Rushin out at SI

Simmons is getting his backlash from non-industry people, too. ESPN.com provided a comment feature a few weeks ago for his columns. It was disabled the same day. He was getting worked over for being your basic small-minded provincial weenie and for all the other reasons that have been posted in these parts for years.

 

We want you to be interactive, unless you criticize us. :

 

The second well-known name to leave SI is Lester Munson, the mag's substantive legal eagle. Chopped in the cutbacks.

 

But they kept Don Yaeger - he is still there isn't he? - even after he cost them (maybe I'm oversimplyfing) about $20 million in legal fees for the Price incident. Sorry, but Yaeger is as pompous of an ass as they come.

 

Like everyone else, A&S wasn't the first thing I turned to. And he and Reilly both hit about .300 as columnists. But I also enjoyed, in a cotton candy kind of way, Rushin's misses. They entertained me for the time that I read them, but I forgot about them by the time I dived into Scoreboard. But Reilly's misses, especially when he becomes Catskills Comedian, are painful and infuriating. The humor is forced and I get pissed because I remember how good he was about 7-10 years ago. In the few times Rushin tackled a controversial issue, you knew that the full weight of his convictions stood behind it. When Reilly attacks some controversial issues, it's because he couldn't think of anything else to write that week. In that way, I kind of liked Rushin more.

 

No.

 

Where's Yaeger now?

Update: I'll answer my own question. His website says he's on a speaking tour now. OOOhh. :

 

No idea.

 

I thought Rushin peaked circa "Road Swing," when he was doing two or three good takeouts a month. I loved his wordplay back then, because it was such a clever way to tell whatever story he was telling. But long before Lobo, he became much more about the storytelling than the story, IMO.

 

Wrong. It was a great show. Terrific writing and acting.

 

It commited the Cardinal Sin of all bad sitcoms: It simply wasn't funny. Most men who watched it fooled themselves into thinking it was good, when in actuality they were just humoring the ladyfriend who was a fan in hopes of getting laid.

It was best watched on mute, and turned away from until Ms. Aniston and Ms. Cox were on the screen.

 

You're wrong. It was funny. Hilarious oftentimes. Great characters. Sharp writing. " 'Friends' sucked is the biggest myth in television sitcom history.