Duke Uncle Tom comments

 

[ya boi g]

I knew this was comin..............

 

[MR.CJ]

Uncle toms do shyt like this, all the time, wudnt nothing but a punkazz DUi...Misdemeanor offense, in his case

i was joking

 

[D.D.S.]

this has more to do with the duke comments than anything...

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[Ibex]

Although I support Jalen Rose this was a great move he was terrible. Give his spot to C-Webb or bring Stephen A Smith back

 

[themadlionsfan]

Not a smart move by jalen.......he had to know he was under the microscope for the duke comments.....

 

[Kame]

He apologized publicly though.............

 

[S.jR.]

He makes some good points every once in a while and help create a good documentary but damn this dudes voice was annoying so is whatever to me. As someone said bring back Stephen A., especially with playoffs around the corner.

 

[NatTurner1972]

Somebody post an example where an analyst on a major network caught a case like a dui or domestic situation and stayed on the air

This would have happened to any body of any race you do somethin reckless you get yanked off the air same thing happened to marv albert,same thing happened to jay marriotti

DUI's arent something u overlook people die cuz of it,this had nothin to do wit duke

This is true ESPN don't play you have to be a saint to work for them plus he was pulled from the air he has not been fired and probaly will be just have a suspension if that. The Duke shit didn't have nothing to do with it because ESPN could have edit that shit if they thought it was that bad it is his opinion it was wrong but I hate Duke so I'm having fun calling them toms it is the greatest ether to the DUKE fans I say all Black People should get free Jalen Rose shirts and boycott ESPN just for the hell of it (just kidding) But I like J. Rose and I hope Stephen A. Smith comes back to ESPN too! Fuck you DUKE toms G-Town Hoyas and Maryland Terps run things bitches!!!

 

[Bcotton5]

Free my nigga Jalen

 

[unspoken_respect]

Whats funny is I didn't know about this until is was reported on sports center earlier this week. Whats funny about that is they reported that he was pulled for a dui then they brought that Duke shit back up again which is unrelated to the dui. Ive lost a lot of respect for ESPN. Leave the poitics on the other channels. I doubt anybody that works for them will say anything about this bull shit which is sad.

 

[Darius]

its not a controversy. or shouldn't be. a man who represents a billion dollar company on the air and doesn't inform his employer about getting a DUI will be punished. case closed. fuckers

 

[Mally_G]

]charles stays getting into trouble but never gets booted off the network[/B]

warren sapp n his bullshit

nah, Chuck got locked up the weekend that he "got the best head he's gotten in his life", and ESPN/TNT took him off the air for about a month after that.

Jalen most likely got in trouble for hiding the fact he caught a DUI. It's even worse when you trying to hide something and get caught. Getting a DUI is a matter of public record, it was bound to get out.

 

[mikelewis]

its not a controversy. or shouldn't be. a man who represents a billion dollar company on the air and doesn't inform his employer about getting a DUI will be punished. case closed. fuckers

Couldn't agree more.

He knows how ESPN does in concerns to their own whenever any sort of controversy occurs, and with the added heat of that documentary still lingering around, he should not have felt "confident" that he could drive home drunk.

There is no racism here, just someone messing up, getting caught and paying for it.

 

[Mr.Burns]

Maybe I'm late but didn't the DUI happen like last month?? Jalen has been on the air since then, why now is he getting pulled off the air?

 

[S.jR.]

Word to Harold Reynolds..

 

[new account2]

the minute I herd he got arrested I knew this was gonna happen.....

I personally think he should shop his self around, he could do his own show somewhere and kill a lotta these analysis out here........real niggas need shows too..........