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FuzzySkinner posted:Apologies for necroposting. Probably a dead topic, but I wanted to expand on this. I agree with you, WKNR isn't an ESPN slave station, they are an affiliate. I'd bet a good deal of money that short of hiring Jerry Sandusky, ESPN isn't going to say a word about its affiliates' hires. Also, some background is necessary. WKNR is sort of the David to WTAM's Goliath. WTAM has the broadcast rights for all three big league sports. WKNR therefore has to get their wins where they can (Ohio State football, ESPN shows, Jim Rome), and grabbing a long time Browns beat reporter of Grossi's stature was a no-brainer in my opinion.
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Rap posted:yep can't believe the sure-fire moneymaker of news reporting failed you blackula Heh, I'm older than most SA posters. I took some college journalism classes in the late 80s before the print apocalypse was apparent. Even then, every instructor, industry guest speaker, etc., all pounded into our heads that if you liked things like eating or paying rent, journalism probably wasn't for you.
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Aug 7, 2012 01:46
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Kiwi Bigtree posted:You get guys like Skip Bayless in sports or Armond White in movies, guys who spend much of their career unknown and talentless. Then they start saying knowingly outrageous poo poo for attention and it works. Wait, so the Indiana Jones movies didn't get progressively better with each installment? Kingdom of the Crystal Skull isn't the best of them, and Raiders the worst? Adam Sandler's comedies aren't works of genius?
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Oct 4, 2012 21:43
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FuzzySkinner posted:09 Raiders game was great too, just because of the chants of "RAIDERS SUCK" filling the stadium, the amount of ejections from Oakland, and the fact that when Raiders fan put up some really lame banner at the opposite side of the Dawg Pound, Browns fans went out of their way to tear it down and chase their fans away. I'm a Raiders fan and also saw a game at Browns stadium. I sort of had an opposite cool experience. I was seated near a huge block of seats that Raider fans had bought, so it was a good sized number of people, doing chants and such. The cool thing was that they were going back and forth with the Browns fans in the near sections and it was completely good-natured. The Browns fans would yell some insulting chant, the Raider fans would answer, and everyone was laughing and having a good time. My wife is a Steeler fan and we've been to one Steeler game in Browns stadium. She wasn't obnoxious, she didn't wear any gear and when the Steelers scored (a frequent occurrence), her cheering was pretty mild. She was seated next to a pair of women who combined had to be 450 years old. The Steelers got an interception and Kelly spontaneously jumped up and yelled, "Yes!" The old woman next to her snapped, "Shut up!" She genuinely looked like she wanted to kill my wife.
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Nov 20, 2012 15:39
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Rap posted:Thats because your wife should eat poo poo She was born in the Pittsburgh area. She can't help where she was born just as Clevelanders can't help being born in a relentlessly cruel and punishing sports Hell.
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Nov 20, 2012 21:22
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"It's not bad but Lena Dunham's narcissism can be a bit much at times. And could Alison Williams do a nude scene now and then?"
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Mar 1, 2013 03:40
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commy gun posted:New weekly required reading, Literally jaw-dropping. My jaw dropped and remained slack for several moments. Exhibit 4911 that there is no just god. Suggested name- Nuggetopia. Mr. Funny Pants fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Mar 18, 2013 |
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Mar 18, 2013 22:12
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FizFashizzle posted:What things out of his control? I think he's saying that Tebow can't help that there will be a media circus wherever he goes and that some (many, all?) GMs and owners don't want to deal with the distraction. Though he hasn't shied away from the spotlight, the type of attention he gets isn't based on that.
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May 12, 2013 16:33
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It's even more obnoxious when you run with his idiotic staccato sentences and read it like it's hard-boiled detective fiction. He's such an insufferable douche.
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May 21, 2013 04:16
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Rap posted:I was late for work today. heres a story about it Oh, like you can walk anywhere in any other loving city. Ignore the jealous rabble PK, I want to hear tales of these magical places where many people live and walk together. Your stories bring light to my dreary non-New York existence.
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May 21, 2013 05:03
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AAA DOLFAN posted:http://randompixels.blogspot.com/2013/05/miami-herald-sportswriter-armando.html To steal an old joke from David Letterman: In a televised contest pitting Armando Salguero and Billy Johnston in a fight to the death with pool cues, who would win? a) Salguero b) Johnston c) The viewing public
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May 28, 2013 04:00
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I'm all for pot legalization and know that using it doesn't indicate anything about your character. But I see drug tests in big time college athletics as more of an IQ test. As in, if you are at a major college program with a real shot at the pros and you can't loving stay off weed, then you are either an idiot or have developed a problem. The rules against pot are stupid, but they are there and they have real impact on a player's income-earning potential. In this case, the repeated failures were a possible symptom that the player had issues, obviously not the cause. Wasn't Hernandez a first or second round talent? Holy poo poo, how much money did he lose right off the bat based on "character issues"?
