Sean Salisbury Fired From Radio Gig

Last we heard from Sean Salisbury he was happily leaving ESPN. That was February 2008, and on his way out of the building he offered this:

"I'm a free agent. I've been liberated. I knew this was coming, but I couldn't be happier. ... I'd grown tired of being punished for not being an NFL superstar. Analysts who don't work as hard as me, don't prepare as hard as me, and don't have my resume were making more than me just because of their ability to throw or catch a football."

To be fair, Salibury's entire NFL career was about being punished for not being a superstar. You'd think he would have gotten used to it.

Whatever, Sean had big plans. Plans that eventually landed him some teevee commercial work, and eventually, a job at Dallas radio station, 105.3 The Fan. Until Sept. 11, anyway.

Apparently, The Fan canned Salisbury. No official word on why he was relieved of his duties, although DallasBasketball.com's Mike Fisher writes that "Salisbury is ... 'out' as in 'no longer with the station.' And let me suggest to you that The Fan ain't messin' around: Salisbury was gone before he could go on the air this afternoon, and on the station's website, Salisbury's presence there has been erased."

And Deadspin's A.J. Daulerio hears things:

According to one source close to the station, Salisbury "freaked out a station promo girl after sexting her". Program director Tom Bigby had no comment about the alleged incident but said that a formal press release about Salisbury's dismissal is forthcoming.

There were rumors that Salisbury had similar predilections while he was still in Bristol. For now, though, that's all it is. For all we know, Salisbury was fired for being horrible at his job, which, immutably, isn't subject to conjecture.