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Showing posts with label ESPN is the Devil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ESPN is the Devil. Show all posts
Friday, February 1, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Need Some More Reasons To Hate ESPN?
Here's a good article detailing the trouble with talent over in Bristol. Be sure to visit all the links in the story for more juicy details.
[Radar Magazine]
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Gambling vs. Use of Steroids, HGH
Rose: "Steroids Scandal Makes Me Look Like An Alter Boy"
An interesting statement by Pete Rose this morning in the wake of the Mitchell Report. Of course, it was all geared towards his argument that he should be in the Hall of Fame, which I don't think a lot of people will dispute. He makes the point that if these HGHers and 'Roiders get elected to the Hall, then he should too. It makes sense on the surface, but as Mike Greenberg pointed out on Mike and Mike in the Morning today: there's a difference between merely being mentioned in a congressional report and being banned from baseball. Sooner or later, there is going to have be a decision on the issue of how to deal with alleged rulebreakers in the Hall of Fame and record books. Bob Costas suggests that the "Steroids Era" is no different than the various other scandals that have tainted previous years (or decades) of baseball and that the record books should simply make reference to the allegations on page one, such that the reader keeps that information into consideration as he peruses the records (no asterisks!).
Sounds good to me, but I want to take the time to focus on the debate at hand. Which is worse: Rose's gambling or Bonds' juicing? The Mike and Mike boys predictably took the side of the steroid/HGH user, presumably because one of them (guess which one!?) is an admitted steroid user himself. I don't see the problem with gambling on your own team to win, except for the specter of betting against your own team that will inevitably come with it (do you really beleive Rose never bet against his team?). And because gambling on baseball has been taboo ever since the Black Sox scandal, violators like Rose get banned from the game (if they get caught). Steroid use, on the other hand, is only now beginning to carry such a stigma within baseball.
My conclusion: neither is worse than the other because they aren't comparable. One involves the appearance of impropriety and manipulation of the course of a game (i.e. the players on the field should decide the game) and one involves the actual players on the field seeking an advantage to change their performance. This is what makes the piece on Mike and Mike this morning so ridiculous. To immediately and arbitrarily say that steroid use is worse than gambling is asinine. The bottom line is that Pete Rose still isn't getting into the Hall of Fame no matter how many players used HGH or steroids or whatever. And in my opinion, having all these prominent players 'outed' in the Mitchell Report (and found guilty in the court of public opinion) only makes people more suspicious of baseball players in general, which can do nothing but harm Rose's Hall of Fame chances.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Fernando Vina Speaks!
After having 4 or 5 days to think about it (not to mention getting to see someone go first: see Petitte, Andy), ESPN finally let the absurdly-goateed Fernando Vina speak on his inclusion in the Mitchell Report on SportsCenter last night. Vina calmly gave his pre-written answers as Bob Ley gently lofted softballs high into the air.
See the video here: [The Big Lead]
Among the questions not asked were:
"You say you weren't looking for an advantage, Fernando, but let me ask you: Does the human body heal/recover faster when taking HGH than when not taking HGH?"
"And if you took HGH and your body healed/recovered faster than a player not using HGH, then you would have an advantage, no?"
"What's with that goatee?"
A couple of quick articles on this:
[Bloomberg]
[NY Daily News]
Losing Your Job To Injury??
Dicky V To Take A Few Months Off!
Now I would not wish injury upon anyone, except maybe that unnamed coach who gave up on the Atlanta Falcons, oh and maybe Tyler Hansbrough. If you have not already read the above article, don't. Basically though, it is the best news any college basketball fan has read all year (well except maybe the Mercer upset over Mayonnaise Boy, GO BEARS!).
To anyone who suffers through the most annoying broadcaster outside of Dusty Baker, I offer the above. After reading it, I can't tell whether he is dying or got fired. All I know is I can now watch "paid under the table" players without the annoyance of Dicky V. And I don't have to listen to a grown man Climax every time he talks about Duke or UNC. Makes you wonder why his throat really hurts.....
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Are You Fucking Kidding Me?: Petrino's Freakish Cult Rituals Scare Kids, Infuriate Falcons Fans
Can you believe this guy? Apologies for the crappy video quality, but check out the 0:35 mark where Bobby Petrino and family get indoctrinated into the Razorback family by humiliating themselves on stage with male cheerleaders. You've got to think that they throw in an extra $100k in the deal in order to get him to do this. Asshat.
Oh, and here's Sean Salisbury with a heartfelt speech to an unnamed Arkansas recuit. Touching.
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