ESPN host Dan Le Batard was slammed as an alleged racist by ESPN colleague Keyshawn Johnson and former NBA player Mychal Thompson for saying Magic Johnson got the Lakers president's job due to his fame and charm.

That was just a warmup for the down-and-dirty TV/Radio/Twitter war he and his colleagues are waging with actor/director Michael Rapaport.

The feud has become so foul-mouthed and profane that Jason Whitlock of Fox Sports 1, no stranger to Twitter flame wars himself, has dubbed it a media feud "for the ages."

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With Rapaport publicly threatening a lawsuit, there's a question whether the New York-based actor, who directed a "30 for 30" film, will appear on ESPN TV or radios show again.

Dan Le Batard vs. Michael Rapaport on Twitter

In the wake of Le Batard's controversial Magic comments, Rapaport fired the first shot by asking why Johnson, a five-time NBA champion, was unqualified to run the Lakers while Le Batard's TV neophyte "Papi," Gonzalo, was good enough to co-star on"Highly Questionable."

Dan Lebatard askin why Magic is runnin the Lakers & the rest of the world is asking why his Father is on TV show everyday.

Who's qualified!? — MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) February 25, 2017

Le Batard fired back, saying Rapaport was a white guy who really wants to be black.

The idea of my father feuding with Michael Rapaport is delightful and why I got into journalism. https://t.co/HAuxgYa324 — Dan Le Batard Show (@LeBatardShow) February 25, 2017

Le Batard's producers, Mike Ryan Ruiz and Roy Bellamy, then jumped into the fray. From there, things got extremely "personal," according to Ryan Glasspiegel of The Big Lead.

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Le Batard's producers called Rapaport a Hollywood has-been desperately looking for relevance and a paycheck. They joked he was suffering from herpes -- based on a red carpet photo of Rapaport with a bad sore under his lip.

.@MichaelRapaport you should be proud. That herpe was the most standout performance you've had since 1994 — Mike Ryan Ruiz (@MichaelRyanRuiz) February 25, 2017

Rapaport countered he was suffering from an infected lesion at the time of the photo, not herpes. And he demanded to know what Le Batard meant by him "trying" to be black.

The actor said Le Batard only went after him because he couldn't, and wouldn't, go after powerful ESPN colleagues like Michael Wilbon of "Pardon the Interruption," who also ripped his Magic comments.

As both sides set social media ablaze, Rapaport tweeted an insulting racist caricature toward Bellamy, who is African-American.

The Racial Spokeman, Dan LeBaTard aka The Cupcake Kid on me "trying to be black"@DanLeBatardShow He never got to what trying to be white is pic.twitter.com/PdZeGhpDj3 — MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) February 28, 2017

(For the full Twitter back and forth, check out these stories by Andrew Bucholtz of Awful Announcing and Brian Flood of The Wrap. The blog Slice Miami screen-grabbed the insulting tweets, some of which have been deleted).

That might have been the last straw: Le Batard predicted on the air that Rapaport was "done" at ESPN.

“These things are all about value. How much value do you have to the company? Not enough to be putting up racist stuff on Twitter, " said Le Batard via The Big Lead. "(Rapaport) doesn’t work for the company. He’s on The Jump every once in awhile. So I’m guessing this is gonna cause him a problem. He doesn’t have enough value to the company, I don’t think, to withstand something like this.”

A sports fanatic and die-hard Knicks fan, Rapaport directed the ESPN "30 for 30" film "When the Garden was Eden," which came out in 2014.

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He appears regularly on "SportsCenter" and Rachel Nichols' NBA-focused studio show, "The Jump," as well as on FS1 shows such as "Undisputed" and "Speak for Yourself" (co-hosted by Whitlock) and Bill Simmons' podcast.

He also made a memorable TV appearance with Simmons on the sports columnist's failed HBO show, "Any Given Wednesday."

Not ready to give up the fight, Rapaport devoted an entire episode of his "I Am Rapaport" podcast to his ongoing feud with Le Batard & Co. Over 42 venomous minutes, he insulted Le Batard as a fat "Cupcake Kid," co-host Jon "Stugotz" Weiner as a "Long Island Jew" and show producers as coffee-fetching flunkies who would be unemployed without Le Batard.

The actor threatened a "defamation" lawsuit for the herpes accusation.

He promised it would be "SOS," or "slap on sight," if he encountered Le Batard or Weiner in person.

I listened to the podcast the other night and had trouble keeping up with insults hurled by the self-styled "Gringo Mandingo."

