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ESPN is at rock bottom...

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by poindexter, Dec 13, 2012.

  1. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    And finds a way to go lower.

    Someone named Rob Parker questions RG3's blackness:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2012/12/13/rob-parker-on-rgiiis-blackness/
     
  2. JC

    JC Well-Known Member

    Drip will fill you in on Parker
     
  3. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    These dopey talk shows seem to be a chink in ESPN's credibility armor.
     
  4. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    When Stephen A. Smith is the voice of reason on a race-related topic, you know you've gone off the reservation.
     
  5. printit

    printit Member

    Just beyond awful
     
  6. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    What's sad is when it started with Chris Berman, and Bob Ley and the game, they were solidly about sports and I loved it.

    With the NFL, MLB, Golf, Tennis and NBA networks, Sportscenter is no longer essential sports watching TV.

    Hope they start paying attention and get back to their roots.
     
  7. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    ???
     
  8. Norrin Radd

    Norrin Radd New Member

    The E has never stood for "Journalism."

    But today it stands for Imbecilic.
     
  9. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    So basically, RG3 is not black enough so Rob Parker doesn't want to hang out with him? Could you imagine if a white analyst discussed not wanting to hang out with a white NBA player because he hangs out with black people and votes democrat. Yikes.
     
  10. Beaker

    Beaker Active Member

    Just dumb.
     
  11. Beaker

    Beaker Active Member

    Also, while they're not ESPN employees, Steve Czaban and Andy Pollin were suspended by ESPN 980 for their downright idiotic statements about a transgender athlete:

    http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2012-articles/december/dc-radio-hosts-suspended-over-rant-against-transgender-athlete.html
     
  12. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Rob fucked up. That's pretty much all that needs to be said. He's not a racist. He just made a stupid statement that is going to be hard to live down.
     
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