ESPN sucks, so do thread closers

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Plus, how much tolerance does a national audience have for Mr. Boston?

[Smartly Pretty 0]

Pretty sure ESPN thinks 3/8 of America is Boston.

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0]

Another 3/8 is made up of New Yorkers.

[Smartly Pretty 0]

The final 8th is Tiger Woods.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Well, technically there would still be 1/8th left, which I believe is Barry Bonds' forehead.

[Timmy8271 0]

Oh man Wilbon sorta ripping Skip Bayless over Tiger woods was great.

[J.B. Buzzkill 0]

Oh man Wilbon sorta ripping Skip Bayless over Tiger woods was great.

 

Skip is only worth my time when he's ranting on the volleyball scene in Top Gun. Other than that, fuck him.

[devo 0]

Not entirely ESPN's fault, but those Miller High Life commercials that air on their networks are terrible.

 

"Oh no, please don't take your shitty watered down beer from our upscale markets and restaurants! PLEASE!"

[Guest Smues]

Not entirely ESPN's fault, but those Miller High Life commercials that air on their networks are terrible.

 

"Oh no, please don't take your shitty watered down beer from our upscale markets and restaurants! PLEASE!"

 

Amen, I can't stand those ads. "No way we're gonna let OUR beer be sold at nice places, dive bars only!"

[Ripper 0]

someone needs a ball kicking for that "history of mistrust" story on there now. That is complete bullshit being used to make sure the Vick case gets good and racial.

[Guest Smues]

someone needs a ball kicking for that "history of mistrust" story on there now. That is complete bullshit being used to make sure the Vick case gets good and racial.

 

What's the story?

[Ripper 0]

They have a story talking about all of the civil right atrocities that have happened in atlanta and are trying to link that to the Vick story and why so many blacks are supporting him.

 

Its cheap and its bullshit and it is insulting. Using the 1906 lynchings as the backdrop to a Mike Vick story is bullshit. He is just a fucking QB getting charged with dog fighting.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Is Wilbon narrating it?

[MrRant 0]

Ahh, good old ESPN. Nothing ever happens to someone without them trying to work in the race card.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Well, black people like dog fighting, I guess. Is that what they're trying to prove with that story?

 

ESPN loves the race baiting, for sure.

[Vern Gagne 0]

It's that time of year to give 12 year old kids, more coverage than they deserve.

[Guest Soriano's Torn Quad]

Still not as shameful as implicitly calling Hank Aaron an Uncle Tom. That was a low they shan't soon pass.

[Guest Smues]

Still not as shameful as implicitly calling Hank Aaron an Uncle Tom. That was a low they shan't soon pass.

When did they do that?

[J.B. Buzzkill 0]

Still not as shameful as implicitly calling Hank Aaron an Uncle Tom. That was a low they shan't soon pass.

When did they do that?

 

Around the time Hank said he wouldn't be there for the breaking of the record. They didn't come out and SAY he was an Uncle Tom, but the message was obvious.

 

Personally, I don't care about Hank's present day involvement in this at all. If he wants to go golfing, then damnit, let him go golfing.

[Guest Smues]

Still not as shameful as implicitly calling Hank Aaron an Uncle Tom. That was a low they shan't soon pass.

When did they do that?

 

Around the time Hank said he wouldn't be there for the breaking of the record. They didn't come out and SAY he was an Uncle Tom, but the message was obvious.

 

Personally, I don't care about Hank's present day involvement in this at all. If he wants to go golfing, then damnit, let him go golfing.

 

Hank should have been under NO obligation to do anything for Barry's record breaking. It was really nice of him to make that video he made, shows he's a better man than I am, but if he hadn't than whoopity shit.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

I still think Hank Aaron was on something, so while he didn't HAVE to do shit, it would be highly hypocritical if he did take some kind of PED and then damn Bonds for the same thing.

[Guest Soriano's Torn Quad]

Don't forget the "non-scientific poll" they did where they said black people supported Bonds, white people didn't, but white people supported Hank Aaron, and tried to frame that in a most unsavory way, when in reality, it's just that nobody likes Bonds.

[Vern Gagne 0]

Hank Aaron is an Uncle Tom.

[Steve J. Rogers 0]

I still think Hank Aaron was on something, so while he didn't HAVE to do shit, it would be highly hypocritical if he did take some kind of PED and then damn Bonds for the same thing.

 

???

 

I'd buy someone like Reggie Jackson being on something, but where is the proof here?

 

 

I'm not seeing much difference other than the filling out going from 20 to 40 often brings.

 

If you are talking amphetamines and the like, I really can't see how trying to stay awake and focused game after game equates with taking something that will give you a competitive edge in terms of increased skills and power.

[The Man in Blak 0]

Aaron admitted in his biography that he tried a greenie once in the middle of a slump, but there's no proof (or even allegations, really) of any prolonged use through his career. There's really no comparison there with Bonds, who has admitted use - please forgive me if I don't buy the explanation that Bonds thought it was "flaxseed oil" - and is alleged to have been a walking medicine cabinet throughout his late career peak.

[Vern Gagne 0]

Who decided putting quotes from the awful comments section was a good idea.

[J.B. Buzzkill 0]

Aaron admitted in his biography that he tried a greenie once in the middle of a slump, but there's no proof (or even allegations, really) of any prolonged use through his career.

 

Read Ball Four sometime. Guys ate greenies like candy back in those days. Getting on Hank for trying them once (allegedly) is a little silly IMO.

[Steve J. Rogers 0]

Aaron admitted in his biography that he tried a greenie once in the middle of a slump, but there's no proof (or even allegations, really) of any prolonged use through his career.

 

Read Ball Four sometime. Guys ate greenies like candy back in those days. Getting on Hank for trying them once (allegedly) is a little silly IMO.

 

I was going to say that as well. While they are dangerous, and highly destructive when taken for prolonged periods and in mass quanities, (not to mention illegal narcotics) there is no similarity between them and steroids.

 

Greenies, speed, whatever you want to call them are a much more potent form of caffeine and something to take to improve your awarness and keep you sharp during the long season. Thats why entertainers took them as well because they were doing over 200 shows a year, and sometimes doubling up certain dates.

 

So there is no equating them with someone trying to improve their skills or gain muscle mass with the use of steriods or HGH.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Someone on ESPN First Take yesterday complaining about Aaron only doing that video and not being there in person made me want to puke. Yeah, I bet ESPN would have loved Aaron to legitimize Bonds' moment so they could elevate him even more, but he didn't have to, so there.

[Guest Soriano's Torn Quad]

Well, 79% of America approves of Hank Aaron being the all-time home run leader, so I wonder what that could mean.

 

I said I wonder what that could mean.

 

WHAT COULD IT MEAN.

 

SOMEONE SAY IT I'M BURSTING AT THE SEAMS HERE.