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Sportsbruh · Feb 27, 2007

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You people are still pissed because the Black community MADE you bend to their culture in Vegas.

The dominant culture hates that. Get over it already.

(you can keep the crime stats and pacman's foilables to yourself)

21 · Feb 27, 2007

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Inky_Wretch said:

FWIW, Rick Reilly was just on Dan Patrick's radio show talking about how bad Vegas was. Just heard the tailend of it.
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Can he do that!? He didn't say it in his previous SI column! Does the CJR know about this?

21 · Feb 27, 2007

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(I am completely convinced sportbruh is a bunch of white college boys...)

Lugnuts · Feb 27, 2007

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jason_whitlock said:

Why don't I like you? Because you were a butt to me on here. But it's not important to this discussion.

you need thicker skin.
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So do you.

jason_whitlock · Feb 27, 2007

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21 said:

Inky_Wretch said:

FWIW, Rick Reilly was just on Dan Patrick's radio show talking about how bad Vegas was. Just heard the tailend of it.
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Can he do that!? He didn't say it in his previous SI column! Does the CJR know about this?
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THANK YOU!!!!!!!

jason_whitlock · Feb 27, 2007

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Lugnuts said:

jason_whitlock said:

Why don't I like you? Because you were a butt to me on here. But it's not important to this discussion.

you need thicker skin.
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So do you.
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why would you say that?

seriously

Inky_Wretch · Feb 27, 2007

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Sportsbruh said:

You people are still pissed because the Black community MADE you bend to their culture in Vegas.
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Pssst, it's Vegas.

Vegas will willingly bend to anybody with money more than you bend the syntax of the English language. And, honestly, Vegas probably made more money off the Chinese New Year than the Thug Life Woodstock.

maberger · Feb 27, 2007

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Sportsbruh said:

You people are still pissed because the Black community MADE you bend to their culture in Vegas.

The dominant culture hates that. Get over it already.

(you can keep the crime stats and pacman's foilables to yourself)
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"foilables?"

anecdotally, was in LV sunday nite thru wednesday. Four cabbies, one cab line dispatcher, several bartenders, two floormen at mirage and one at mgm, and many other guests reflected jason's opinion -- both before and after strip club shooting.

occasionally · Feb 27, 2007

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"I'm wondering, how will New Orleans accommodate all these people if they elect to come to New Orleans?" Hunter said. "They'll shut the city down. First of all, their police force is dissipated. They're probably dealing with half the force they had before. They don't have all the resources that we will need to properly police the city. They've got a serious crime problem as it is. And so what are they going to do?"

New Orleans claims to have 90 percent of the restaurants and 78 percent of the hotel rooms that existed before Katrina. It's hosted scaled-back Mardi Gras celebrations, the Sugar Bowl and a Saints playoff game. The All-Star Game will be bigger than all of them.
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Do people do any research before they open their mouths or write?

The police force is New Orleans is probably about 85 percent of what it was pre-Katrina, not half. And while there's been a crime problem, it's in certain areas, nowhere near anyone coming to any event is going to go.

Mardi Gras attracted 800,000 people to the city. NOPD handled it without a problem. Will the All-Star Game bring 5% of that?

And I would question if the ASG is bigger than the Sugar Bowl, or perhaps even a playoff game.

Boom_70 · Feb 27, 2007

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occasionally said:

"I'm wondering, how will New Orleans accommodate all these people if they elect to come to New Orleans?" Hunter said. "They'll shut the city down. First of all, their police force is dissipated. They're probably dealing with half the force they had before. They don't have all the resources that we will need to properly police the city. They've got a serious crime problem as it is. And so what are they going to do?"

New Orleans claims to have 90 percent of the restaurants and 78 percent of the hotel rooms that existed before Katrina. It's hosted scaled-back Mardi Gras celebrations, the Sugar Bowl and a Saints playoff game. The All-Star Game will be bigger than all of them.
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Do people do any research before they open their mouths or write?

The police force is New Orleans is probably about 85 percent of what it was pre-Katrina, not half. And while there's been a crime problem, it's in certain areas, nowhere near anyone coming to any event is going to go.

Mardi Gras attracted 800,000 people to the city. NOPD handled it without a problem. Will the All-Star Game bring 5% of that?

And I would question if the ASG is bigger than the Sugar Bowl, or perhaps even a playoff game.
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Have you seen the quotes from Billy Hunter today. He even went as far as suggesting a law suit to prevent NBA from holding event in New Orleans.

Fenian_Bastard · Feb 27, 2007

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jason_whitlock said:

FB, I no longer take you serious. Putting you in a corner alongside Tom Petty and Sportsbruh. You're just playing a game trying to provoke me for chuckles.

We'll always have the memories!
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The answer would be no, then?

hockeydaze · Feb 27, 2007

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jason_whitlock said:

hockeydaze said:

dooley_womack1 said:

H-Daze....he posts under his real name, discusses his work and knows how to push buttons. That's all it takes. Nothing particularly dextrous here.
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I'll give him credit for posting under his real name. But even THAT is part of his gratuitous self-promotion.
Glad someone posted the Harvey Araton column: great, nuanced, well-reported column. As usual. It wasn't slapped together the way Whitlock's column reads, and Araton did some terrific reporting. But Whitlock's column -- because it panders to white folks here and on talk shows under the guise of being "real" or "gutsy" or whatever -- will get more attention that Araton's piece. Whitlock equates black "thugs" to the KKK. Please, please, please. Take a step back and use your brain not your emotions and deep-seated fears...
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yes, transcribing stern's and cuban's e-mails was pulitzer-worthy reporting. just great stuff....

i can't believe i'm at odds with david stern, my favorite pro sports executive.
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Come on, Jason. Araton is Stern's least favorite journalist.
No offense but Araton's piece was the difference between a first-rate column and something that seemed like you needed space to fill for your AOL obligations. Once again, your genius is your self-promotion. You have EVERYONE talking about you, which proves that you don't need ESPN to get an audience...

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