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Rays sideline reporter fired after insensitive comments

A sideline reporter on Rays television broadcasts is in hot water after a stream of insensitive comments she made on a Facebook Live video. 

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A sideline reporter on Rays television broadcasts is in hot water after a stream of insensitive comments she made on a Facebook Live video.

According to the Tampa Bay Times, Emily Austen will no longer appear on Fox Sports Sun after insensitive comments she made on Barstool Sports, a sports website.

The video is 35 limits long and contains explicit language. Her comments are mainly regarding people of Chinese and Mexican descent. Some of her comments occur around minute 25.

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Austen was a sideline reporter on Rays and Magic games and hosted such programs as Inside the Rays. Austen worked for Fox Sports Florida and Fox Sports Sun. She was not employed or paid by the Rays.

Read more at The Tampa Bay Times.

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