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Some good news for your Monday Tony Kornheiser is out of the ESPN Monday Night Football booth to be replaced by former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden (I will fight the urge for the Chucky references because everyone is going to be using that today).

Love Tony Kornheiser on PTI and on radio, but he was a disaster on Monday Night Football. I understand they wanted to interject some personality into the broadcast, but there were times last year that I am sure 60% of the viewing audience was watching on mute. If it wasn't for Ron Jawroksi there wouldn't have been any reason at all to watch.

I know sometimes I can be a little long winded and to be honest I don't even want to write about this, so I will get straight the point:

A few weeks ago, Robert Littal posted a video clip of a couple different parts of Spike Lee's upcoming documentary on Kobe Bryant.

The official trailer, courtesy of Tribeca Films is now being circulated. Check it out.

Two nights, two NFL Draft parties & BlackSportsOnline reporter Corey Parsons was on the scene. Here is some inside information from Mr. Parsons on the Official ESPN The Magazine Draft Party & the Official NFL Draft Classic party:

The 6th annual ESPN party was held on Friday the 24th in NYC at ESPACE and featured DJ Spinderella and a live performance from Fabolous. Corey was impressed by the ESPN party:

"Say what you want to about the WWL but they know how to throw a party."

Because ESPN's "Who's Now" competition just didn't scrape the bottom of the barrel enough.

On the 6PM edition of SportsCenter, they usually have a list of something related to a prior story. It's never anything hard-hitting, but it'll usually be a fun fact of some sort. "Sports franchises that should just give it up," or "Most yards against the Lions." Something like that. "Every fight that ever broke out in the NBA Playoffs."

But sometimes, they come out with a list that just screams, "An intern we're not retaining put this list together," or "You should have seen the lists that chose not to run." Wednesday's list was one of those.

ESPN's new series - Homecoming with Rick Reilly -- challenges that old adage "you can't go home again." Hosted by 11-time Sportswriter of the Year Rick Reilly, the show will officially debut Wednesday, April 22, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN HD/ESPN with an episode on Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers in his hometown of Raleigh, N.C. The following night, Pro Football Hall of Famer John Elway returns to his high school in Granada Hills, Calif., at 7 p.m. The shows are the first two of an eight-part series featuring one-on-one, hour-long interviews of today's top names in sports. Reilly will bring his unique style of storytelling to the series set in the athletes' hometown or formative place surrounded by friends and family they've known throughout their life.

The 17th annual ESPYs will be hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, who will be joined by an all-star lineup of top athletes and entertainers to celebrate the best sports stories of the year. Representing his fourth ESPY hosting experience, Jackson will lead fans through the year's best plays, biggest upsets and most outstanding performances. The 2009 ESPYs co-presented by Under Armour and Land Rover will be taped Wednesday, July 15 from the Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles and televised Sunday, July 19 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN HD. Additional unique content will be available on a variety of ESPN multimedia platforms including ESPN.com, ESPN Mobile, ESPN Deportes and ESPN International.

"It's a pleasure to bring back Samuel L. Jackson as host. Not only is he one of the most talented actors, his passion and enthusiasm for sports make him a great host for the ESPYs," said Maura Mandt, ESPN executive producer for The 2009 ESPYs. "Sam has already created some of the funniest moments in the ESPYs with his skits like 'The comeback', and we can't wait for him to do more."

Black Magic, by ESPN Films in association with Shoot the Moon Productions, has been honored with The George Foster Peabody Award. The Peabodys, the oldest awards in broadcasting, are considered among the most prestigious and selective prizes in electronic media.

Directed and produced by Dan Klores, and co-produced by basketball legend and Winston-Salem State University graduate Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, Black Magic tells the story of the injustice which characterized the Civil Rights Movement in America, as told through the lives of basketball players and coaches who attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Black Magic aired as a commercial free, two-part, four-hour film in primetime Sunday and Monday, March 16 and 17 on ESPN. At the time, the film was ESPN's most highly rated documentary ever.

According to the Peabody judges, "this unusually penetrating sports documentary illuminated the lives of African American basketball players and their coaches at historically black colleges and universities during the civil rights era."

Keith Clinkscales, senior vice president content development and enterprises, ESPN, said, "Winning this award is a remarkable achievement for a sports film and an honor for everyone involved in it. We are so proud of this film and to work with Dan Klores, whose vision and passion brought this important story of social change and sports to life."

The 68th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards ceremony will take place on Monday, May 18, at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York.

