Smearing Manny
Manny's in La-La. Meantime, Theo and John Henry are busy back across the country scuffing Manny's image like a Phil Niekro offering just like the dynamic dupes did with Ramon spelled backwards'.... remember, Pedro got done the same way, too. The pair didn't and won't use the Globe or even the Herald to exact their pound of person meat from Ramirez ...
ESPN-ing Blackness
(This is written in reaction to a general feeling of what I consider to be a "defeatist malaise" among people who would want to see truly diverse voices in mainstream media (MSM)…) Jemele Hill recently wrote a commentary about the NFL and it's new emphasis on stopping "gang sign" among its players. Beyond its initial two sentences, the piece wavers ...
The Brain Leak
The Brain Leak (Week of 6/30/08 - 7/6/08) As displays of symbolic patriotism mark the skies and BBQ grills stoke the flames of tradition across the country during the venerable holiday weekend, the Leak firmly adheres to its original commitment of never taking a day off. In such spirit, it is with no regrets that I forgo the three-day ...
Soccer Basher Mad Tea Party
Dear FIFA, U.S. Soccer Fan, MLS, and Euro 2008: I know you want America to love you, but it's just not working out. You aren't trying hard enough to make this relationship blossom -- and I think you should seek counseling. The British-sounding guy doing all the Euro 2008 commercials just isn't sexy to America. You can do better soccer nation. If ...
Celtics Fan, You Should Have Married Your Childhood Sweetheart
I know you want it to be like the first time you locked sweaty hands in 7th grade with Suzie B. Kute, but I'm going to put it to you as bluntly as I can: 2008 Lakers vs. Celtics ain't 1987; not 1985; not even close. Celtics fan, I know you're still jazzed-up from the "Beat LA" victory in game one, ...
O. J. Mayo Report 2: Investigation, the ESPN Way
ed. note - read D-Wil's Monday column on O.J. Mayo here. Chapter 2 of Marc Isenberg's book, Money Players: A Guide to Success in Sports, Business & Life for the Current and Future Pro Athletes, is titled, "College Rules!" The initial words of the chapter are these from sports agent Richard Woods: "As soon as you have given a player money you ...
Miguel Tejada Gets “The Business” from ESPN
"This is how we do," Scott Van Pelt said to Mike Ditka. Van Pelt was agreeing with NFL Live analyst Ditka's telling New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington to refrain from chastising members of the media because, as Ditka explained, they would do anything to impugn his character if they felt threatened. A few years back ESPN embarked on an "investigative report" ...
Invalidating Jemele Hill: When You Cause a Stir… Face Slaps Follow
Because articles from its computers are more often than not the first to be read by the public, the Associate Press news service monolith often acts as a tone-setter for discourse of news events. In the case of the stir caused by the LeBron James-Gisele Bundchen American Vogue cover, though, someone at the organization feels that the growing controversy is ...
Tyler Hansbrough: The Revolution Will Be Televised
I was going to stay out of the Tyler Hansbrough-Michael Beasley, 'who should be player of the year,' talk. Race talk was inevitable and I was trying to refrain from the conversation. I read all the primary articles - at least the ones most talked about; the words that were supposed to "hit the mark" and put Hansbrough into context ...
Burned Out
ESPN has been notorious for inflating the importance of trivial games and news, but lately the trend of over-emphasizing the expected or mundane has gotten worse for the media monolith.Take, for instance, college hoops. The build up to the Tennessee vs. Memphis match was similar to a Democratic Primary debate, as ESPN disputed, dramatized, and advertised the game to the ...
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