Some readability has emerged from the incident during which former Bears nice Olin Kreutz was fired from a Chicago sports activities media startup for allegedly assaulting a colleague.
Jeff Agrest of the Chicago Solar-Occasions stories Kreutz grabbed CHGO co-worker Adam Hoge’s neck after Hoge made a “flippant comment” at a employees assembly on Monday. Hoge reportedly didn't require remedy or file a police report.
Hoge, a veteran on the Bears beat who lately left NBC Sports activities Chicago for upstart CHGO, returned to the community’s YouTube present Tuesday. He didn't deal with the incident with Kreutz.
On Monday, CHGO introduced that Kreutz — who stands at 6-foot-2 and weighed 292 kilos throughout his taking part in days — had “bodily attacked” an unnamed worker and that the ex-Bears middle would now not be employed by the community.
The previous offensive lineman responded with a meme of Mike Tyson saying that, “Social media made y’all means too snug with disrespecting individuals and never getting punched within the face for it.”
Kreutz performed for the Bears from 1998 by means of 2010. His mood received the higher of him in fights with teammates in each faculty and the professionals.
“Twice, he has cracked the jaws of teammates in disputes,” the Washington Put up reported in 2007. “The primary was at Washington when he punched Sekou Wiggs after a observe argument — a shot that smashed the jaw in two locations, requiring it to be wired shut for months. The opposite got here final yr when he received right into a struggle with Bears offensive lineman Fred Miller at an FBI capturing vary. Miller missed solely a recreation. 3 times Kreutz has been to anger administration coaching.”
The 44-year-old stays an on-air expertise at NBC Sports activities Chicago and 670 the Rating.
“We’re conscious of the scenario, and we’re trying into it,” Kevin Cross, president of NBC Sports activities Chicago informed the Solar Occasions.
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