That’s a shitty rumor.Rumor going around that Rachel hooked up with Jimmy Butler in the bubble last year.
We really need a goddamn "Like" button here. This is extremely well said. The bullshit dual standard needs to keep being called out and ripped down wherever it is seen.That’s a shitty rumor.
This really sucks and feels like a setback for both women. I also feel that this is what happens when you pit minorities against minorities and make both work 5X as hard as white dudes who coast in these jobs.
Nichols may well be a shitty person. She may well undermine other people, including women, for her own gain. And like Jenny Dell, maybe she hooked up with someone she covers. But the secondhand-edness of it all and the pig pile just feels like lazy “bitches suck” tropes that serve no one well.
That’s a shitty rumor.
This really sucks and feels like a setback for both women. I also feel that this is what happens when you pit minorities against minorities and make both work 5X as hard as white dudes who coast in these jobs.
Nichols may well be a shitty person. She may well undermine other people, including women, for her own gain. And like Jenny Dell, maybe she hooked up with someone she covers. But the secondhand-edness of it all and the pig pile just feels like lazy “bitches suck” tropes that serve no one well.
Yep/yep.We really need a goddamn "Like" button here. This is extremely well said. The bullshit dual standard needs to keep being called out and ripped down wherever it is seen.
And if a male reporter went up to a player's room the story would be that he was trying to get a good interview and/or scoopThe rumor started from Jordan Thrilla who reported there was a rumor that someone heard from a security guard that went up to Butler's room. There's also the same rumor going around about her and Ersan Ilyasova. Gonna guess there isn't much to it.
I never watch them and didn't play that video, but it's clear that all they want are clicks, so better not to give them any, in my opinion.View: https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/status/1414645250581090304
what is ESPN going to do about this clearly xenophobic comment from one of their "stars"
Remember when Dice-K came to the Red Sox and nobody cared and definitely didn't buy truckloads of Dice-K shirts?I remember how bad Ichiro was for baseball here and abroad.
Boxing is like Pro Wrestling where the interviews are a big chunk of the art form. For every other sport they're pretty much inconsequential. I want to see Ohtani strike guys out and hit huge bombs. If he can be a David Ortiz level personality that's gravy. I can't remember a single Mookie Betts interview, and that diminishes my enjoyment of his time in Boston not one bit.Is listening to interviews a big part of the sports experience for most fans? Maybe I’ll watch a post fight or post championship interview, but I have no idea what most of my favorite athletes sound like.
I can remember one:Boxing is like Pro Wrestling where the interviews are a big chunk of the art form. For every other sport they're pretty much inconsequential. I want to see Ohtani strike guys out and hit huge bombs. If he can be a David Ortiz level personality that's gravy. I can't remember a single Mookie Betts interview, and that diminishes my enjoyment of his time in Boston not one bit.
But I am not a reporter/tv personality dependent on interviews for easy content creation purposes.
I've found that the more I hear out of a player's mouth, the less interesting I find them. Some of them I come to actively despise. coughCurtSchillingcoughIs listening to interviews a big part of the sports experience for most fans? Maybe I’ll watch a post fight or post championship interview, but I have no idea what most of my favorite athletes sound like.
Yeah, but it was Schillings interactions that endeared him to us in the first place. It was just way down the line where it went sour.I've found that the more I hear out of a player's mouth, the less interesting I find them. Some of them I come to actively despise. coughCurtSchillingcough
Fake edit to add: the in-game mic'd up stuff like that Mookie video are always entertaining though. I think it's the spontaneity involved. There's no chance for canned answers, whether they're boring cliches or hot takes.
Nah, always found him to be a blowhard horse's ass. He was just *our* blowhard horse's ass for a few years. I never liked him in Philly or Arizona, and it was only that he was a bonafide ace to pair with Pedro that had me excited when they traded for him. The rings balanced out the personality, but he never fully won me over. Though yes, his post-career stuff has succeeded in souring those title teams a bit.Yeah, but it was Schillings interactions that endeared him to us in the first place. It was just way down the line where it went sour.