Bars of Kansas City can officially rejoice for the next two years. Kansas City Chiefs' RB, Larry Johnson has been banned from all Kansas City bars after 9 p.m. as part of his probation upon pleading guilty for "disturbing the peace." Last time I checked "allegedly" shoving a woman and spitting his drink in the face of another woman last year qualified for more than a simple disturbance. Minor or not, its assault. Which was the original charge before Johnson entered his guilty plea and the charges were reduced.

At least the drunken hot girls will be safe from saliva baths and shoving matches now that he will not be consuming alcohol and haunting bars/nightclubs after 9 p.m. Instead, Johnson will be tapping into his inner Gandhi and Mother Theresa through his court ordered anger control counseling and 40 hours of community service. A few woo-sais (think Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys) and chakras and Larry Johnson might be as good as new. That and the fact that he is dating Chilli of female R&B super group fame, TLC

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Perhaps she'll make a man out of him yet. If not, I hope some of deceased bandmate, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes rubbed off on her. Larry better watch out! Don't make her bust a match if she doesn't have to. Much like Larry's hot pink diamond bezelled watch and his outfit, I heard saliva and fire don't mix.

NOTE* Typo with the location. Location corrected.

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I will be honest the sports media as whole (myself included) tend to focus too much on the negative figures in the sports world and not enough on the positive role models out there like Candace Parker.

ESPN the Magazine is doing something that I think is both innovative and groundbreaking. By putting a very beautiful and very pregnant Candace Parker on their latest issue they have become the first men's sports magazine to do such a thing. I commend them for thinking outside of the box and doing something a lot of men's magazine would see as taboo.

For millions of young women out there it shows them that their potential is limitless and that they really can be anything that they want to be.

As far as Mrs. Parker you couldn't ask for a better role model for not just young women, but everyone. Intelligent, talented, determined and absolutely glowing from her pregnancy if my young daughter grew up anything like Candace Parker I would have known I did a great job.

This issue of ESPN Magazine hits newsstands tomorrow and you can signed up for a subscription here (which is what I would do if I was you).

Despite confirmed reports of T.O. public outbursts against Romo, Whitten and offensive coordinator, Jason Garrett combined with his conquer and divide locker room conquest, Jerry Jones would like you to ignore your common sense for a less than firm grasp on the obvious reason why Terrell Owens was axed from the Dallas Cowboys. Wait for it....wait...ok here it is....the Cowboys cut him and it had nothing to do with his off field performance and the best thing for all the Cowboys involved was to part ways.

Jerry Jones told ESPN

"...Many things that you think about when you make a decision on a player. At least I do. I have the loyalty to Roy Williams and the future what we have with Roy, I'm excited about Roy so heavy and the picks we gave up in this draft. I'm excited about him and we really need to emphasis everything we can, as far as Tony and the quarterbacking, relative to the scales of Roy Williams..."

What??? Somewhere in that cockamamy reasoning of Jones, the "real" reason T.O. was given his walking papers is lost in translation in Jones' incoherent babbling. Maybe Jones' was having a "senior moment" because if I didn't know better he's excusing himself from the single decision that will undoubtedly cast a dark cloud over Dallas Cowboys playoff contentions next season.

But hey! Like Jones said. They have Dallas' next "Messiah" at wide receiver in Roy Williams. Trent Edwards and the Bills have T.O.,everyone is happy right? After all, one man's trash is another man's treasure no matter how chipped, cracked, tarnished and threebtime hand me downs it is*smile

Emmitt Smith has left the building Stage Left. ESPN has cut the former Cowboys running back and Dancing with the Stars winner according to our friend Mike Florio at
ProFootBallTalk.com. Who is the happiest about this departure?

The English Department at The University of Florida

Because to be honest I am still trying to figure out how he graduated (a little birdie reminds me that he left early for the NFL, but I digress).

In memory of Emmitt click here for the Greatest Emmitt Smith Quotes of All Time.

Fresh off his four wins at the 2009 Grammy Awards Sunday night, rapper Lil Wayne will be a panelist on Around the Horn Tuesday (5 p.m., ESPN) where he will match wits with Woody Paige, Jay Mariotti and Michael Smith in the 30-minute sports debate program moderated and scored by Tony Reali. Lil Wayne, who has also appeared on ESPN's First Take and contributed to espn.com and espnthemagazine.com, won four Grammy's this year -- Best Rap Album (for Tha Carter III), Best Rap Solo Performance ("A Milli"), Best Rap Performance by Group or Duo ("Swagga Like Us"), and Best Rap Song ("Lollipop") -- and led all performers with nine nominations. He will appear on ATH from Los Angeles.

