Tabe Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 For saying something stupid about Ray Rice, Screamin' A got a suspension half the length of Rice's for knocking out a woman. Makes perfect sense. Thing is, if SAS hadn't dug himself a deeper hole with his Twitter explanation, he probably would have gotten out of this jam. He's made similar comments in the past with no one saying a word. He simply picked the wrong time to express his warped POV, along with slaughtering the English language. Quit provoking people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I have to be honest... Beadle is a hypocrite. She said she loves the way Floyd Mayweather lives his life..uh hello.. Beadle also said that Erin Andrews used her stalking incident to basically advance herself. And I don't think Beadle is totally wrong on that. But yeah, she's hardly the strong voice that some want to make her out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Beadle is 100% right that Andrews used that incident to advance herself. May not have been intentional ("hey, I can exploit this!") but she definitely did it. She went from the really hot sideline reporter that nobody outside of ESPN had ever heard of to being all over the place telling everyone how "violated" and "exploited" she felt. That exposure got her a higher profile and a lot more dough. Good for her, negative into positive and all that. But, yeah, Beadle is right on this topic (Screamin' A being a moron) but she's not exactly infallible on her opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm not sure that Beadle being wrong about something previously negates her being irrevocably correct about something currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 It doesn't, but it shows that Beadle isn't necessarily pro-female. At the least, she picks and chooses her fights to suit her personal agenda. Which sort of defeats her current stance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm not sure that Beadle being wrong about something previously negates her being irrevocably correct about something currently. It makes her a hypocrite which I already said.. I was with her before I saw the Floyd Mayweather shit. Now it's clear that she talks just to talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Made the mistake of checking ESPN for any basketball related podcasts. They really need to start this early? PTI: 7/30/14 Michael Wilbon and Jason Whitlock weigh in on Kevin Durant's future with the Thunder Around The Horn: 7/30/14 Tony Reali and the national panel talk about the Browns' QB situation, Kevin Durant's future Durant isn't a free agent until 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 If it helps it's cause Durant was asked about it so it's sorta hard for them to not talk about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cole Miner Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 If it helps it's cause Durant was asked about it so it's sorta hard for them to not talk about it. Didn't help since I checked who asked and they work for ESPN. Could have just been talking about James though and it led to that question. Lof of airtime to fill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 I'm not sure that Beadle being wrong about something previously negates her being irrevocably correct about something currently. It makes her a hypocrite which I already said.. I was with her before I saw the Floyd Mayweather shit. Now it's clear that she talks just to talk. That's the job, though.. And this goes for Stephen A as well. They are paid to talk about shit they really don't want to talk about and sometimes you slip up, say something stupid or contradict yourself. It's funny to laugh at, but it's hard for me to call them hypocrites when they are asked to fill up hours on end with very little actual sports news. It would be funny to see a list of all the ESPN on-air controversies. I wonder how many of them occur during this time of the year; the dead time between seasons where the only relevant sport also happens to be boring as fuck. Fucking baseball, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Stephen A. Smith is human garbage. About 10 years ago, there was a truly awful incident at La Salle in Philly, my alma mater. Two kids on the basketball team (one was Gary Neal) were charged with rape after sexually assaulting a girl at a summer party. A separate girl (who played for the La Salle woman's team) came forward and said she was assaulted the year before, reported the incident to both her and the men's coach, and they didn't do anything except sorta pressure her not to pursue charges. This is against the law, as well as moraly repugnant. All three men's players were thrown out of school and arrested. Both coaches were fired. SAS wrote a column at the Inquirer that started, "Ladies and gentlemen, do not send your children to La Salle University." And ripped the school for mishandling the incident. Why? Because the players weren't given a trial yet and "tarnished" with being guilty. And the coaches somehow were morally correct despite violating federal law detailing sexual incidents on college campuses. He also was fired from the Inquirer and sued on get his job back via a union loophole. They thought he was overpaid and garbage and spending all of his time trying to get TV gigs. The folks I know in the local media here all hated his guts. Also, the word on the street is his material was absolutely unreadable on a first draft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newb82 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Favre has made up with the Pack, so of course NFLN is swooning over him. I did like one guy pointing out that Favre got a pass for doing dumb shit that others got ripped for, even if his point was ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I know this means nothing and is nothing new, but it was kind of funny. Flipping around today I landed on the promo for tonight's SportsCenter. Four of the first five words in the promo were "Lebron." "Lebron, Lebron, Lebron! Does Lebron...." and then blah blah blah.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newb82 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 ESPN just can't help themselves, as their sideline reporter asked Ray Rice what pre-game advice his wife gave him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 What is everyone's hot sports take on LeBatard's suspension for the Thank You, LeBron--Love, Miami billboards in Cleveland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 What is everyone's hot sports take on LeBatard's suspension for the Thank You, LeBron--Love, Miami billboards in Cleveland? As I put on the radio thread , ESPN ought to have a sense of humor, it was funny, for them a first. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Wasn't LeBatard doing it as a joke, as sort of a statement on all of the hot fan takes running around Miami? It seems at least like he's trying to play it off that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Plus he USED his OWN DAMN MONEY! they didn't put ESPN on it at all the only thing that linked it to ESPN was a) them talking about it on the radio and b) putting his dad's name on it. so ESPN go screw yourselves 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 The billboard thing was mildly clever and funny but not the kind of thing an ESPN guy should be doing. The suspension is well-earned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I'm leaning toward Tabe's POV. LeBatard is one of the few national guys that doesn't have his head completely up his own ass, but this smacks of a stunt gone bad. Now, ESPN should have known about it, because he had been talking about it for around two weeks on his radio show. If LeBatard hadn't spent a decent amount of time talking about LeBron duping the Heat into thinking he was coming back, I'd give him a pass on this. But if the Heat were caught off-guard by LeBron's departure, it's due to willful ignorance--not some con game that LBJ played. Wade acknowledged that he had picked up on LeBron's vibes to go home. The guy has been saying for two years that he wanted to return to Cleveland. So either Miami wasn't listening or they tricked themselves into believing the wrong outcome. I think LeBatard broke one of his own rules--he got caught up in the fandom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 You're both insane. Just letting you know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newb82 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Shit, I knew Lebron was leaving when he refused to flat out say that he was staying in the press conference after the last game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 This reflects worse on ESPN than it does Dan. I posted in the radio thread that it's incredibly bizarre what ESPN thinks does and does not require punishment. Constant race baiting and misogyny is A-OK but a fun little joke on a billboard is over the line. There are very weird choices being made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Now Max Kellerman suspended. /awfulannouncing.com/2014/espn-suspends-max-kellerman-for-comments-on-domestic-violence.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 So ESPN's new thing is suspending anyone I might actually watch on their shitty network. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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