Posted by Afternoon Saloon 24/7 on March 11, 2011 at 10:51:03:
Sources say that Harry Teinowitz has been suspended for the rest of the week at ESPN Radio sports talk WMVP-AM (1000), where he was a co-host of the afternoon drive show from 2 to 6 p.m. called �The Afternoon Saloon.�
Teinowitz�s suspension, starting Wednesday and continuing through Friday, comes after he publicly apologized at the top of Tuesday�s �Afternoon Saloon� show for what he characterized as his �horrible mistake in judgment.�
Teinowitz was charged with driving under the influence and improper lane usage by Skokie police Friday night after he was pulled over in his Nissan Murano SUV at 11:50 p.m. A test put Teinowitz�s blood-alcohol level at .131 percent, police said. The standard to be charged with DUI in Illinois is .08 percent.
An ESPN spokesman would not comment on Teinowitz�s suspension Wednesday, but said �we at ESPN take this matter very seriously, and we decided it was best for him (Teinowitz) to address the situation directly with listeners, which he did on Tuesday.�
During Tuesday�s on-air mea culpa, Teinowitz also said he took full responsibility for his actions: �I let you guys, the listeners who I love, down, I let the company I work for down. And I�m deeply sorry.�
But Teinowitz also said his situation was a legal matter, and he would have no further comment for now.