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Water coolers around the nation will be buzzing for days after the daytime entertainment fest that was the Roger Clemens appearance before Congress Wednesday. However, let us not dwell on what the drive-by media and the useless and often moronic radio talk shows have been focusing on. I honestly heard one host go on for 15 minutes about what a buff bod Clemens' wife had after doing the HGH. Which makes for yet another example as to how sports talk radio has submerged to just one meager level... Read Full Story

Recently I told someone that if I never again had the opportunity to appear "on-air" for television sports, I doubt if I would miss it. This in itself is disturbing because it's my chosen craft and has been as much a part of life as breathing. But there was a reason for my answer. I'm not sure I want to be associated with what has become the utter lack of professionalism in my field, and most of it comes down to what Don Henley once called those "bubble headed bleach blondes that come on at... Read Full Story

OK, so neither one of them were blond but they should have been. Watching the Packers-Giants game, halftime hits, local FOX here in Boston goes to their studio for a "news update", which of course features no real news at all. Female Zero says of the Pats going to the Super Bowl, "We never get tired of this!!!!" with her perky smile showing off perky other items. Live to the Stadium, Male Zero says "we asked the guys in the locker room of they ever get tired of this", which is like asking... Read Full Story

I've known Shula for many years, was actually a very young and wide-eyed radio reporter when I first met him. And I know all these stories about how he and the '72 Dolphins protect their undefeated record and all. Let me set a few things straight that most of the outside the bubble airheads have no idea of. 1. Shula is not jealous of the Patriots. Sure he's protective but he knows a great team when he sees one. All that trifle about him looking down his nose at the Patriots was complete and... Read Full Story

Just heard they have fired Editor Dave Seanor due to the cover. Fitting indeed. I have been bounced many times in my career, as we all have in the media, and have never wished unemployment on anyone. OK, almost anyone. But in this case well deserved. My only caveat would be if the cover was also approved by someone above him and he's the scapegoat. If so that would be an injustice. As it stands, his firing is warranted and he earned it. Read Full Story

Honestly, I didn't see this one coming. I actually thought someone would do something stupid like this, but I never imagined a publication dedicated to the sport would be the first. If you haven't seen it yet, I've included the cover of the latest "Golfweek" magazine. Publishers claim they did this to ignite a debate about what was said by Golf Channel reporter Kelly Tilghman. They claim they checked with African-American staffers to make sure they didn't mind. They claim it was all done in... Read Full Story

America's favorite espionage-fighting moose once looked at Rocky and said (make sure you think this in his voice), "I think I will now be sick". Bullwinkle must have been talking about what I just witnessed on television. MSNBC, whom I watch on a regular basis because of their political coverage, featured Stephen A. Smith as a political commentator. Go ahead. Let that sink in for a moment. Steven A. Smith, political analyst. A few moments more. Really, let it burn into your brain and sink to... Read Full Story

Back to a serious matter today, that being those in sports who deserve exactly what they get. Mike Nifong, former prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse rape case, has been forced to file for bankruptcy, citing 2 major lawsuits totaling over $180M in possible judgements against him. After publicly displaying a complete cranial vacuum in slashing the reputations of those players, failing to follow legal procedures contained in a criminal Cliff Notes, and believing a gutter born hooker with no backing... Read Full Story

Another in the occasional line of items that leave me wondering why some people are allowed to procreate. - The post-game on the field interview. Sweet maker please find a way for us to be saved from these injustices. Please, tell sweet cheeks to stop with the sucking up and asking Eli about his brother losing earlier in the day. If that's the best she can do, there has to be a fast food windown that needs occupying somewhere. - Anyone who calls themselves a "bracketologist" around this time... Read Full Story

Roger Goodell couldn't have needled it into submission any better: The NFL got four divisional round gems this weekend. Two significant upsets, the Packers rolling in a scene off a Christmas card and the Patriots reminding a jealous sports nation that no, the Jaguars were not the one team that "no one wants to face." (In the interests of being forthright, I am a grinder-eating, packie-shopping New Englander. I'm also a Giants fan, but if you care about the first point, odds are you've already... Read Full Story