For most fans, no. But for sports radio and TV, things said by players and coaches is a readily available source of easy material. It's easy to talk about and analyze what someone says. If a player can't or won't talk to ESPN talking heads, that's a problem. For ESPN.Is listening to interviews a big part of the sports experience for most fans? Maybe I’ll watch a post fight or post championship interview, but I have no idea what most of my favorite athletes sound like.
I didn't see SAS try to interject at all? I mean, yay for Passan I guess but I'm pretty sure SAS gets how wrong he was, he's definitely said as much very sincerely IMO.Jeff Passan took it to SAS today, to his face. SAS tried to interject numerous times to apologize, but Jeff just kept going and ignored him lol.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkB49r4IWKw&t=191s
Thanks for posting that. I didn’t see SAS interject at all either. But Passan was terrific and even made me choke up a little bit with that story about his son’s love of Ohtani.Jeff Passan took it to SAS today, to his face. SAS tried to interject numerous times to apologize, but Jeff just kept going and ignored him lol.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkB49r4IWKw&t=191s
At this point, I'm more interested in having someone like SAS as a present & future public ally rather than a footnote in the cancel movement.I agree. I think SAS realized he went to far and really pissed some people off. I think he got the fact that he needed to apologize and eat crow for once. I too believe he sincerely apologized, and probably felt bad about what he said.
This jibes with what I am getting from friends an family in the Asian community. I first heard of SAS’s comments when a Vietnamese friend, who is not a baseball fan at all, texted me a Twitter thread where he was getting roasted. What SAS said really offended a lot of peopleFor me, this touched on the very complex issue of anti vs ally relationship between the Black & Asian communities in the States.
There is still a deep-rooted mistrust, not-so-subtle superiority complex, and flat-out fear of Blacks by many (especially older) Asians I know. I've no doubt there are just as many issues & feelings that the Black community harbor against its Asian counterpart as well.
Sometimes it takes the form of the rooftop Koreans defending their stores against Black looters. At other times, it takes the form of Black comedians darkly imitating the racist Asian store owners who humiliatingly follow them around like shoplifting is a given.
You have the random street attacks by Blacks against Asian elderly during the pandemic. You also have Black community leaders organizing rallies against anti-Asian hate crimes.
So when a prominent Black media personality like SAS makes a blunder like this, it touches on a nerve that's different than if a White person did the same. There a tinge of betrayal and a sense of disappointment that is somehow bigger but not surprising at the same time.
Edit: FWIW, I thought SAS's apology was sincere.
Thanks for sharing that @barbed wire Bob.This jibes with what I am getting from friends an family in the Asian community. I first heard of SAS’s comments when a Vietnamese friend, who is not a baseball fan at all, texted me a Twitter thread where he was getting roasted. What SAS said really offended a lot of people
Yep. It really comes across as an Ugly American rant telling the foreigners to be civilized and speak English. I saw the apology from SAS but I still don’t think he gets it.Thanks for sharing that @barbed wire Bob.
I haven't hit the various Asian Reddit threads to feel the temperature on this. However, I've no doubt you're right about just how much of a stink bomb SAS set off.
It's not just the Japanese who are offended (ironically, you may hear from them the least, for a variety of reasons). It's a wide multi-lane fuckery that has crossed many different shades of yellow & brown.
The AA community's quite casual usage of anti-Asian slurs is pretty well-known.Spot the differences in these 2 links...
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31987143/green-bay-packers-wr-devin-funchess-apologizes-anti-asian-remark
View: https://youtu.be/aZSI6ChLvC4
As was pointed out in the Tompa Bay thread… he fell off the cliff before BradyNot really pathetic, but Max Kellerman headed for that final take
https://nypost.com/2021/08/18/max-kellerman-expected-to-be-removed-from-espns-first-take/
Oh, I didn't see thatAs was pointed out in the Tompa Bay thread… he fell off the cliff before Brady
Never liked her. Always thought she read like a child playing reporter. And before I get called out for being sexist--because it does sound that way--there is not a single other female sports reporter, young or old, I would say that about.Rachel Nichols is out at ESPN.
View: https://twitter.com/AndrewMarchand/status/1430616378185236483?s=19
Yep. She was steel in that press conference.Wasn't Rachel the first and maybe only reporter to ask actual relevant questions at the NFL's Ray Rice press conference?