Post: Marion Jones admits drug use

So we demand more and more testing, the results of which we will decline to believe, so we have more testing that we won't believe.
This seems increasingly like an unsolvable problem.

 

Jemele has gotten better since she went to ESPN. I mean that.
I still don't think she had the experience, background and cred, but I was wrong on the outcome.

 

Everything's falling into place for Dick Pound to one day rule the world! Muhahahahaha.

 

Stephan A Smith Roasted Marion Jones on his radio show today, he didn't call her anything stronger than a liar and a cheat, but he so owned the (insert Isaiah Thomas euphemism)

 

At the open, I said to give her six months.

She's largely fulfilled our hopes -- in a good way.

 

Jemele has done some excellent work at ESPN, I concur. Thank goodness there is some grounded work being done there to balance out the "Simmons frat boy" approach.
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Ok, here's Rhoden's take on Marion Jones:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/06/sports/othersports/06rhoden.html?ref=sports&pagewanted=print

You know what, it's damn good.

Yes, it could be nitpicked that he doesn't mention his own belief in Jones' innocence. But it's a very good column, and I was fully prepared not to come to that conclusion.

Excellent job by Rhoden. Not only did he not avoid the issue of Jones' doping, he came at it with both pro-active advice for Jones and delivered in well-written prose.

Props to Bill on this one.

 

It's not nitpicking to suggest he should own up to his own mistaken belief in her innocence. Accountability should matter and that means admitting our mistakes, which he absolutely failed to do here.

 

Bullshit. If Rhoden had "admitted" his mistake, the resident clowns here would be ripping him. He didn't and he's getting ripped.
Bill Rhoden can't win approval among the SportsJournalists.com masses as a columnist.

 

thanks for the input, fanboy.

 

There's a message in all of this boys and girls: Be careful of what you wish for.

 

Looks like Rhoden, or is it Rodent>, owes someone a huge apology.

In the case of whether Marion Jones was a liar and a cheat, Richard Pound got it right and William Rhoden got it wrong, but Pound never accused Rhoden of anything, so Billy needs to own up and admit not only was he wrong, but his prejudice and bias prevented him from seeing what was before his eyes. Rhoden's prejudice and bias kept him and keeps him from reporting anything but his own anger.

 

Yeah. That's going to happen -- right after the Phoden apologists admit their guy was wrong...