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CBS color commentator Jim Spanarkel is the first broadcaster to stick his foot in his mouth during this year’s NCAA tournament.
After an Allie LaForce sideline report during the Bucknell-West Virginia game, Spanarkel he made an offhand comment to Verne Lundquist that he “he learned to not argue with pretty women”
Women watching the game were not pleased.
@CBSSports Jim Spanarkel do you have daughters? Do you want them to be agreed with because they are pretty, or because they are smart?
— Sarah (@sarahkbf) March 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/AnubisAndFooFoo/status/842470498470707201
Referring to @ALaForce, Jim Spanarkel says, "I've learned not to argue with pretty women." Why can't she just be a reporter? #MarchMadness
— Pete Kenworthy (@petekenworthy) March 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/srowmill/status/842470151740096513
Wonder if Jim Spanarkel's apology will come during this broadcast or after. @richarddeitsch @GlobeChadFinn @Deadspin
— Will Shapiro (@willshapiro) March 16, 2017
whoever's doing color in buffalo is gonna wish he had that one back.
— bomani (@bomani_jones) March 16, 2017
We’ll see if Spanarkel ends up apologizing for his comments after the game.