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Jemele and Mike

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Songbird, Feb 3, 2017.

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  1. SnarkShark

    SnarkShark Well-Known Member

    This is the answer to all your questions.
     
    SnarkShark, Sep 7, 2017
    #205
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  2. cjericho

    cjericho Well-Known Member

    Hope Jeff asks for her top 10 all-time MCs and does a comparison/contrast with his nephew's list.
     
    cjericho, Sep 7, 2017
    #206
  3. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Wasn't she?

    I'm no particular fan of Hill, but she was a well-known columnist at a top-20 daily newspaper out of more than 1,300 in the U.S. That puts her at least in the 99th percentile.
     
    bigpern23, Sep 8, 2017
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  4. QYFW

    QYFW Well-Known Member

    That has nothing to do with whether she was good.
     
    QYFW, Sep 8, 2017
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  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    For the "things that make you feel old" thread, I remember when she was a columnist and in the crosshairs often around here. I can't recall specific incidences (I can't remember what I had for dinner two days ago) but there were enough to pretty well disqualify her from "one of the America's best columnists" consideration.
     
    playthrough, Sep 8, 2017
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  6. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Our business can be a star system and she was pegged as a star. Once that happens, you're golden.

    I'd have to go back over her oerve, but I don't know that I ever learned anything from her or thought about something differently. I recall that she ended up in predicaments like this quite a bit, dashing off meatball opinions that she thought were edgy and insightful but really belonged in a college newspaper.

    Fool Me Once....ESPN Suspends Jemele Hill

    There are 30 voices at this site alone I would read any day.

    Good on her, though. She found her niche as a "personality," and I'm sure she's a wealthy woman and that she enjoys reporting to work every day. That's the dream.
     
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    Dick Whitman, Sep 8, 2017
    #210
  7. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The thing I vaguely remember was when she was a columnist in Orlando, she wrote about her um, blow job experiences on a blog, and it raised a few eyebrows.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 8, 2017
    #211
  8. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    I'll take Bomani and Stephen A over the other two, and Hill, too.
     
    Alma, Sep 8, 2017
    #212
  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Typically references to that early-career misstep on this site have been deleted during prior moderator administrations.

    Much like PMs, are such references now fair game?
     
    Dick Whitman, Sep 8, 2017
    #213
  10. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Songbird, Sep 8, 2017
    #214
  11. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    My brother-in-law absolutely loves Bomani Jones. I've never listened to him or read him. I don't listen to many national guys, though, other than the occasional "Mike & Mike" and the Gary Parrish college basketball podcast.
     
    Dick Whitman, Sep 8, 2017
    #215
  12. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Bomani's pretty decent. Hasn't really blown me away.
     
    Songbird, Sep 8, 2017
    #216
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