Sometimes he even might refer to them as dames. Either way, Cornbread (as he was known in his early Celtic days) really screwed the pooch the other night while doing his normal duties as "voice of the Celtics." Read this (from SI.com, via Associated Press):
BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell will offer an on-air apology during Wednesday night'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-AM, which is owned by Entercom Communications.
He subsequently said "Go in there and make me some bacon and eggs, would you?" in reference to referee Violet Palmer.
Whoah! Go back to the kitchen? It would be stomach turning if it wasn't so damn funny. I understand it must be hard for radio/TV personalities to constantly watch what they say and make sure they don't accidentally say something that can be misinterpreted, but this one seems like a gimme. If he said that in front of his wife she'd probably slap the shit out of him, so he should've known he couldn't say it on air. If this guy wasn't the MVP of the '81 finals, I'd give him a piece of my mom's mind.
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