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Jul 2, 2013 04:35
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The Puppy Bowl posted:gently caress, I should have done it. Would have been a good futile death. Lofty death. Futile, but lofty.
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Aug 7, 2013 02:59
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haljordan posted:Which is the worse Peter King: the sportswriter or the lawmaker? I think lawmaker is 100% self aware, he knows he's an rear end in a top hat. Sportswriter is completely lacking in that department, he thinks he's a good guy and doesn't recognize what a twat he's being when he brags about people giving him freebies while millions of people can't find work.
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Aug 8, 2013 17:40
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Kalli posted:The 1978 Steelers' oline averaged 250 lbs and defensive line was smaller then the Patriots' linebackers. I just looked it up, Mike Webster was 6'4", 255 at center for those Steeler teams. Their current center, Maurkice Pouncey is also 6'4". And is listed as 305 lbs. Webster was considered undersized for a center, but still, 50 loving pounds, incredible. Oh, and remember, the NFL has its PED problem under control. Better training techniques and dietary practices account for a league made up of players who are half a human heavier and still faster than players of only 20-30 years ago.
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Aug 31, 2013 04:58
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Prisco's response on Twitter is what I'd expect from a high school journalist. No introspection, no hint of, "Maybe I should look at what these people are saying," just, "Whatever." I'm not even saying he has to change his idiotic opinion, but his unwillingness to even consider the possibility that he was wrong is sad.
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Aug 31, 2013 17:10
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Showtime's NFL show had Pete Prisco on to talk about his column. He was quite proud of himself for stirring up a controversy. I had to turn it off when within ten words coming out of his mouth I realized that despite all the people telling him what was wrong with his column, he still doesn't know or understand the fundamental issue.
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Sep 5, 2013 07:57
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Sash! posted:I also enjoyed the part where he described a pretty standard restaurant. Really, we should all be jealous of of him. How wonderful it must be to live in a world where every loving thing you see is a cause for celebration. And where the worst catastrophes you suffer are sub-par hotels (paid for by your employer) and less than perfect airline flights (paid for by your employer).
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Sep 8, 2013 08:33
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Rogue Elephant posted:It is unquestionable that Rick Reilly should be fired for such a massive breach of ethics which is why I think ESPN is going to do jack poo poo except maybe make him issue an apology. Is it starry-eyed optimism in me that thinks maybe, just maybe, ESPN can use this as a way to fire him with cause and get out of their rifuckingdiculous contract with him? I know I shouldn't be, but I'm just flabbergasted that there isn't a mention of it on their front page. Not a peep.
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Oct 10, 2013 22:28
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Chris Gaines posted:I'm aware of the premise of the joke, but man the slur they use is almost on par with the n-word. And it's a joke that illustrates the point that "forbidden" words shouldn't exist. It's a perfect use of the slur and anyone who protests it is literally protesting the concept of letters being put together in a combination they don't like. You have to 100% ignore the context to be offended.
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Oct 22, 2013 02:25
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I have never seen someone miss the point so profoundly Go on.
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Oct 22, 2013 02:40
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Pron on VHS posted:Whoaaaaaa mind blown Oh for gently caress sake, I wasn't trying to say anything profound. I was referring to prominent people saying that some words shouldn't be used because they are so offensive. The point is that the word isn't offensive, it's the context, yet we still have seemingly intelligent people actually proposing that there isn't any context for them. "Redskins" is offensive if it's used in the context of a loving professional football team. On the other hand, if Mel Brooks uses it (and friend of the family for that matter) in Blazing Saddles, it's making a point, not degrading the subject of the slur.
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Oct 22, 2013 02:45
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Props Department posted:It's making the joke that "kike" which is shocking and offensive to see printed anywhere is as heinous a slur as "redskins" is. If you took it to mean that no one should be offended by either word there is no hope for you See above. And holy poo poo, I'm the one that missed the point?
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Oct 22, 2013 02:47
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Chichevache posted:I'm still trying to parse exactly what you're saying, because you cant honestly be saying that "if 'friend of the family' didn't offend people it wouldn't be a bad word." Not even close. And I'm not sure how I can better explain, honestly, but I'll try one more time and then wave the white flag and let the thread get back to more interesting stuff. Call a black person a friend of the family? Then you are a horrid piece of poo poo. Use it as a tool to ridicule the horrid pieces of poo poo or make broader points about racism? That's fine. When Cleavon Little popped up from behind that rock in Blazing Saddles and said, "Where the white women at," he wasn't celebrating a godawful racist stereotype, he was ridiculing the idiots that believe such poo poo. When Dan Snyder insists on using an obviously grotesque slur for commercial reasons or some horseshit notion of "tradition", he's a horrid piece of poo poo. When The Onion then uses an equally awful slur that should hit home to Snyder, they are making a point and making it well. Mel Mudkiper posted:It's not necessarily a dumb argument in hindsight maybe, just a weird combination of A. irrelevant B. obvious C. meaningless. Chichevache posted:Irrelevant+obvious+meaningless=dumb argument And on those notes I'll gladly tap out.
