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Matt Millen Apologizes After Calling Ron Jaworski a 'Polack'

Apr 24, 2010 – 4:23 PM
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Matt MillenTake a situation where there are hours upon hours of live television time to fill and add in a collection of people not terribly comfortable outside the realm of discussing 40-yard dash times and you have a formula destined to produce an awkward moment.

Like, for instance, the one ESPN analyst Matt Millen found himself in Saturday afternoon during coverage of the later rounds of the NFL draft. During a lull in the proceedings, Millen, the former general manager of the Detroit Lions, was engaged in an on-air conversation with Monday Night Football analyst Ron Jaworski.

For some reason, the two got into a conversation about fried bologna sandwiches, at which point Millen said, ''Ask any polack from Buffalo how they like them, right Jaws." Jaworski, known during his playing career with the Philadelphia Eagles as "The Polish Rifle," joked back about trying them with fried onions.

About thirty minutes later, Millen apologized for the crack.
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