ESPN has already apologized for running a ridiculous report about Michael Sam's showering habits earlier this week. But that doesn't mean that Rams coach Jeff Fisher has moved on and forgotten about it.
Yesterday, Fisher was asked about his thoughts on the report, which aired on SportsCenter on Tuesday. And he revealed that he's upset with the way that ESPN's Josina Anderson went about putting the report together.
"I think it's very, very unprofessional. Not only the piece itself, the content. The manner in which she did it," Fisher said. "We have a media policy, and we're very flexible. We have open practices. Players are available. We have open locker rooms. Obviously she came in, in all likelihood to see if there was gonna be a roster move at the 75 cutdown as it relates to Mike Sam. That didn't happen. But she needed to do something, and it's my understanding that she manufactured this story."
What's done is done. ESPN's report on Sam is out there and there's nothing anyone can do about it. But it doesn't sound like Fisher is going to forget about it anytime soon. And from the sound of things, it might force Fisher to alter the amount of access that he allows reporters to have to his players.
[via St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
