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Syracuse radio host Brent Axe fired for ‘overly dark and negative’ coverage of school athletics

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. ESPN Radio Syracuse personality Brent Axe was fired after nearly 10 years with the station over the weekend after the affiliate’s ownership said he had increasingly become too critical in his coverage of the university’s athletics program.

Ed Levine, president and CEO of Galaxy Media Partners, which owns the affiliate station, told Syracuse.com on Sunday that Axe was fired because he had "a problem with the content of the show" he hosted.

Syracuse Orange players enter the field before the game against the Florida State Seminoles on Nov. 19, 2016, at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images) "I’m an SU fan.

I’m sorry, but I bleed Orange. I’m not going to apologize for that, and I think a fair reading of the Orange is appropriate.

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