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Banned sportswriter shouldn’t even have had Duke credentials, College Insider says

The sports reporter who lost his Duke basketball credentials after tweeting a racial comment should not have had press access in the first place, the online publication says.

John Stansberry, who identified himself online as a sports reporter for College Insider, allegedly took a photo of Greta Chen, a Duke first-year student, and her friends at the Dec. 2 men’s basketball game against South Dakota in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The photo was tweeted along with a racial comment.

But College Insider President Joe Dwyer said in an email to The News & Observer on Wednesday that Stansberry is not employed by or affiliated with College Insider “in any way.