We'll divide up the putdowns into three categories: Rapaport vs. Le Batard, Rapaport vs. Weiner and Rapaport vs. Ruiz and Bellamy:

"I Am Rapaport" podcast on Le Batard

— “Dan Le Batard's looking like he’s eaten more cupcakes than he’s made jump shots in his life. Yet he’s on the radio talking every day about sports."

— "You're trying to talk s— about me? Trying to say I'm trying to 'act black.' Get the f— out of here, you fat f—."

— “You’re claiming that I’m not going work at ESPN? Let me tell you something. If I'm going down, the whole s— is burning down. If I'm going down, we’re talking about defamation.”

Time for some Action on the new @iamrapaport

Da Gringo Mandingo Flys High!https://t.co/jgDgEnmib6

Talkin bout the CupCakeKid & his Posse pic.twitter.com/CEywh5L3oz — MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) March 1, 2017

— "I've never seen Dan Le Batard catch a ball, kick a ball, throw a ball, dribble a ball or hit a ball. Ever. Yet he's talking about people being qualified to run the Lakers?"

— “Everybody knows that Magic Johnson, if he is going to do a basketball-related job, it's going to be with the Lakers. Because he’s a Laker for life. You are a twinkie-eating f— boy.”

— "Dan Le Batard is not funny. But he laughs at his own jokes. That's cardinal sin No. 1 of comedy. Let the audience dictate whether's it's funny or not."

— "Dan Le Batard has his father dragging down the TV show daily. And he's asking about Magic Johnson's qualifications to run the Lakers?"

— "Magic and the Lakers will be back in contention for a title way before Le Batard's radio show and TV show ever win an Emmy.”

— "Cupcake Kid."

— "Beignet Bandit."

— Host of "garbage" show.

— "Fat boy."

Rapaport vs. 'Stugotz':

— "If I saw Jon Weiner, Yo, I'm saying SOS. I'm talking about 'Smack on Sight.'"

— "Long Island Jew." (But Rapaport said that's not an insult because he's a Long Island Jew himself on his mother's side).

Le Batard Show vs Michael Rapaport War one for the ages. Can't call a winner. Strange how blog media refused to cover this insta-classic. — Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) March 1, 2017

— "Defaming my name, saying I'm begging for jobs on ESPN . . ."

— "The yes man from Long Island. 'Whatever you say, sir.'"

Rapaport vs. Ruiz and Bellamy:

— “You're laughing and giggling. You nobodies. If I s— my pants and dropped dead, that s— in my pants on my dead body would be more relevant than anything you did in your whole life. Your whole crew. Laughing and giggling? You’re going to end my career? Get the f— out of here.”

— "When I'm on 'SportsCenter,' the s— goes viral. I bring the noise."

— "Yes men producers."

should report that std on his face as a weapon of mass destruction https://t.co/6Sn7asaePn — Roy Bellamy (@roybelly) February 26, 2017

— "If I showed up to do the Dan Le Batard show, (they'd) stick out (their) hand and say, 'Mr. Rapaport, can I get you some coffee?'"

— "You're an intern . . . You're a friend of a friend."

— "You love my style. You've been on my d—. You want to be me."

— "Michael Ryan Ruiz? I guarantee my garage is bigger than (his) whole crib."

Just another radio stunt from a "stunt guy" or a real feud that ESPN is closely monitoring? @sportsrapport dives inhttps://t.co/XBoBoDuIG0 — Jason McIntyre (@jasonrmcintyre) March 2, 2017

— 'I'm begging to be on 'The Jump'? You're a 10-year intern. A coffee-getter. Why don't you tell the world what ("Highly Questionable" co-host) Bomani Jones wants on his tuna melt every day? Because you make that motherf— tuna melt every day."

During his podcast rant, Rapaport also noted, "I don't get personal. It's Twitter."

Alrighty, then.

Look, Rapaport has been a great character actor going back to the Quentin Tarantino-scripted "True Romance." As a fellow New Yorker, I thought he did a nice job on FS1 recently capturing how many blue collar Knicks fan felt about Charles Oakley during the former Knick's beef with owner James Dolan.

But I've got a feeling this won't end well.

Le Batard has the ear of ESPN big boss John Skipper. Despite his frequent on-air appearances and "30 for 30" connection, Rapaport does not have a contract with ESPN as Le Batard said on the air.

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If ESPN decides Rapaport racially insulted one of its African-American producers, that could be all she wrote. He could be banned from ESPN air as Le Batard predicted.

Is this a stunt by Le Batard and Rapaport to get attention? Maybe. But given the deeply personal attacks by both antagonists, I doubt it.

ESPN declined to comment for this story Thursday.

Stay tuned.