Buffalo TV: Sportswriter Loses 3 Jobs For What He Said

Jerry Sullivan

Buffalo sportswriter Jerry Sullivan, who writes for the local CBS affiliate’s website along with two newspapers, has been fired after making sexist comments on a livestream podcast Monday night.

WIVB, along with the Niagara Gazette and the Lockport Union Sun & Journal, let Sullivan go after he told a caller on the local podcast Trainwreck Tonight in part, “The worst fans really are the women. They don’t get critical journalism. They’re all wannabe cheerleaders. You know what I mean? It’s always … It’s a dangerous avenue to go down to criticize women in general, because they’re better than men generally, but they don’t get it as fans.”

Buffalo News media writer Alan Pergament said a source told him, “Sullivan was fired Tuesday afternoon, but Channel 4’s owner, Nexstar, has no plans to announce it. As of Tuesday afternoon, Sullivan was no longer listed on the station’s website.”

Sullivan issued a brief apology Tuesday afternoon: “I’d like to apologize for comments I made on a podcast last night that were uncalled for and insulting to women. I should be better than that.”

Sullivan was a longtime sports columnist for The Buffalo News. He left the newspaper in 2018.