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So it has finally launched. I only read the top story of the day.
It had an interesting premise.
Sadly it was hot garbage of the worst kind.
 

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I don't know why, exactly, but I like Bomani Jones. I think he and Le Batard are funny, irreverent and fairly insightful.
I really like their show. It's light and easy, but not cartoonishly so like SportsNation or pretending to be a serious show like First Take. Plus Papi is terrific.
 

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I get what he's saying. Everyone acts like murdering his wife and son defines Chris Benoit and not the many years of amazing pro wrestling.
I was going to mention Benoit. I actually think the NFL, at least what I've seen on the NFL Network, even on little things like their Top 10 Countdowns, they are pretty consistent with at least acknowledging that Simpson was a great player. On the other hand, WWE has no idea how to handle the Benoit situation so they chose to act like he never existed and it's strictly forbidden to ever mention him. I think it's perfectly reasonable to acknowledge that someone is great at something while also understanding that they are a terrible person. If you are having a discussion about "Best NFL Running Backs" or "Best Technical Wrestlers" being a decent human being shouldn't be a qualification.
 

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I think a big reason for that is that Vince feels a lot more insecure as to WWE's long-term future than the NFL feels about its. Sure, in a hundred years maybe the NFL becomes a fringe sport, but over the next ten to twenty years it's hard to imagine the NFL not being as popular as it is. It's a lot easier to see the WWE losing a lot of popularity in a short amount of time, so I think they have to be more sensitive to public opinion.
 

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I think a big reason for that is that Vince feels a lot more insecure as to WWE's long-term future than the NFL feels about its. Sure, in a hundred years maybe the NFL becomes a fringe sport, but over the next ten to twenty years it's hard to imagine the NFL not being as popular as it is. It's a lot easier to see the WWE losing a lot of popularity in a short amount of time, so I think they have to be more sensitive to public opinion.
I think the WWE is probably more insecure about the fact that Benoit's severe concussion issues and massive painkiller intake could have had something to do with his actions, and that they still basically ignore these issues. Nobody has tied OJ's murdering to his NFL career, at least in terms of injuries/addictions and not entitlement.
 
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Finally had a reason to read something on their site, although ESPN's homepage keeps pushing its links:

"Game, blouses" - the real story behind the famous Chappelle skit about Prince’s late-night hoops challenge

Teaser:
David Z, a sound engineer, told the Minneapolis StarTribune that Prince once challenged Michael Jackson to a game of pingpong while the two were recording in the same studio.

Apparently, Jackson wasn’t a player. And it didn’t end well for the gloved one.

Prince asked Jackson, “You want me to slam it?” As Jackson cowered, Prince did just that, and Jackson was humiliated. “Did you see that?” Z recalled Prince saying. “He played like Helen Keller.”

After Prince’s death, Jimmy Fallon, the host of The Tonight Show, described being destroyed by Prince during a late-night game of pingpong. Prince delivered the beatdown while wearing a “double-breasted crushed blue velvet suit.”
Their link to the original sketch is busted, but here it is.