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Absurd US Open practice shows enjoying sports growing more difficult, costly
From trying to get an affordable U.S. Open experience to watching the big-pocket Mets sulk at the bottom of the league, sports are growing increasingly harder to watch.
Cowardice keeping ex-ESPN tennis analyst on sideline over 'racist' lie
In an act of revolting cowardice, ESPN, instead of defending Adler from such a ludicrous claim issued on Twitter by an attention-hungry and reckless N.Y. Times tennis stringer, immediately fired...
ESPN still hasn't fixed disgraceful firing over false racism claim
Based on a mad rush to politically correct (mis)judgment, ESPN fired Doug Adler as a racist.
Tennis icon's Emma Raducanu 'controversy' is nauseatingly familiar
McEnroe is on the defensive for inane claims that he deeply and publicly offended a young woman, recent U.S. Open champ Emma Raducanu.
Double standards abound at the New York Times
Dean Baquet, the executive editor of the New York Times, decided to give science reporter Donald McNeil a second chance despite finding that he’d made offensive (allegedly quite racist) remarks...
The NBA's bubble whining is a terrible look
Those self-entitled NBAers, including career misanthrope JR Smith, who have seen fit to share with America their Disney Prep woes — substandard bedding, food that doesn’t meet with their palates...
'I’ve been blackballed': ESPN tennis analyst still paying for absurd racist accusation
It’s Australian Open time, and the only way Doug Adler can awaken from his nightmare is if he falls asleep to dream it’s not happening. What was supposed to have...
Boeheim's quick return after tragedy: Bad optics, bad choice
Hear about the optician who backed into his lens grinder and got a little behind in his work? In November 2016, the Mets wishfully, fancifully signed Yoenis Cespedes, represented by...
ESPN quietly rights racist accusation against tennis analyst
The preposterous case of Doug Adler being dismissed by ESPN as a clear-and-present racist based on a reckless, inaccurate tweet from a New York Times freelance tennis reporter, followed by...
Time to give ex-ESPN tennis analyst justice after absurd slur claims
On the second anniversary of a hideous miscarriage of justice and the preposterous abandonment of common sense, the New York Times still hasn’t addressed the story or its role in...
Tennis broadcaster nears justice for hypocritical ESPN ouster
Eighteen months later, Doug Adler, preposterously fired as a racist by the preposterous bosses at ESPN, appears closer to achieving the justice he should never have had to pursue. Los...
ESPN 'killed me' for racial misunderstanding
Doug Adler is taking his fight against ESPN to the courts and now through the media. Adler opened up on the "Today" show in an interview with Matt Lauer that aired...
Don't go to the movies if you want to get your facts straight
There is a movie about the 1973 Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs match soon to be released. But first ... Max Baer Jr., best known as the actor who portrayed Jethro...
In defense of Mike Francesa, a victim of web's outrage machine
What never should have begun now won’t stop. Selective frivolous public prosecutions and persecutions of public figures continue to deprive the ecosystem of nutrients for common sense. This year began...
Reckless cries of racism come at the cost of common sense
As Homer Simpson hollered when he and Bart were stuck deep in a hole, “Dig up!” For no good, earthly reasons, we keep digging deeper racial holes into which the...
Fired ESPN analyst: Racist backlash gave me heart attack
A former ESPN announcer in the middle of a lawsuit against the company passed along word on Wednesday that he had suffered a heart attack linked to stress from the...
ESPN fired me for 'guerrilla' comment on Venus Williams: suit
LOS ANGELES — A tennis commentator dropped by ESPN for a remark about Venus Williams during the Australian Open sued the sports network Tuesday for wrongful termination. Former tennis pro...
ESPN voice: I called Venus Williams 'guerrilla,' not 'gorilla'
https://twitter.com/PinaCocoblog/status/821839791490625537 MELBOURNE, Australia — A TV commentator has apologized for how he spoke about Venus Williams' play at the Australian Open, saying he was describing her aggressive style as "guerrilla" tactics and...