Comments on: Get Over It People. Adam Jones Is Not Headline News

By: origin

origin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:47:54 +0000

True words Jimmy Paz true words man.

Oh Matthew are you really surprised that Unicron whitlock let Matty “white line” jones slip threw the crack.

Oh and I rather read a article written by the Klan then read Unicron’s garbage article.

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:47:13 +0000

Nah, she’s cool. Good friend of mine.

By: jimmy paz

jimmy paz — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:52:10 +0000

Look at the way McCain and Palin constantly use sports metaphors in promoting their Manichean “good vs. evil” world view. This nonsense works so well because that’s the way the mainstream sports media looks at sport itself. Heroes and villains, good guys and bad guys. This is also why we need to look at sport itself with a more critical eye. Certainly Adam Jones is one of the NFL’s “bad guys”, and the media needs players like this to promote their simplistic way of looking at the world. Even more interesting is the way exactly the same behavior is viewed, depending upon whether the perpetrator is a “good guy” or a “bad guy”. In the “developing” country in which I live (Michigan), the Detroit Lions are the only allegedly professional football team. Lions’ quarterback Jon Kitna plays badly, regularly throws temper tantrums, yells at teammates and coaches, and acts like a petulant child. This is because, the beat writers tell us, Kitna is “fiercly competetive”; a “gamer” who really “cares” and “wants to win” so badly. Wide receiver Roy Williams plays badly, regularly throws temper tantrums, yells at teammates and coaches, and acts like a petulant child. This is because, the beat writers tell us, Williams is “immature”, “undisciplined”, “not a team player”, and a “cancer” on the team. Go figure. Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury is an up-and-coming fan favorite and emerging media “good guy”. He hit the only “three -run single” in post-season history recently, when Angels’ players Torii Hunter and Howie Kendrick allowed his bases-loaded, two-out pop fly into short center field to drop for a cheap hit. The reason this was a single and not a three-run double was, of course, because Ellsbury did not run out his pop fly, and ended up able to reach only first base. Both the TBS commentators and the “Baseball Tonight” crew on ESPN were delighted by this statistical oddity, but no one pointed out that had Ellsbury hustled, it would never have happened. Imagine had Manny Ramirez hit a “three-run single” during his years in Boston! Go figure.

Jimmy Paz

By: Matthew Fudge

Matthew Fudge — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:11:53 +0000

So am I gonna get ripped a new one if I post one of Jemele’s articles on here, even if she’s right?

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:03:35 +0000

It’s cool Matt. That was just so you know.

By: Matthew Fudge

Matthew Fudge — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:52:50 +0000

I only posted it to say that Whitlock’s response was what I expected.

By: Matthew Fudge

Matthew Fudge — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:51:48 +0000

No prob, Miz.

By: thebrotherreport

thebrotherreport — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:27:17 +0000

I can’t stomach dude anymore.

Didn’t know this happened to Randy Moss…

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?&type=photo&photo_id=09eR8fG05icNm&pn=3&tid=000000000

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:18:05 +0000

Not cool…

By: thebrotherreport

thebrotherreport — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:17:12 +0000

Damn, I almost did it too.

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:16:20 +0000

Please don’t post Whitlock links on this site. No one wants to read that shit.

By: Matthew Fudge

Matthew Fudge — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:16:40 +0000

And yet Matt Jones slips through the cracks.

By: Matthew Fudge

Matthew Fudge — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:27:42 +0000

Well, at least Whitlock’s consistent.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8656444/Goodell-needs-to-save-Pacman-from-himself

By: Inkognegro

Inkognegro — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:49:44 +0000

There are a few forces at work in this case, near as I can tell.

After spending all of the off season booking tickets to Tampa, Cowboy Country is SHOOOOOOOK, son.

Sure they are 4-1 but it is an UGGGLY 4 and 1 and Division is STRONG!

They have TWO against the Champs one in Philly and one in DC/MD. They also have to go TO Pittsburgh and the game on Sunday is NO cakewalk.

The brutal truth is that Dallas NEEEEDS to have Homefield to have a shot at getting to Tampa.

That team is NOT strong enough under the flackjacket or under the helmet to Get their Road Warrior on (see Giants, 07 and Steelers, 05)

The Way Washington and The Giants are playing, they are staring down the #5 or #6 seed if they don’t Pile up the W’s QUICKLY.

Add to that the general mistrust of Messrs. Jones and Owens and toss in some garden variety slanted coverage and you have a fanbase and a media market that thirsts for news that confirms what they have always feared.

That THAT ONE is going to win the white house and they wont have a Cowboys Super Bowl Win to make them feel better.

Now If youll excuse me, I am going to rub my hands with glee in anticipation.