The WWLIS Thread
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I'm pretty psyched that he got booted from Sunday Night Baseball. He doesn't talk about politics or religion during those telecasts, but he's just a really irritating announcer. Now I'm just crossing my fingers that John Kruk favorited some of Schilling's Confederate flag posts, and ESPN will really be making progress.
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Yeah, that's another thing. It's a huge straw man in light of the fact that we've been at war with these people for 13 years. It's so easy to say "Islam" is bad when you offer absolutely zero solutions.
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I'd like to see Shilling offer up something like this:
"They've been hitting our fastball. Why not throw a curve in a fastball count, like by not sending our military forces into middle eastern countries for a few decades, and see what happens?"
Now that would be a baseball-oriented analysis.
"They've been hitting our fastball. Why not throw a curve in a fastball count, like by not sending our military forces into middle eastern countries for a few decades, and see what happens?"
Now that would be a baseball-oriented analysis.
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Nailed it, man.
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ESPN has suspended Schilling for the rest of the year. People on Twitter said that he was favoriting "boycott ESPN" posts, so I'd be surprised if he ever comes back to ESPN. My guess is that he predictably ends up with Fox.
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Fox News is a separate animal. All of the other divisions aren't like that at all. I mean...Glee?
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Fair enough. But Fox did hire Pete Rose as part of its baseball coverage, so they clearly aren't shy about bringing on controversial analysts.Jerloma wrote:Fox News is a separate animal. All of the other divisions aren't like that at all. I mean...Glee?
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I just assume Kruk's employment with ESPN is tied to some line item in a Congressman Robert C. Byrd bill in order to promote West VA.Joe K wrote: Now I'm just crossing my fingers that John Kruk favorited some of Schilling's Confederate flag posts, and ESPN will really be making progress.
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To come full circle on Curt Schilling, he's giving the prayer at New Hampshire this Sunday before the race.
I have responded appropriately.
I have responded appropriately.
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Isn't "a set of beliefs" just about the simplest possible definition of religion?At worst, it was seen as a comparison between a religion and set of beliefs.
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Absolutely. I was simply trying to separate Islam/Nazism with different terms.rass wrote:Isn't "a set of beliefs" just about the simplest possible definition of religion?At worst, it was seen as a comparison between a religion and set of beliefs.
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A religion and a political party?
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Yeah, could have gone with that.Jerloma wrote:A religion and a political party?
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Lest we think his political views are the most objectional thing about him, Deadspin is doing an ongoing forensic report on that whole time he got $75 million of state funds to start a video game studio which then went bankrupt and left all its employees out of work.
Also, I'm still taken aback by how completely shitty he looks nowadays. Has an ex-athlete other than an NFL lineman ever aged worse?
Also, I'm still taken aback by how completely shitty he looks nowadays. Has an ex-athlete other than an NFL lineman ever aged worse?
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Chris Broussard must have dirt on someone at ESPN to still have a job there. I've never seen a reporter get things wrong as often as him. Earlier this afternoon, he posted this on Twitter:
Then, after a Cavs beat writer from Akron reported that this was wrong, Broussard changed his report to:@Chris_Broussard: NBA SOURCES CONFIRM AGENT RICH PAUL WILL HAVE TRISTAN THOMPSON SIGN A 3 YEAR - $53 MILLION CONTRACT WITH CAVS.
I don't know what's worse, how often he gets things wrong or how often he "reports" stories that another outlet (usually Yahoo) has already broken first.@Chris_Broussard: Sources: Tristan Thompson is WILLING to sign a 3-year, $53 million deal with the Cavs. Cavs have not yet agreed to the deal.
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Obviously that sucks either way, but the higher the number the more grim the diagnosis is, right? Like IV is worse than II?
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I'm hoping some degenerate commenter on Deadspin made the joke so I don't have to. Good luck Mort.
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As Christopher Hitchens said "There is no Stage V".L-Jam3 wrote:Obviously that sucks either way, but the higher the number the more grim the diagnosis is, right? Like IV is worse than II?
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Honestly not sure what the joke is. Does it have something to do with wondering if Bert Farv's sperm causes throat cancer?Ryan wrote:I'm hoping some degenerate commenter on Deadspin made the joke so I don't have to. Good luck Mort.
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Worst part is ESPN will probably give her a huge raise for toeing the company line.
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This comes from someone who is tired of Win. Still, WTF, Sage. Simmons was right!govmentchedda wrote:She's a real hero.
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Yep. And too bad no ESPN exec said, "We're talking sports stuff, not politics" before they aired that dumbass tribute a few months ago to George W. Bush throwing out a first pitch at Yankee Stadium. He may've started an unnecessary war that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions, but he sure can paint the outside corner of the plate!brian wrote:Worst part is ESPN will probably give her a huge raise for toeing the company line.
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Great job ESPN!
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so she won the case and the bashing has started.
'golddigger'
'it advanced her career'
'i'd run through the streets naked for 55 million"
'golddigger'
'it advanced her career'
'i'd run through the streets naked for 55 million"
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Mostly on places with troglodytes like Barstool Sports though. And Twitter eggs, etc.degenerasian wrote:so she won the case and the bashing has started.
'golddigger'
'it advanced her career'
'i'd run through the streets naked for 55 million"
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I still lurk at Clutchfans even though I haven't posted in nearly 5 months. The thread there on this issue is exactly why.
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Skip Bayless leaving ESPN in August. That's the good news. The bad news is I doubt he's leaving for Myanmar, never to return to TV anywhere.
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Fox Sports 1. Former ESPN head who ushered in the "First Take" era now runs that network and has already brought in Cowherd and is shifting toward "debate".brian wrote:Skip Bayless leaving ESPN in August. That's the good news. The bad news is I doubt he's leaving for Myanmar, never to return to TV anywhere.
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Unless he's broadcasting Big Ten or soccer games there, he'll be easy to ignore so good riddance.
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The only way they could get anyone to watch is if they give him a show with Katie Nolan
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Wow, he's really stocking up on the talent. He should add Schilling.DSafetyGuy wrote:Fox Sports 1. Former ESPN head who ushered in the "First Take" era now runs that network and has already brought in Cowherd and is shifting toward "debate".brian wrote:Skip Bayless leaving ESPN in August. That's the good news. The bad news is I doubt he's leaving for Myanmar, never to return to TV anywhere.
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The Fox Sports Christmas party is going to be pretty awkward when Troy Aikman finds himself standing next to Bayless in the buffet line, what with Bayless having written a book claiming that Aikman was/is gay.Shirley wrote:Wow, he's really stocking up on the talent. He should add Schilling.DSafetyGuy wrote:Fox Sports 1. Former ESPN head who ushered in the "First Take" era now runs that network and has already brought in Cowherd and is shifting toward "debate".brian wrote:Skip Bayless leaving ESPN in August. That's the good news. The bad news is I doubt he's leaving for Myanmar, never to return to TV anywhere.
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The eleven most idiotic Skip Bayless tweets of all time!
Thankfully, these are on one page, not a clickbait slideshow.
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