Wife of Redskins GM apologizes for inappropriate tweets about ESPN reporter
OK, this is already spoiled because you saw the headline, but if I were to tell you that the wife of a certain NFL team’s general manager is in trouble because she posted inappropriate tweets about said general manager and an ESPN reporter, which team would you guess is involved? Washington, you say? Of course you do!
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Yes, folks, just when you think the trainwreck that is the Washington Redskins can’t be any more of a pileup, the wreckage explodes and spews toxic fumes all over the countryside. Today’s contestant in Football Team Or Reality Show is Jessica McCloughan, wife of Redskins GM Scot McCloughan. Mrs. McCloughan got a wee bit too free with Twitter, and, well, she’s having to apologize.
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In a since-deleted tweet on a since-closed private account, Jessica McCloughan accused ESPN reporter Dianna Marie Russini, in no uncertain terms, of exchanging certain, uh, favors for scoops from McCloughan about the team. A Redskins spokesman initially denied that the tweets came from Jessica McCloughan, claiming that an impostor was at work (should have gone with the social media intern defense), but later on Wednesday Jessica McCloughan cleared the air:
ESPN offered a statement supporting Russini, and in truth she’s brought in plenty of scoops since long before McCloughan arrived on the scene. Between this and Robert Griffin III’s Instagram follies, the Redskins are having a heck of a week on social media. And it’s only Wednesday.
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