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Badfinger posted:Literally everyone in the thread got the point of the article. Which I figured. The point that I very very poorly tried to make is that there are prominent people who wouldn't. Again, something that we all probably knew, so my apologies for the dispatch from Obviousland. Seriously, let's move on, I was stupid.
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Oct 22, 2013 03:45
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I will never understand the stigma against taunting. I won't pretend that I can give an objective argument against it, I've just always found it classless. On the other hand, I think it would be loving hilarious if visiting players did pro-wrestling style taunting of the home fans.
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Oct 31, 2013 01:39
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Chichevache posted:That's the problem for me. It seems like the people against taunting don't have an argument besides "we don't like it", while those of us who support it can only say "we do like it". You might as well argue about what type of music is the worst, because it is dumb and subjective. And it sure as poo poo isn't worth the hand-wringing in either direction. Also, I'd be more amenable to it if it was creative or funny. It's so rare to see that.
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Oct 31, 2013 02:22
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Ribsauce posted:From any objective point of view, going back to school when you are a number one pick is dumb. Ask Brian Brohm or Matt Leinart if that degree offset their lost NFL earnings. This is correct if you assume that everyone's number one goal and priority in life is making as much money as possible. If that's what you want, that's fine, but some people don't. It's pretty obvious to me that Florio can't comprehend the notion that someone might genuinely value their school experience for something other than prepping them for a pro sports career.
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Dec 13, 2013 23:40
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go3 posted:A person valuing their college party time is literally an idiot A person who thinks that partying is the only thing college is good for is literally an idiot.
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Ehud posted:He is at 149,600 tweets right now lol I've been on the SA forums since April 8, 2001. I have 9914 posts. 149,000, Jesus Christ.
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Its Miller Time posted:I was musing about today about how bad football commentary is. Can you name a single commentator or writer who actually discusses the strategy that goes on in a a game? What schemes the teams generally run, how they appear to have schemed for the game, how they countered each other and adjusted within the game, what plays they ran, why they ran them, how things are evolving or changed. FO gets there with some play-by-play analysis but it's exceedingly rare for how large the sport is. I can't claim to know how good his analysis is, but Mike Mayock seems to try to stick to what's happening on the field rather than idiotic "narratives".
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Beard Yawn posted:Also I'm surprised there's been no talk about Peter King's latest idiocy. I'm not sure we should be surprised that King would handle it like the NFL did Ray Rice. He gets cartoon hearts in his eyes every time he types the words, "Roger Goodell".
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Oct 25, 2014 18:31
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football fuckerman posted:PFT Commenter is extremely good and when he feels like it he can own the living poo poo out of the rest of the media no offense to Adrian Peterson People forget that
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Chichevache posted:
Yep, better than mine, "Ohm R. Kelly".
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I hope it does, because that's a clever little name for it.
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goc posted:I hope if you ever discover your car being towed you will be able to respond with the kindness and rainbows you seem to think the situation warrants. I will not make fat jokes, nor would I pull the "Do you know who I am," if I was famous. I have no problem with her being angry, it was how she expressed it that revealed her character.
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goc posted:That's all true, doesn't mean she should be fired for it. Nor do I.
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It astounds me that people still act like there is some ambiguity. Here's the guy's own loving words to the grand jury:quote:Q: Without getting into any graphic detail, what did Mr. McQueary tell you he had seen and where? Paterno's response was to wait until the weekend was over and report it to the AD and then....nothing. No follow up. No, "Uh, why haven't I heard about Jerry getting arrested or something, what's happening with that?" That single bit of testimony is all that is needed to drat him.
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Apr 21, 2015 22:15
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axeil posted:KSK is closing. I'm devastated. I can get enough of a PFTcommenter fix from Twitter (and he'll show up somewhere else anyway), but how the gently caress can I go on without Fun With Peter King?
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Aug 3, 2015 03:51
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axeil posted:Didn't people say the poker sites were too big to do anything about? Poker sites didn't have Disney/ESPN behind them. Or Comcast, NBC Sports, the NBA, half the teams in the NFL, and a poo poo-ton of venture capitalist firms. Meanwhile, casino moguls were actively campaigning against poker sites.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:PFTcommenter now has a weekly radio show and his first guest is Danny Woodhead What is this going to be? Is he going to be the Stephen Colbert of sports shows?
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