Bacon and eggs

SPORTING GOODS

I continue to be shocked when public figures make ridiculously benighted comments in this era of heightened sensitivities. This morning, I give you Cedric Maxwell.

Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell apologized on the air last night for saying that a female referee should "go back to the kitchen" after he disagreed with one of her calls.

Maxwell made the comment during the Celtics' 77-72 victory over the Rockets on Monday. He subsequently said, "Go in there and make me some bacon and eggs, would you?" in reference to referee Violet Palmer.

"If I said anything that might have been insensitive or sexist in any way, then I apologize because she worked extremely hard to get where she is now, end of quote," Maxwell said before the Celtics' game against the Knicks on WEEI-AM, which is owned by Entercom Communications.

Whew! Talk about a non-apology apology. Clearly, this neanderthal isn't aware that he "said anything that might have been insensitive or sexist." Cripes, do we need to draw him a picture?

By the by, in hunting around for this story, I found that Dennis Johnson died last week. Requiescat in pace.