Knoxville radio host is target of columnist after expletive tweet about Sister Jean

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Loyola-Chicago's Marques Townes hugs team chaplain Sister Jean the Ramblers' victory over Tennessee in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Loyola won two more games to reach the Final Four. The Ramblers' entire run almost never happened.

Chicago Tribune columnist David Haugh took exception to a tweet containing an expletive by a Knoxville radio host after Loyola Chicago upset Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament.

Loyola Chicago wasn't his target on Twitter. It was Sister Jean, the 98-year-old chaplain for the Ramblers who has been an overnight sensation and a media darling as Loyola Chicago has reached the Sweet 16.

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Loyola Chicago defeated the Vols 63-62 on Saturday night with a basket in the final seconds.

McClure is co-host of sports talk show on WKGN-AM from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Haugh wrote, "I worried about giving a publicity-seeking shock jock the attention many crave. I picked up the phone anyway because I don’t really believe the adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity. I think this example dispels that notion."

McClure told Haugh that his "comments about Sister Jean were meant simply as a joke, nothing more, nothing less.’’