Rutgers team accept Imus apology

The women's basketball team at the centre of the previously reported Don Imus row has accepted the sacked DJs apology for referring to its players as "nappy-headed hos". As previously reported, there was outrage after Imus made the remarks on air and, despite damage limitation on the part of him and his bosses at CBS, in the end the radio firm decided it had to fire the DJ to avoid damaging relationships with its sponsors, against whom civil rights groups were encouraging boycotts. Imus met the Rutgers team shortly after being fired on Thursday to say sorry in person, and the team's coach confirmed this weekend that they were "in the process of forgiving". The coach said in a statement: "We still find his statements to be unacceptable, and this is an experience that we will never forget. These comments are indicative of greater ills in our culture. It is not just Mr Imus, and we hope that this will be and serve as a catalyst for change. Let us continue to work hard to together to make this world a better place". Imus went to his meeting with the Rutgers with his wife Deirdre. She confirmed that she and her husband had been told that some Rutger team members had been receiving hate email from her husband's fans and she urged said fans to stop sending such emails to what she described the "unbelievably courageous and beautiful women" in the Rutger team.