Fox 29 to Tollefson: Welcome back, now get lost

Fox 29 sports director

's contract at Fox 29 was not renewed today, a station spokeswoman confirmed.

Tollefson returned to Fox 29 Sunday night after being out

» READ MORE: since early April recovering from a car accident

, but

» READ MORE: was off-air Monday night when the station told us he was "back on leave."

Why would the station bring a guy back from leave for one day only to announce he was no longer working for the station two days later? We asked and got no reply.

We were told Monday that Tolly's desk had been cleaned out that night when he did not go on the 5 or 10 p.m. newscasts. Earlier today we learned of an argument Tollefson had with news director

last week after he showed up at the station and wanted to go on-air to be part of a send-off for

, whose last day on the anchor desk was Thursday. It's unclear if the argument directly related to the station's decision to not renew the sportscaster. Smith's office referred our call to a station spokeswoman who could not address specifics of any decisions and said only that "his contract was not renewed today." We learned recently that management was upset that Tollefson was making public appearances at various charity events while he was staying off air due to doctor's orders. The station also declined to address those rumors. Tolly, who returned to ESPN 950 AM over the weekend, has not returned multiple calls for comment.