It was kind of a slow sports night last night and as I comb around for my daily reading I noticed two stories in some places that didn't show up in others.
The first is, of course Erin Andrews, and I will most certainly not be talking more about her. (Go get 'em girl) and this Ben Roethlisberger news of a civil sexual assult case brought against the two-time Super Bowl Champion QB. Now it showed up in my Pro Football Talk Twitter I am "Following," but is nowhere near the "worldwide leader in sports." I was thinking, OK, maybe they're just waiting to confirm it, but then I found this. Now that may just be one's belief, but the guys at PFT kept their ear to the street and then waited for this notice to come across saying not to cover the issue at all.
Now I'm as much of a sports nerd as anything and ESPN is very good at what they do, but at the same time they call themselves "The World Wide Leader in Sports" and ignoring big stories like this show there is a bit of an agenda at stake with them.
I've said it before to get your true perspective on what is going on, you need to get your sports knowledge from somewhere other than ESPN. I don't know how many guys I run into that say they know sports because they watch SportsCenter like five times a day. Now sure you know what is going on, but you don't know the true story. You have to hit some of the local papers where the news is coming from for the full perspective and maybe hit some blogs and message boards.
I made a call into the Scott Ferrall Show a few weeks ago about John Anderson and Scott Barnaby getting into a bit on stage at SportsCenter and what followed from Ferrall was an hour tirade about how ESPN sucks and I would have to agree with him for the most part.
If you stop and think about it though, it's what you would expect in knowing the E in the name stands for Entertainment. That makes everything else make sense now doesn't it?
My take is this, sports fans, it's a fault of theirs for missing the boat on this and if you don't know anything about it, you have to be sure to get your news (this holds true not just for sports) from a variety of sources.
Today is a bit of a random mix of topics that have come up throughout the morning and day for me with the big news of the past day being the T.O. Show's debut on VH1 last night. I haven't had a chance to watch it yet (blame a Brewers rain delay last night) and was sidetracked all day at the office.
What I've heard from friends leads me to beleive some rather solid high spots from the guy Skip Bayless calls "Team Obliterator." I must say I'm looking forward to it. I'll give my review of Episode 1 tomorrow.
Onto some pop culture now and Chris Brown gave his public apology on YouTube yesterday for his incident with Rihanna.
First off, I did watch that and I must say, it was lame. Horrible in fact.
Good thing Rihanna found a new guy, Drake, that is smashing the charts with "Best I Ever Had."
Finally, a quick Nussie Hunter at a chick that got on the nerves of my radio boys Covino and Rich the last couple of days, Julia Allison. She's a dumb blogger chick who called them obsessed with looks. Well, you decide for yourself, here.
And if that one isn't enough, there's this one, showing she is all class.
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