Remember just over a month ago when an ESPN employee was fired for writing an insensitive racial remark in a Knicks headline? Well the headline was ‘chink in the armor’ and the employee was Anthony Federico. Although the headline only lasted less than an hour before getting yanked by ESPN, the damage was done. Federico was swiftly shown to the door in a damage control move by ESPN, but his life has been turned upside down in the process.
After a few failed attempts for Lin and Federico to get together and clear the air, this week the meeting actually took place. Lin and Federico were face to face, sharing information about themselves over lunch.
Lin met with Anthony Federico, 28, of Connecticut, during a Knicks off-day on Tuesday. According to Federico, the two discussed their shared Christian faith and Lin’s knee injury. Federico wrote the offensive headline that appeared on ESPN’s mobile site for 35 minutes in the early morning hours of Feb. 18.
“It went incredible,” Federico said of the meeting with Lin. “I’m just so excited we had a chance to meet. We talked for an hour. I’m just so thankful.”
“The fact that he reached out to me,” Federico said. “The fact that he took the time to meet with me in his insanely busy schedule. . . . He’s just a wonderful, humble person. He didn’t have to do that, especially after everything had kind of died down for the most part.
[Quotes via NewsDay]
