Rob Parker controversy

You are right in what you have written. As for not having trouble landing another position, while running the risk of outing myself and his intentions, you are right. Rob will fine.
There are many lessons to be learned from all of this. Many of them come in the do not do this category.

 

http://thebiglead.com/?p=1657

 

wow, that link is only two years old

 

What is this thing with you and Gene Banks?

 

My apologies, but I must have fallen behind here. Because last I knew, Marinelli had emphatically refused Parker's so-called apology.

 

On March 28, 2008, Parker declared on ESPN's First Take that he had low expectations for college players Tyler Hansbrough and Kevin Love in the NBA, because they are white.
He recently penned a much-debated column where he called Hank Aaron a "coward" for declining to attend when Barry Bonds would break the career Major League home run record.
In October of 2008, Parker erroneously reported that Kirk Cousins, a quarterback for the Michigan State Spartans, was involved in a fight with hockey players. After being publicly reprimanded by head coach Mark Dantonio at his weekly news conference, Parker was suspended by the Detroit News for two weeks and not allowed to write columns.

In December of 2008, Parker was criticized for a question asked of Detroit Lions head coach Rod Marinelli during a press conference, following the Lions' 42-7 loss to the New Orleans Saints on December 21, 2008. Using a voice loud enough to be picked up by television cameras, Parker asked Marinelli about Lions defensive coordinator Joe Barry, Marinelli's son-in-law, inquiring whether Marinelli wished that his daughter had "married a better defensive coordinator."
The next day, Parker wrote that the comment was "an attempt at humor" and not a malicious attack. Parker has not written for the Detroit News since, and did not attend the press conference Marinelli gave following his dismissal as head coach of the Lions.

 

I thought he accepted it. If I'm wrong, my bad.

 

Wikipedia is amazing, isn't it?

 

Well ... it's out there ...

 

It may not be in vogue to say so, but you don't even need to qualify Wikipedia. If there is anything false about it, it usually gets fixed in minutes.

 

No, but I can confirm that Rob Parker was not the gunman in the grassy knoll, is not the Lindbergh baby, was not involved in a failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and did not cause Tony Romo to faint in the Cowboys' shower after yesterday's game. I have Chris Mortensen on the phone for an exclusive. You want in?