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Katherine Webb ... 'quarterbacks, you get all the good looking women'. Source: Julie Jacobson / AP
Sports broadcaster ESPN has apologised for the second time in a week after two sepearate incidents in commentary sparked public outcry.
College football commentator Brent Musburger was responsible for the latest faux pas after overstepping the mark in his critique of a player's girlfriend as the cameras lingered on her in the stands.
Miss Alabama Katherine Webb, currently dating Crimson Tide championship quaterback AJ McCarron was the subject of the controversial commentary: "Wow, I'm telling you quarterbacks: you get all the good-looking women."
The response in the Twitterverse was astounding - as of Tuesday night, Webb had topped 175,000 Twitter followers, trumping McCarron's 114,000. Before the game the glamour reportedly had about 2000.
However, the remarks from the 73-year-old were not received positively by all.
On Tuesday, ESPN released this statement: "We always try to capture interesting storylines and the relationship between an Auburn grad who is Miss Alabama and the current Alabama quarterback certainly met that test.
"However, we apologize that the commentary in this instance went too far and Brent understands that."
Webb was reported as saying that the comments from Musburger didn't bother her.
"It was kind of nice," she said. "I didn't look at it as creepy at all. For a woman to be called beautiful, I don't see how that's an issue."
But the attention on her in America did appear to test Webb's patience on Twitter later the same day when Arizona Cardinals defensive end Darnell Dockett tweeted her his telephone number and suggested they meet after the game.
McCarron responded, telling Dockett: "#betterkeepdreaming like the rest of these dudes."
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The stir created by Musburger's comments came hot on the heels of a storm whipped up by ESPN commentator Jon Champion, who labelled Liverpool forward Luis Suarez "a cheat" during his commentary of an FA Cup game.
Champion was disciplined by ESPN after "causing offence where none was intended" as he covered the Red's controversial 2-1 win over Mansfield.
When television replays clearly showed the Uruguayan to have controlled the ball with his right hand before slamming it into the net, Champion declared: "That, I'm afraid, is the work of a cheat."
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