Three years after her racist insults cost her a job, former Fox Sports Florida sideline reporter Emily Austen is employed once again.
Austen, previously canned for making offensive remarks during an appearance in a Barstool Sports video, announced Wednesday that she has joined Liberty University’s “Game On” sports TV show.
“The wait is over. After three years, three months, and three weeks, I am getting my second chance at my dream career in sports reporting,” Austen revealed in an essay posted on Sports Spectrum.
Austen said over the past few years, “most of my days have consisted of severe anxiety, a dark depression and overwhelming regret,” also noting that while she is “not the victim here,” she learned “words are extremely powerful.”
“I realize that I hurt and offended countless people with my comments. For that, I am forever sorry and remorseful,” Austen wrote.
During the video broadcast in June 2016, Austen said she “didn’t even know that Mexicans were that smart” and the “Chinese guy is always the smartest guy in the class,” and called a Jewish customer she once had as a server a “stingy a–hole.”
In the fallout, Austen said, she related her experiences during speaking engagement at high schools and colleges. She said she has leaned on her faith.
“Our choices boil down to fear or faith. I am not going to be a product of what has been. I choose faith. I choose to say ‘yes’ to what God has planned for me,” Austen noted.
On her new opportunity with Liberty, Austen said she is “beyond grateful” for a second chance.


