Mississippi Sportswriter who dogs Lafayette, Cajuns was fired on Monday

According to the Advocate, a sportswriter’s critiques trashing Lafayette, Cajuns and the state of Louisiana cost him his job Monday.

Matthew Stevens, who covers Mississippi State, announced on Twitter he was let go by the Columbus (Miss.) Commercial Dispatch after apologizing profusely last week after comments on an Internet radio station: “Unfortunately, I was terminated from The Commercial Dispatch. I accept this as a consequence for my comments & I’ll always be remorseful.”

“I want to thank The Dispatch for employing me as a sports writer,” Stevens wrote in another post. “It was truly my pleasure. Also thank you to the readers for their loyalty.”

Stevens, 29, caused an uproar after returning from a weekend trip where he covered the Bulldogs’ exit from the NCAA tournament at a regional hosted by Louisiana-Lafayette.

The UL-Lafayette baseball team beat Mississippi State in back-to-back games to win the regional June 2.

He went on “The Full Court Press,” a talk show on Bulldogs Sports Radio, and vented last week.

“I’m not going to say to go as far as Brian (Hadid, another MSU radio host) and say they’re (Cajuns) not people, but I don’t know what they are,” Stevens said.