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Open mouth, insert foot.
Bruce Pearl, Tennessee’s basketball coach, had some extra apologizing to do on Yom Kippur.
From the Kansas City Star of Sept. 25:
Pearl, fifth-year coach of the Volunteers, was caught on camera Thursday during a charity fund-raising event describing the challenge of shaping a team of players from different backgrounds.
“I’ve got a tough job,” Pearl said. “I’ve got to put these guys from different worlds together, right? I’ve got guys from Chicago, Detroit. I’m talking about the ’hood! And I’ve got guys from Grainger County, where they wear the hood!”
In a statement released Friday, Pearl said, “Unfortunately while I was trying to excite the crowd and encourage employees to give, I made an inappropriate joke.”
Pardon the Interruption took up the poor choice of words and quickly dismissed it, throwing support behind the popular coach for apologizing so quickly. By the way, Tony Kornheiser took Monday off for the holiday. A haimeshe guy.
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