A few weeks ago, the Arizona Coyotes announced that their games will now be broadcast on Fox 910. Now comes word of a major issue with that announcement. Fox 910 and their parent company, iHeartRadio, recently hired Dan Sileo to do a new show from 4-7 daily, a decision that is not sitting well with members of the Arizona organization.
After a mediocre NFL career, Sileo made the transition into sports radio. He has a history of being very controversial on the air. In a 20 month span, he was fired on three separate occasions by Florida radio stations for making sexual or racist comments on the air and on his personal twitter. He is on record referring to black NFL players as "monkeys", and also went on a twitter rant about one of Fox's female reporters Erin Andrews, where he told her to bake him a cake. He also wrote "Love Erin either naked or in a porn... not at a sports desk."
Sources have have told The Athletic that the Coyotes will not allow any players or coaches on Sileo's show. Arizona reached out to the station's management and made it clear that the organization had no tolerance for racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, or any other discriminatory behavior.
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