Sports Radio running thread

Hide the kittens.

 

The kittens would be scarred for eternity. Please hide and protect them.

 

Two people who could challenge the Sklaars in suckatude. Lawrence is just brutal. Ugh.

Yeah, after feeling fairly masochistic yesterday and subjecting myself to two hours of the Sklaars, I listened to about 1 minute and went to ESPN Radio. And there to greet me...

Johnny mutha effing Kincaid.

If he mentions his 'bride' of 5 years, I think I'm going to scream. He is the most p-whipped, wussified conservative I think I've ever heard. Was the guy born 1 testes short of Lance Armstrong or did his wife just snip them on the honeymoon? He's going to do tips on marriages coming up, for Tony Parker.

I need something more masculine. Perhaps Dr. Laura...

One thing I can honestly say, in thinking about the July 4th holiday just passed is: Only in America.

Only in this great country could you be as big of a hack as a Bill Simmons, or the Sklaars, or Kincaid or Seibel or __________ and still make a damn nice living and be treated as though you have something meaningful to say, or joke, or ramble for 5,000 words.

What a country.

 

John Feinstein isn't a great radio guy.

Annoying accent. I feel like I just tuned into WFAN. Every segment seems to contain at least 2 anecdotes. In fact, every time I think I've ever heard him interviewed, he brings up an anecdote or two. Give an opinion, talk about a current event without 1000 anecdotes, please. The national audience doesn't care about how you can't wait until January 2009. I can't wait, either. Nobody is tuning in to Jim Rome for that, nor are they tuning in to hear about how the 3-day All-Star break feels like 3 years when you're out with your family on Shelter Island. Well, at least it was tangentially about sports, before we got into Shelter Island reveries.

He's talking to Pat McEnroe. The segment is less than 3 minutes old. We've already had our first Feinstein anecdote, about Wimbledon. The pattern continues.

Pat McEnroe sounds like John, only on some heavy Ritalin. Listening to Feinstein's "Yeah"s and "Uh-huh"s, I have even more respect now for Rome and his skills than I did previously.

I use to hate Rome, hate 'The Jungle,' etc. Why is this trash-talking, SoCal 'bruh-speak' show popular again?

But damn, when you get the Sklaar's and even Feinstein - who is very articulate and well-spoken - in to replace him, you realize just how good Romie really is. Even Roger R__ (the guy who did "Blind Date" on TV), who is a professional in media, doesn't compare. Limbaugh is the king of news talk radio and Jim Rome is the king of sports radio. Stern is the king of whatever you want to label him, 'entertainment' radio.

 

I hear the theme song to Rome's show and change the channel. The guy is the most annoying douche bag on the planet.

 

I hear you. I felt the same way for a long, long time. Can't blame you.

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

He just went to the "pox" card (see yesterday's rant).

Something annoying when a writer who is good at one genre (sportswriting) is still learning another genre (novels/mystery/...) is that they go incredibly overboard praising someone who excels in the new field they are trying to master.

Example: Loopy and Elmore Leonard

Well, Feinstein (aspiring mystery novel writer) just went with the 'genius' play for J.K. Rowling, established novel superstar.

I'm not saying Rowling isn't a genius. She certainly doesn't need me to tell her if she is or isn't.

But the amazing fawning, bordering on suck-up-itness was a bit much. It's understandable, it's like a kid who just started playing hoops raving about Michael Jordan. Hopefully Feinstein won't become Loopy to Rowling's Leonard. Or to keep it in sports, Ahmad to Rowling's Jordan.

And we've entered the inevitable 'cue school' zone...Thanks, caller.

 

Whitlock will be on Rome's show today, I believe in the second hour. Though Rome has not said it, I would imagine it will be to discuss his latest column which discusses Michael Vick's travails:

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/195760.html

 

Yeah, Whitlock on at the top of the 2nd hour per Rome

 

Just thought I'd get in here, Rok, so it doesn't look like you're talking to yourself.

 

We're really messing up the flow of his discussion.

 

Whitlock just hit it out of the park. That was a damn good job by both Jim and Jason, and Rome is very obviously pleased with how the segment went.