Fox Sports Florida cuts ties to reporter after she makes racist comments

Fox Sports Florida’s Emily Austen, who worked as a sideline reporter on Orlando Magic and Tampa Bay Rays broadcasts, has been taken off the air by the network after she made racist and insensitive comments during a Barstool Sports Facebook Live webcast.

A Magic spokesman said it’s the team’s understanding that Fox Sports Florida has fired Austen.

During Barstool Sports’ 35-minute video, one of the hosts mentioned how an undocumented immigrant who graduated from a high school with a 4.5 grade-point average had received a scholarship to the University of Texas.

“I didn’t even know Mexicans were that smart,” Austen said.

When one of the hosts responded by calling Austen “Trump Junior,” Austen said she knew her comment sounded harsh. Then she said: “You guys know that the Chinese guy’s always the smartest guy in math class.”

The conversation soon turned to Jewish people, with one of the hosts mentioning how Jews are “a little stingy” and “hold onto their pennies.”

“Yeah,” Austen said. “I went to school in Boca, so I know most of that. The way I used to talk to the Jews in Boca, they hated it because I was a server and I just didn’t care, and they would complain and b---- about everything.”

Austen also called Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love “a little b----” on several occasions. She said Love “has no aggression” when he plays.