Notes: ESPN’s and the Press’ Silence Following Greenberg’s “Martin Luther Coon King” Statement Can Now Be Understood (and more)

Danica Patrick's #7 car after her crash in Las Vegas. First up a couple of more acrcane sporting mentions… The Danica Patrick-NASCAR experiment is over for the next four months. After three NASCAR Nationwide Series races, Ms. Patrick is headed back to Indy cars for the next four months. How did she do in her first foray into the 21st century version [read more...]

Wait Wait Wait…. WTF did Mike Greenberg Say?!

The one morning I missed this fool he says this?! Believe me, there’s more to come…. …the “more to come…. Robert Littal of Black Sports Online is willing to give Mike Greenberg the benefit of the doubt? Littal writes: Mike Greenberg needs to address this immediately and not just with an apology, but an explanation of how it happened. Words like “Coon” are not [read more...]

NFL Playoffs: Chalk Prevails ——- Almost

Mark Sanchez leads his teammates in celebration of their win over San Diego. Chalk was the motif for this weekend’s playoffs. New Orleans buried Arizona 45-14. Then Indianapolis dispatched of Baltimore 20-3. Early Sunday Minnesota crushed Dallas 34-3. The bye week teams won comfortably and with energy while the Wild-Card playing teams looked tired and under-prepared, and overmatched. Until we got to [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...]

Updated: Arenas Suspends Arenas, But New Crittenton Story Changes Incident Dynamic… Is This the End for David Stern?

Gilbert Arenas before a game with the Detroit Pistons. Tuesday night in Philadelphia, Gilbert Arena sealed his near future NBA fate. Just after the pregame introductions Arenas gave a double-gun salute of sorts to his teammates in front of the crowd and the televised viewing audience. According to Arenas, the act was a take off on a touchdown celebration scene from [read more...]

NFL Short Notes: On the Josh Cribbs Hit; Dick Jauron Fired; Rex Breaks Down

Josh Cribbs winces in pain on a stretcher after being hit by Baltimore's Dwan Edwards. I have, over time, mentioned that the Baltimore Ravens is perhaps the dirtiest team in the NFL, particularly on the defensive side of the ball (feel free to search the site for prior mentions). Monday night was just another example of the collective maliciousness with which [read more...]

A Sunday Night Heist in Indianapolis

The end of the play in question. “And the Peyton’s stayed perfect!” That was an ESPN Sportscenter anchor’s attempt at facetiousness. The sad part is, the anchor is right on point with his assessment of the Indianapolis Colts, their place, and their their perception within in the National Football League. And, of course the officiating crews do their part in keeping [read more...]

“If I Could, Why I’d”… Well, She Did

I‘m taking care of family biz and writing today. I didn’t know what I was going to do for a post when I saw an e-mail form Miranda. I DVR’d this video when the incident occurred and watched it at least 50 times. If you’ve already seen it – it’s been everywhere – hell, enjoy it again. If you haven’t [read more...]

Redskins Cheerleader-To-Be Victim of Seasonal Flu Shot

Desiree Jennings. On November 5 I received an email detailing the plight of Desiree Jennings, who was training to become a Washington Redskins cheeleader. Ten days after receiving a common seasonal flu shot, Ms. Jennings became neurologically impaired: Desiree Jennings thought it would be a good idea to get the seasonal flu shot. Her job offered incentives for it, and she didn’t [read more...]

Griese Suspended (Resident Racist…); What “A Message from ESPN” Really Says about the Big Disney; Woody Paige-Jemele Hill

Here’s the latest from the AP: ESPN broadcaster Bob Griese has been suspended one week for a remark he made about NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya. ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz says Griese will not be working a game this week. Krulewitz says ESPN has spoken to Griese and “he understands the comment was inappropriate.” Then there’s this… Only someone within ESPN could say this. In [read more...]

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