Comments on: A Spectacular Mix Of Bad Taste And Sportswriting http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Fri, 25 May 2012 04:00:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Big Bub http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120428 Big Bub Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:09:35 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120428 Hmmm, so are newspaper editors the first to go when staffing cuts take place?! This is unbelievable. Hmmm, so are newspaper editors the first to go when staffing cuts take place?! This is unbelievable.

]]> By: arlo http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120403 arlo Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:59:34 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120403 He's got an apology up there now.. he still has the article but there's an apology as well! If I were him I'd sneakily take it down and then when anyone asks, say it was another Mark Whicker. He’s got an apology up there now.. he still has the article but there’s an apology as well! If I were him I’d sneakily take it down and then when anyone asks, say it was another Mark Whicker.

]]> By: arlo http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120393 arlo Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:09:28 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120393 "Dugard’s stepfather says she’s going to need a lot of therapy — you think?" Actually it's this writer guy that is gonna need therapy... “Dugard’s stepfather says she’s going to need a lot of therapy — you think?”

Actually it’s this writer guy that is gonna need therapy…

]]> By: Nathan http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120380 Nathan Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:29:10 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120380 I wrote Mark an email about how it was inappropriate, and this was his response: “Thanks. It was neither satirical nor about a tragedy. It was an attempt to celebrate her release and to show how long 18 years really is, in a context everyone — well, almost everyone — can understand.” Does this guy really think we are all that stupid? Down with Mark Whicker! I wrote Mark an email about how it was inappropriate, and this was his response:

“Thanks. It was neither satirical nor about a tragedy. It was an attempt to celebrate her release and to show how long 18 years really is, in a context everyone — well, almost everyone — can understand.”

Does this guy really think we are all that stupid? Down with Mark Whicker!

]]> By: Yourface http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120324 Yourface Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:19:24 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120324 "And ballplayers, who always invent the slang no matter what ESPN would have you believe, came up with an expression for a home run that you might appreciate. Congratulations, Jaycee. You left the yard." Really !? “And ballplayers, who always invent the slang no matter what ESPN would have you believe, came up with an expression for a home run that you might appreciate.

Congratulations, Jaycee. You left the yard.”

Really !?

]]> By: R http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120294 R Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:22:00 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120294 Gee, wasn't it an Orange County politician which recently got caught bragging about his two mistresses in front of an open microphone? Is there something in the water there which causes them to enter a world where good judgement doesn't matter? Gee, wasn’t it an Orange County politician which recently got caught bragging about his two mistresses in front of an open microphone? Is there something in the water there which causes them to enter a world where good judgement doesn’t matter?

]]> By: Keith Beresheim http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120291 Keith Beresheim Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:58:56 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120291 James Cagney would never let this happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! James Cagney would never let this happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: therudy2 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120140 therudy2 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:11:38 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120140 oh my god. he's been at OCR for decades and thought he was a fairly normal, decent sports columnist. i never knew him to be ... what's the word ... inhumane? wow. oh my god. he’s been at OCR for decades and thought he was a fairly normal, decent sports columnist. i never knew him to be … what’s the word … inhumane? wow.

]]> By: RFS http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120138 RFS Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:08:09 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120138 Who thought that was a good idea? Who thought that was a good idea?

]]> By: David http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120104 David Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:27:55 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/a-spectacular-mix-of-bad-taste-and-sportswriting-25998#comment-120104 so it says right before the comments that anybody who jokes about a tragedy will be blocked. I wish that would've included the articles too. so it says right before the comments that anybody who jokes about a tragedy will be blocked. I wish that would’ve included the articles too.

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