Notes: Tony K. Suspended Over Hannah; WADA (& the USADA) – Presaging a Surveillance State, Tomlinson for Westbrook?

Hannah and her sausage casing. The hardest working man in sports business, Tony Kornheiser, was suspended by ESPN Monday for two weeks his remarks about an outfit worn by ESPN SportsCenter anchor, Hannah Storm. Pardon the Interruption co-host, Washington Post columnist, WaPo podcaster, and radio show host, Kornheiser made his remarks on his radio show last week. Of Storm’s red knee-high [read more...]

Friday Sports Notes: Gregg Williams Gets His Cheap Shot and “Warrior” On While ESPN’s Mike Golic Defends the Saints D-Coordinator; Kudos to 1st-Time NBA All-Stars

Gregg Williams wants his "warriors" to take out Peyton Manning out of Super Bowl XLIV.. Thursday on the Nashville, Tennessee radio show, 104.5, The Zone’s “Three Hour Lunch,” New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator, Gregg Williams said on the air waves aloud what is normally kept in the confines of the NFL locker room: “If you kill the head, the body’ll die.” After these [read more...]

Mayweather, Mayweather, Sr. and De La Hoya Resort to the PED Blame Game with Pacquiao – and Blow a March 13 Fight Date

Want some? Get some. So, it’s done. There will be no March 13 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. For Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya it came to using low-brow tactics to get under Pacquiao and an attempt to smear the Pac-Man in the press using the 21st century sports bogeyman: the specter of performance-enhancing drugs. The misdeeds and foolish [read more...]

Guns, Race, and Guns: Gilbert, Volunteers, and the Cost of Life in America

A Philadelphia fan holds up a sign for Gilbert Arenas. People in the United States – at least the U.S. – do not want to hear this. White people, Black people, people. But especially White and Black people. Black and White people. Even the juxtaposition – Black-White – is a contrivance, a sick trick of the mind. Racism exists today at its vile [read more...]

Tiger Woods: Lessons Not Learned – Again

How mass media forms public opinion. Let’s get this straight first: Tiger Woods’ platelet-rich plasma treatement is not “controversial.” Anyone who says or implies it is can be perceived to be disingenuous. —————————— Despite the fact that only one woman’s alleged trysts with Woods has been substantiated, Tiger Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren, is said to be seeking a divorce. Nordegrin was seen recently [read more...]

No More Tiger Woods Blah Blah Blah…

Tiger and Elin. (Now that the weekend has passed and everyone has been able to discuss, pontificate, and discuss some more, it is time to end the Tiger Woods coverage. Yes, we have reached the point where it is “that” time…) Tiger Woods’ statement: I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most [read more...]

Tiger Woods Latest: Why Reporting of a New Woman Shows the “Tick Press” Faction – and America – at Its Worst

To editorialize, I hate TMZ, People Magazine, the National Enquirer, US Weekly, and any other base, classless, piece of turd magazine that makes its money off of “dishing the dirt” on “celebrities.” I do not mean “hate on,” I mean, I despise of them, the people who work for them and the company-corporate – and more – interests behind them. [read more...]

Eric Mangini and His Madcap Jig to Save His —- Job

Eric Mangini looks to be on the outs in Cleveland. Esteemed SOMM commenter Miranda pointed this story out to me in an email and not only did I fail to respond to it, after reading the initial reports I didn’t think it was that big a deal…. until I found this: It’s possible that [former New York Giants GM, Ernie] Accorsi would [read more...]

Racist Florio Foments Racism, Defends Limbaugh

Almost unbelievably NBC-affiliated resident racist Mike Floro spun his most recent blog post about Rush Limbaugh to defend his fellow racist: Radio host Rush Limbaugh… has begun to launch the kind of effort that he should have launched on Monday in response to a string of inflammatory quotes that have been attributed to him, and that he claims are not his [read more...]

Rush Limbaugh: The Big Subliminal Shows Its True Colors

Ahhh yes, the Big Subliminal is at it again. This time the subliminal message is, Rush Limbaugh as a potential owner of an NFL team is a relative non-issue. ESPN, through their lack of coverage of Limbaugh’s want to own the St. Louis Rams, is well, well, damn, do I have to say it? Yes I do. The paucity of time across [read more...]

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