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February 28, 2007

Celtics announcer to apologize for sexist remarks

BOSTON — Boston Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell will offer an on-air apology during tonight's game for saying that a female referee should ''go back to the kitchen” after he disagreed with one of her calls, a station official said.

Maxwell made his comments during the Celtics 77-72 win over the Houston Rockets on Monday night's broadcast on WEEI Radio, which is owned by Entercom Communications. WEEI-AM is located in Boston, WEEI-FM in Westerly/Providence.

Maxwell subsequently said “Go in there and make me some bacon and eggs, would you?” in reference to referee Violet Palmer.

“Cedric's comments about Violet Palmer were a poor attempt at humor, and we don't condone what he said,” Jason Wolfe, Entercom's vice president of AM programming and operations in Boston, said in a statement. “Cedric will apologize on air during (Wednesday) night's Celtics broadcast.”

Entercom owns WEEI and WRKO-AM. Celtics games are usually broadcast on WRKO, but Monday night's game was on WEEI. Wednesday night's game is also scheduled to air on WEEI.

Maxwell is a former Celtics player and the MVP of the 1981 finals, won by Boston 4-2 over the Rockets. The team retired his number in 2003.

Entercom fired talk-show host John DePetro from WRKO in November after he called Green Party gubernatorial candidate Grace Ross a “fat lesbian” on the air. DePetro, who apologized, was subsequently rehired by WPRO Radio in Providence.

-- Associated Press

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