BRISTOL, Conn. – Joe Namath apologized to ESPN reporter Suzy Kolber for his comments during Saturday night’s Patriots-Jets game.

“Joe apologized, I accepted, it’s over,” Kolber said Tuesday after the Hall of Fame quarterback phoned her.

Namath, at the Meadowlands for the Jets’ announcement of their Four-Decade Team, twice told Kolber he wanted to kiss her while she was interviewing him on the sideline.
Asked by Kolber about what the team’s struggles meant to him, Namath replied: “I want to kiss you” and leaned toward her.

He added he believed the team would come back next season with Chad Pennington available to play quarterback all year.

Namath capped off the interview by repeating: “I want to kiss you.”

Kolber responded to Namath’s comments by saying “Thanks, Joe. A huge compliment” and turned things back to the announcers in the booth.

Namath serves as a goodwill ambassador for the Jets.