Tony Massarotti apologizes after using racial slur on-air, vows to not use it again

Thursday’s show of 98.5 The Sports Hub’s “Felger & Mazz” began with an apology from Tony Massarotti after he used a term on Wednesday’s show that he wasn’t aware was a racial slur.I did want to address this, because during yesterday’s show, while we were discussing baseball’s Gold Glove Awards, the voting and the data that went into it, I made reference to (Zo & Bertrand associate producer) Tyler Milliken and people his age and their reliance on some of the metrics, and how I didn’t believe in them. And in so doing, I used a derogatory term that was unbeknownst to me. I didn’t know that this term had a derogatory connotation, but I used it in reference to Milliken and his Gen Z brethren, for lack of a better term.I have since come to the realization that historically, there is some derogatory context for that term, which I assure you I did not know. Nonetheless, in so doing, if you are among those who I offended, I apologize for that. It was not my intent. I can…