2 Aroostook sports commentators fired for disparaging remarks about girl players

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HOULTON, Maine — Two longtime basketball broadcasters in Aroostook County have been fired from radio station WHOU soon after producing disparaging remarks Thursday on-air about some of the pupil gamers.

Jim Carter and Steve Shaw have been having ready to broadcast a higher college women basketball sport when they built inappropriate comments about basketball players on a various girls activity also staying broadcast on-line. The opinions experienced to do with the players’ physical appearance.

Steve Shaw of Mars Hill.

Carter and Shaw have broadcast large school basketball games in Aroostook County for a long time at several radio stations. Carter is a member of the Presque Isle Hall of Fame and Maine Sports activities Legends. Shaw is also a retired athletic director for Easton, is a previous standout coach at equally Easton and Central Aroostook and was inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame as portion of the “Legends of the Game” in 2021.

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