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Emily Austen

Emily Austen

Emily Austen is a former sideline reporter for Fox Sports Florida. Prior to joining Fox Sports, she was a digital reporter for the Boston Celtics. She is from Tampa, Florida and studied multimedia journalism at Florida Atlantic University. During her time at FAU, she was a member of the cross country and track teams for all four years.

Fox Sports Firing

Emily Austen was fired on June 10, 2016 after making several racist and insensitive comments during a live Facebook broadcast for Barstool Sports the day before. Austen stated that she "didn't even know Mexicans were that smart", called Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love"a little bitch" and said the "Chinese guy is always the smartest guy in math class."

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Citation Linkinstagram.comEmily Austen on Instagram
Jun 12, 2016, 12:32 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comEmily Austin
Jun 12, 2016, 12:33 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comAusten standing courtside
Jun 11, 2016, 11:56 PM
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Citation Linkbleacherreport.comArticle highlighting some of her comments
Jun 11, 2016, 11:15 PM
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Citation Linklinkedin.comLinkedIn profile
Jun 11, 2016, 11:16 PM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comAusten interviewing an Orlando Magic player
Jun 11, 2016, 11:57 PM
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Citation Linkfacebook.comPersonal Facebook page
Jun 11, 2016, 11:16 PM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comAusten with a player from the Boston Celtics
Jun 11, 2016, 11:58 PM
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Citation Linktwitter.comPersonal Twitter Account
Jun 11, 2016, 11:17 PM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comFacebook profile picture
Jun 12, 2016, 12:36 AM
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Citation Linkvimeo.comVideo of the broadcast where she made her comments
Jun 11, 2016, 11:40 PM
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Citation Linkyoutube.comYouTubevideo of the incident.
Jun 12, 2016, 12:13 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comPhoto of Emily picking up her number to run the Boston Marathon in 2014 from Facebook
Jun 12, 2016, 1:40 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comPhoto of Emily in the hat with friends from Facebook
Jun 12, 2016, 1:37 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comPhoto of Emily reporting from Facebook
Jun 12, 2016, 1:37 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comPhoto of Emily from Facebook
Jun 12, 2016, 1:38 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comPhoto of Emily reporting on the sidelines from Facebook
Jun 12, 2016, 1:39 AM
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Citation Linkwww.youtube.comYouTube video of the incident.
Jun 12, 2016, 12:13 AM