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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:27 pm 
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Iowa radio announcer Gary Dolphin suspended for basketball season after 'King Kong' reference

Longtime radio voice Gary Dolphin has been suspended from broadcasting Iowa basketball games for the rest of the season.

The action comes following comments that Dolphin made during the postgame portion of Iowa’s radio broadcast of Tuesday’s home game against Maryland, in which he referred to the Terrapins’ Bruno Fernando, who is black, as “King Kong.”

The suspension, announced by Learfield Sports Properties (which owns the rights to Hawkeye broadcasts), is for basketball only. Dolphin has been Iowa’s play-by-play voice of Iowa football, as well, for the past 22 years.

"The University of Iowa athletics department values diversity and is committed to creating a welcoming environment for all members of its campus community," the school said in a statement.

The reference to King Kong, a fictional gorilla first popularized in a 1933 movie by that name, happened as Dolphin and analyst Bobby Hansen wrapped the Hawkeyes' 66-65 loss, in which Maryland made 12 of its final 20 three-point attempts — and then Fernando (who stands 6-foot-10, 245 pounds) recorded the go-ahead tip-in with 7.8 seconds remaining.

“Twelve threes on 22 made baskets. That’s some pretty good long-range shooting," Dolphin said. "And then Fernando was King Kong at the end of the game.”

Hansen replied, “Yeah, he was. And they had done a really good job, Gary, for the most part rebounding.”

Dolphin released a statement in the release, apologizing for his language.

“During the broadcast, I used a comparison when trying to describe a talented Maryland basketball player. In no way did I intend to offend or disparage the player," Dolphin said. "I take full responsibility for my inappropriate word choice and offer a sincere apology to him and anyone else who was offended. I wish the Iowa Hawkeye players, coaches and fans all the very best as they head into the final stretch of the season. I will use this as an opportunity to grow as a person and learn more about unconscious bias."

This marks the second on-air incident this basketball season that put Dolphin in hot water publicly.

Dolphin was suspended by the University of Iowa and Learfield Sports for two games for negative comments he made about the basketball program and backup guard Maishe Dailey that were inadvertently aired during Iowa’s Nov. 27 game against Pittsburgh.

In that incident, during what was supposed to be a commercial break, Dolphin was telling Hansen that Iowa needed to recruit better guards, then singled out Dailey to make his point.

"We get Maishe Dailey," Dolphin said. "Dribbles into a double-team with his head down. God."

What made that story blow up even more was further comments by Iowa athletics director Gary Barta that there were “ongoing tensions” between Dolphin and head coach Fran McCaffery.

McCaffery also lashed out at Dolphin’s November comments, calling them “inexcusable.”

At a later press conference, Barta indicated the parties were working through their tensions. "He made a mistake, and fortunately we worked through it," Barta said then.

Since the first suspension, Hansen — not Dolphin — has handled the postgame locker-room interview with McCaffery.

Jim Albracht and Hansen will call Iowa's games for the remainder of the season. The Hawkeyes were scheduled to face Indiana at home Friday night.

This article originally appeared on Hawk Central: Iowa radio announcer Gary Dolphin suspended for basketball season after 'King Kong' reference.


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:39 pm 
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Reserving opinion until I see how he does with the quote function.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:43 pm 
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Is Fay Wray next? Or does drunken Mike have to weigh on this as well???

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What a crock of shit. Next time might as well go full mongoloid and earn the suspension

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 8:52 am 
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Honestly that's pretty fucking stupid to suspend him for that.

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Ba ba baba, baba ba baba, I wanna be offended.

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 4:45 pm 
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Iowa wants him out. He pissed Fran off earlier this season. He's probably done doing Iowa broadcasts.


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Reserving opinion until I see how he does with the quote function.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 8:55 am 
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He really is a lot of fun at the family Christmas parties with his off color jokes

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:40 pm 
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we went to the hawkeye game the other night and there were at least 15 people dressed in dolphin costumes. there were people with dolphin shirts like "save the dolphins" etc. there were gary dolphin chants. it was pretty great.


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