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Buckeye86;1357834; said:did he mention anything about all of the Browns fans who hate him because he [censored]ing sucks?
generaladm;1358121; said:My take on Jim Rome is that his life has been ruled by his insecurities ever since the Jim Everett incident. Before that, he was a skinny, smart-assed, curly headed kid who thought he was smart enough to outwit anyone on his show, and didn't realize that his mouth was writing checks that 6'3", 220lbs athletes would make his butt cash, even if there were a room full of people watching. After that, he fell of the face of the Earth for awhile, before "reinventing" himself as a roided-out, thick-necked, goatee-sporting, fake-ass-gravelly-voiced tough guy, who is even more arrogant, but less clever, than his previous incarnation. His show is just further proof that the ESPN/Fox sports media is more concerned with promoting "edgy" blowhards who stir up fake controversy, than anyone who actually understands anything about sports (see Colin Cowherd, Tony Kornheiser, and Stephen A. Smith for more examples of knowledge-free talking heads). Rome can be fleetingly entertaining, but his utter lack of sports knowledge kind of ruins it.
PITTSBURGH?Despite the hard-fought defensive struggle between the Steelers and the Ravens playing out before him, ESPN commentator Tony Kornheiser was able to complete a rant decrying guttural noises in women's tennis Monday night without acknowledging the football game in any way. "I was watching it, and I could hear for myself: Maria Sharapova literally grunted on a drop shot," Kornheiser said while the Steelers scored on a 38-yard TD pass to Santonio Holmes and recovered a Joe Flacco fumble for another score, all in a 15-second span of game time. Kornheiser also effectively cut off Ron Jaworski's detailed description of the breakdown in the Ravens' pass protection, saying, "It's a drop shot, you know? Why do you need to do that? I can make a drop shot without grunting, for God's sake. The other day I came to the net, no grunt. Then the ball came back whizzing past my head at about a hundred miles an hour. But ya know, she plays tennis, I play tennis. Tennis is tennis. Is grunting tennis? It is not." Though Jeff Reed's game-winning kick in overtime was unable to capture Kornheiser's attention sufficiently enough to penetrate the anecdote, a shot of a mildly overweight fan celebrating in the stands did prompt Kornheiser to conjecture that the fan "heard lunch was a buffet
generaladm;1358121; said:My take on Jim Rome is that his life has been ruled by his insecurities ever since the Jim Everett incident. Before that, he was a skinny, smart-assed, curly headed kid who thought he was smart enough to outwit anyone on his show, and didn't realize that his mouth was writing checks that 6'3", 220lbs athletes would make his butt cash, even if there were a room full of people watching. After that, he fell of the face of the Earth for awhile, before "reinventing" himself as a roided-out, thick-necked, goatee-sporting, fake-ass-gravelly-voiced tough guy, who is even more arrogant, but less clever, than his previous incarnation. His show is just further proof that the ESPN/Fox sports media is more concerned with promoting "edgy" blowhards who stir up fake controversy, than anyone who actually understands anything about sports (see Colin Cowherd, Tony Kornheiser, and Stephen A. Smith for more examples of knowledge-free talking heads). Rome can be fleetingly entertaining, but his utter lack of sports knowledge kind of ruins it.
Mr_Burns;1358129; said:I think you pretty much hit the nail on the head. Too add to it, he's always struck me as someone suffering from "little man's syndrome." We all know type--mouthy, undersized guys who don't know when to shut up, probably because no one has ever given them the ass beating they deserve.
And since you mentioned Kornheiser, I thought this satirical piece from The Onion was pretty funny.
Tony Kornheiser Not About To Let Football Game Interrupt Tennis Anecdote | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Sorry, but thats the exact opposite with me... those are three very giant reasons why I cannot find myself energized to even watch the Browns anymore. It was nice when both Braylon and Kellen were hurt a few years back, sure we sucked, but we were pure then, now its back to the scum filled dirtbags of Brady incomplete to Braylon/Kellen or pass dropped by Braylon/Kellen.OCBucksFan;1357852; said:Some truth to it, I mean they have a tight end from miami, a receiver from scum, a quarterback from Notre Dame, but if they win in the playoffs people will forget those details.
Magua;2137927; said:Looks like everything highlighted by Script left ESPN in 1995 with Lack.
OSU_D/;2137937; said:Really? Remember, Lack wanted to bring in Jim Rome who is more about trash-talking than serious reporting. Walsh, the guy who saw Rome as the guy for what he is, is still at ESPN.