thavoice;1615690 wrote:Cannot get away from this and that sam shit. Usually can watch sports and deal with just that....sport, but these two stories make espn and other news outlets unwatchable.

The only times I find ESPN to not be unwatchable are during those 3-ish hour blocks when they're airing a specific sporting event. And then, I'm usually muting or changing the channel during things like halftime.

ESPN is killing me. I think it is becoming the HLN network for men.

More to be seen on Anderson 360 tonight . Get your popcorn .

steubbigred;1616143 wrote:More to be seen on Anderson 360 tonight . Get your popcorn .

Hell no.
Good reason to avoid ESPN and CNN with this garbage.

thavoice;1616214 wrote:Hell no.
Good reason to avoid ESPN and CNN with this garbage.

I love it . It's real reality TV and it gives the younger people a real look at how MANY NBA and other pro franchise owners think. Sterling is more of the norm than people will concede.

steubbigred;1616230 wrote:I love it . It's real reality TV and it gives the younger people a real look at how MANY NBA and other pro franchise owners think. Sterling is more of the norm than people will concede.

Eh.
I imagine most people dont give a fuck what these old crusty guys think.
and it is horrible tv. I imagine most of the people making a huge deal out of it are doing so because they feel if they dont then they may be considered to think like him. Is what he said bad? YEah, but shit..it is just words.

The only "reality" tv that is worth watching is the actual games themselves.

steubbigred;1616230 wrote:I love it . It's real reality TV and it gives the younger people a real look at how MANY NBA and other pro franchise owners think. Sterling is more of the norm than people will concede.

On what do you base this theory?

queencitybuckeye;1616232 wrote:On what do you base this theory?

I imagine maybe because most owners are old white dudes so old white dudes = racist clowns.

thavoice;1616233 wrote:I imagine maybe because most owners are old white dudes so old white dudes = racist clowns.

I would hope it's based on something a little bit less silly than that.

queencitybuckeye;1616232 wrote:On what do you base this theory?

Sitting in many bars and listening to the older generation talk. Many people think and talk like him. People are saying he is hateful and all that . I have worked at many places where bosses used racial epithets or made jokes . It's normal. I don't put Sterling in the hateful catigory. He is ignorant ,and prejudice and he may even have a "plantation type mentality" but he isn't a klansman or a nazi or radical muslim type. Those people do nothing but hate. He is a old rich man who has nothing but yes people around him . I find it enlightening to listen to him . We can learn from this.

steubbigred;1616238 wrote:Sitting in many bars and listening to the older generation talk. Many people think and talk like him. People are saying he is hateful and all that . I have worked at many places where bosses used racial epithets or made jokes . It's normal. I don't put Sterling in the hateful cat. He is ignorant and prejudice and he may even have a "plantation type mentality" He isn't a klansman or a nazi or radical muslim type. Those people do nothing but hate. He is a shut in old rich man who has nothing but yes people around him . I find it enlightening to listen to him . We can learn from this.

YOu had me until the last two sentences.

steubbigred;1616238 wrote:Sitting in many bars and listening to the older generation talk. Many people think and talk like him. People are saying he is hateful and all that . I have worked at many places where bosses used racial epithets or made jokes . It's normal. I don't put Sterling in the hateful catigory. He is ignorant ,and prejudice and he may even have a "plantation type mentality" but he isn't a klansman or a nazi or radical muslim type. Those people do nothing but hate. He is a old rich man who has nothing but yes people around him . I find it enlightening to listen to him . We can learn from this.

Interesting, but I would say that my experience has been that's there's a correlation between one's success and one's enlightenment on issues like these.

steubbigred;1616238 wrote:I find it enlightening to listen to him . We can learn from this.

I would call it more eye opening than enlightening, but I do agree that we can learn from this, at least in some capacity.

steub you are some kind of dumb.

queencitybuckeye;1616243 wrote:Interesting, but I would say that my experience has been that's there's a correlation between one's success and one's enlightenment on issues like these.

I'm just glad I am a Steelers and Penguins fan because our ownership is without question great and they do great things for all people. As far as the Donald Sterling types in the world,they have no business owning a pro sports franchise. Guys like that are like the old country club types that didn't allow blacks to join.

steubbigred;1616266 wrote:I'm just glad I am a Steelers and Penguins fan because our ownership is without question great and they do great things for all people. As far as the Donald Sterling types in the world,they have no business owning a pro sports franchise. Guys like that are like the old country club types that didn't allow blacks to join.

Huh? You mean supporting a rapist, an Osama lover, and a cheating coach makes them great people?

like_that;1616269 wrote:Huh? You mean supporting a rapist, an Osama lover, and a cheating coach makes them great people?

And if their ownership is "great" why is the pens' GM under fire?

SportsAndLady;1616271 wrote:And if their ownership is "great" why is the pens' GM under fire?

Or the fact they almost moved the team before Crosby arrived...

Won't be long now before ESPN replaces Linda Cohn with Mary Hart. That organization not only jumped the shark but the entire fucking ocean. I hate it and only watch live sporting events and 30 For 30s at this point, you know, actual sports-related programming.

As for Donald Sterling, I do want to comment on one thing regarding the infamous phone call. It's obvious that when Sterling commented that he did not want V. Stiviano to bring black guys to his games that he was speaking from a place of jealousy, and not a specific hatred of African American men. Simply put, Donald Sterling didn't want Magic Johnson's dick in the same building as his girlfriend (or Matt Kemp's, for that matter). Why Anderson Cooper and others can't wrap their heads around that is beyond me.

like_that;1616269 wrote:Huh? You mean supporting a rapist, an Osama lover, and a cheating coach makes them great people?

????? What????? The fuck are you talking about????

SportsAndLady;1616271 wrote:And if their ownership is "great" why is the pens' GM under fire?

Mario is a great guy. Stick to volleyball . Cleveland teams are a joke .

like_that;1616272 wrote:Or the fact they almost moved the team before Crosby arrived...

so what . Did not happen and we have 3 cups along with 5 world series for the Bucs and 6 super bowl titles for the Mighty Steelers . Eastern Ohio supports the Pittsburgh teams . Keep hating.

And LOL at a boycott being led by LeBron James if Donald Sterling is still at the helm of the team at the start of next season. There will be no boycott led by LeBron. LeBron and the rest of the NBA will be playing basketball come hell or high water in October. The media is full of fucking idiots.

reclegend22;1616349 wrote:And LOL at a boycott being led by LeBron James if Donald Sterling is still at the helm of the team at the start of next season. There will be no boycott led by LeBron. LeBron and the rest of the NBA will be playing basketball come hell or high water in October. The media is full of fucking idiots.

Of course they will. The Clippers, despite being so offended and so pro-active about racism in this country are still playing and collecting their checks even if it means their racist owners gets a championship ring.

Money buys everything. People knew Sterling was an asshole before he got caught on tape.