Rob Parker is suspended by ESPN for racially focused comments about Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III.
ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz, quoted on ESPN.com, said: "Following yesterday's comments, Rob Parker has been suspended until further notice. We are conducting a full review."
Parker has been a mainstay in the sports journalism scene for nearly 20 years, working at the Free Press, Detroit 
News and WDIV-TV, where he is currently subbing.
Parker, appearing on ESPN's "First Take" on Thursday, was asked about Griffin's role as a black quarterback. Parker questioned Griffin's "blackness."
"Is he a brother or a cornball brother?" said Parker, who is black.
Later, he said he wanted to find out more about Griffin and how he deals with black teammates and others in Washington.
"We all know he has a white fiancée," he said. "There was all this talk about he's a Republican, which, there's no information [about that] at all. I'm just trying to dig deeper as to why he has an issue. Because we did find out with Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods was like, I've got black skin, but don't call me black. So people got to wondering about Tiger Woods early on."
