More Cuts at ESPN

She did kill someone, so she's probably more of a thug than Boogie Cousins.

 

64 pages is a solid length for a thread. It was fun while it lasted.

 

Is she related to Lenny? Aundray?

 

Hurt me. Hurt me. Make me write bad checks.

 

A headline on ESPN.com right now:
LeBron more trouble than help to Lue?

 

So what Lauren Hill did wasn't courageous? Was less deserving? I watched Bruce run in the Olympics.
If you cannot see that he is mentally ill, you're not old enough to understand it.

 

Lauren Hill was very courageous. I don't care about an ESPY award. I don't care who is "most courageous." It's not a competition. Saying Jenner's decision to transition wasn't courageous, however, is silly and small-minded.

But let's unpack this second part. Why do you think Jenner is/was mentally ill for transitioning? And what does that have to do with Olympic participation and why would I be too young to understand it?

I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but I'd like to see you put it out there in your own words.

 

http://deadspin.com/adrian-wojnarowski-finally-won-his-war-against-espn-1794817931

Adrian Wojnarowski apparently got a slew of NBA dudes fired at ESPN. That's some Machiavellian shit right there.

I simply don't get people's obsession with breaking scoops. Who. Gives. A. Fuck. Has anyone accurately assessed how it benefits the bottomline to be credited with a scoop five minutes before someone else has it or it's announced in a PR release?

Give me the long-form work of Henry Abbott over scoops any day.

 

Doesn't Leviticus have something to say against this?

Or was that just HAM and BACON?

 

The "ESPN is liberal" argument always boils down to three things: the Caitlyn Jenner award, the Curt Schilling firing, and the fact that they have black people on the payroll. It's not a terribly convincing case.

 

Your age is showing. There are certain things you learn about life and people that only years can give you. I used to think and believe the same as you when I was younger and knew so much less. If you can listen to that man and tell me that's a mentally stable person, then you just don't see it or understand it. I've seen enough to know better.

 

You're exactly right. It's something I've only figured out the last four or five years after 20 years of the opposite. Still, having a story first doesn't mean shit when everyone has it within five minutes. Real writing does.