ESPN Jeremy Lin racial slur blasted by Judy Chu

(Reuters) – Sports network ESPN said Sunday that it had dismissed one employee and suspended another after apologizing on Saturday for an anti-Asian slur that appeared with a story on its website about the New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin.

Former ESPN editor Anthony Federico, who was fired over a controversial Jeremy Lin headline that used the word chink, told the Daily News that the entire thing was a honest mistake.

"I thought it was going to end at some point within the first day or two," Jeremy Lin told ESPN's Rachel Nichols during a recent interview. "But it just kept going." Indeed, "Linsanity" seems to only be gaining strength, even as we exhaust our supply

This is the second time in less than a week the network has apologized for its coverage of the breakout NBA player.

(Reuters) – Sports network ESPN said Sunday that it had dismissed one employee and suspended another after apologizing on Saturday for an anti-Asian slur that appeared with a story on its website about the New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin.