Radio, newspaper, and my ethics

And Canzano couldn't score even 4 points a game in the NBA... but he still comments on it, doesn't he?

 

That makes me feel greasy, too. As does/did the Cubs/Tribune arrangement. Difference is, if you work at the Globe or Tribune and cover baseball, you don't have a choice but to "take money from the team."

JC has a choice. He doesn't have to take it.

 

Obviously, you haven't seen his killer crossover.

 

I'd kinda like to see Mr. Cowbell take a charge, though.

 

Sure they do. They can choose not to work there.

 

I need to set the record straight.
A few days ago, I posted about John's lack of ethics regarding one of his previous stops. The only one lacking ethics in the situation was me.
I publicly repeated a rumor that I believed to be true at the time. After receiving a couple of e-mails from John -- both of which were more than professional -- I now know those rumors are completely untrue.
I've apologized to John privately, but I hope putting the truth out there publicly helps erase any doubt about John's professionalism. For whatever damage I've done to John's reputation, I am truly sorry.
The mistake I made was senseless and irresponsible. As a journalist, I should have known better.

 

Technically, it would be libel and I'm not sure if you can sue Jesus.

 

This will be the only part of this entire topic on which MG and I agree.

 

This, from the guy who thinks we're too quick to attack our own.

 

You could be the hardest working, most ethical person in the world, and if you were in sports, you'd still be in the toy department.

The lack of importance is what makes sports the toy department. Nothing else.

 

Except the "toy department" does not lack in importance. Not when team owners are holding city taxpayers hostage in order to get free stadiums (see currently the Seattle SuperSonics); not when cable television companies are fighting with upstart TV stations over how much to charge viewers a fight that could cause everyone's cable rates to go up no matter whether they watch or not (see the Big Ten network); not when the Michael Vick case is front page news everywhere; not when SI.com has within the last 10 minutes posted a story by Frank Deford about the absurdly high mortality rate of pro wrestlers; now when China is hosting the Olympics while intimidating their athletes into toeing the government line.

Actually, if the sports department is the toy department, it most assuredly is because of "something else" besides "the lack of importance."

 

All of which would seem to me an argument toward higher ethical standards rather than lower.