Wasn’t able to post as much as I wanted to yesterday and this weekend has been planned for me once again so I won’t be on too much here today and tomorrow. But if something breaks, I’ll do my best to post it here.
Let’s do some quick links today.
First, Phil Mushnick of the New York Post is in a firestorm for writing this column Friday suggesting the Jay-Z-owned Brooklyn Nets be called the New York N-words. And then went farther by saying the cheerleaders be named the Brooklyn Bitches or Hoes.
After negative reaction, Bob’s Blitz got a hold of Mushnick and he refused to apologize for the column and the Post is backing him. At least for now.
Larry McShane of the New York Daily News looks at the reaction to Mushnick’s column.
MediaRantz says the Post needs to get rid of Mushnick.
Robert Littal of Black Sports Online also calls for the Post to fire Mushnick.
Joe Lucia from Awful Announcing can’t believe Mushnick went so far.
And Tommy Craggs at Deadspin calls Mushnick a troll.
This controversy won’t be going away anytime soon and unless the Post takes some kind of action, I suspect there could be a few protests outside the Post’s offices next week. Unbelievable.
To other stories now.
Rarely do I link to Grantland because most of the stories are boring and way too long, but this one from Bryan Curtis is quite the good read. This focuses on a group of old guard sportswriters known as “The Chipmunks” and how they once represented the best and brightest.
Today’s FA Cup Final in the UK between Chelsea and Liverpool will have a first on British television. ESPN UK’s Rebecca Lowe becomes the first woman to host a major soccer broadcast as Laura Williamon of the London Guardian reports.
Jay Yarow of the Business Insider Sports Page notes Captain Blowhard had to give up his NBA MVP vote because he actually made a wager on the award. Stupid.
Ed Sherman at the Sherman Report talks with NBC’s Tom Hammond about today’s Kentucky Derby.
The Big Lead notes that Dan Patrick is pissed at ESPN once again.
Matt Yoder of Awful Announcing says it’s DP vs. Colin Cowhack of ESPN Radio.
Richard Rys of Philadelphia Magazine looks at the dwindling sportscasts on local TV newscasts.
Diane Pucin of the Los Angeles Times wonders why announcers don’t report on no-hitters in progress.
Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News tackles the same subject.
And that’s where we’ll end it today.