Anyone interviewing former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin these days normally comes up with questions regarding her role in Senator John McCain's loss to (now-)President Barack Obama, and whether she is still looking out her window to see Russia.

Not Esquire. They went all out...about her daughter Bristol.

More (including Palin's sportcaster vid from 1988) after the jump...

One of the features that I like from ESPN the Magazine is their "NEXT" series where they pick athletes who are primed to be breakout stars. I even turned that into the new slogan for BlackSportsOnline in 2009:

So when ESPN asked if BlackSportsOnline would like to be represented at the ESPN THE MAGAZINE NEXT BIG WEEKEND PARTY at the Super Bowl you know we jumped at the opportunity.

The lovely Kami will be attending the Red Carpet event and will be reporting live from Tampa during the Super Bowl with both video and written articles.

Here is some more information about the event.

ESPN THE MAGAZINE'S NEXT BIG WEEKEND 2009 PRESENTED BY FORD F-150

**Featuring Performances by Wyclef Jean - Jan. 30 and

Sean Kingston - Jan. 31**

To celebrate its annual NEXT issue, featuring who and what to watch in 2009, ESPN The Magazine is hosting the NEXT Big Weekend Presented by Ford F-150 in downtown Tampa, Friday, January 30 and Saturday, January 31. The Magazine will convert the parking lot located at 202 South Morgan St. into the hottest Super Bowl party under a one-of-a-kind 22,000 square foot quad-saddle tent.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2009:

The Magazine's annual NEXT party - This private VIP event will showcase what's NEXT in sports, technology, lifestyle, and, of course, all things NEXT from ESPN The Magazine. Event sponsors include presenting sponsor FORD Trucks (F-150), Castrol, Corona, H&R Block, Hugo Boss' BOSS PURE Fragrance, Old Spice, Patron, Under Armour, LG Plasmas & LG Appliances and Nestle Wonka.

PERFORMANCES BY: Wyclef Jean, DJ Samantha Ronson & DJ Marcellus "Dat Dude" Wiley

CONFIRMED GUESTS INCLUDE:

Dave Annabel (actor), Hank Baskett (Eagles), Reggie Bush (Saints), Matt Cassel (Patriots), John Cena (WWE), Jake Delhomme (Panthers), Howie Dorough (Back Street Boys), Jimmy Fallon (actor), Dwight Freeney (Colts), Antonio Gates (Chargers), Cuba Gooding Jr. (actor), Tony Gonzalez (Chiefs), Ryan Howard (Phillies), DeSean Jackson (Eagles), Marshawn Lynch (Bills), Lindsay Lohan (actress), Benji Madden (Good Charlotte), Joel Madden (Good Charlotte), Le'Ron McClain (Ravens), Maria Menounos (TV personality), Alyssa Milano (actress), Santana Moss (Redskins), Terrell Owens (Cowboys), Travis Pastrana (Motocross), Clinton Portis (Redskins), Busta Rhymes (Rapper), Jerry Rice (former NFL player), Eddie Royal (Broncos), Derek Richardson (actor), Warren Sapp (former NFL player), Ryan Sheckler (Skateboarder), Jeremy Shockey (Saints), Christian Slater (actor), Jordin Sparks (singer), Amani Toomer (Giants), Justin Tuck (Giants), Paul Walker (actor), Leon Washington (Jets), Lil Wayne (Rapper), DeAngelo Williams (Panthers), Jeffrey Wright (actor), Ian Ziering (actor) ... plus hundreds more athletes, celebrities and ESPN Talent.

Here is the real question when will ESPN ask the "Bona Fide Sports Expert" sit across from Skip Bayless? I know Skip doesn't want it I would make the 2 Live Stews look like Milli Vanilli in comparison, but I digress. I think it is cool that ESPN is pitting Skip against some rappers (by the way did anyone else notice that Lil Wayne got all of his playoff picks right?) it definitely spices up the show. Bow Wow is next in line, still he is no "Bona Fide Sports Expert", but here is the info from ESPN:

Bow Wow, a rapper, actor and music producer, will appear on the ESPN2 morning show ESPN First Take on Thursday, January 22. He will sit opposite regular panelist Skip Bayless on the "First & 10" segments debating the sports headlines of the day. ESPN First Take is a live two-hour show on ESPN2 weekday mornings at 10 a.m. that combines interviews, discussion and features in a sometimes light-hearted or humorous manner. The show is hosted by Jay Crawford and Dana Jacobson, with SportsCenter updates.

I am a big fan of the XGames even though you would never ever see me flipping upside down on motorcycle. With that being said ESPN is releasing a Compilation Album to go along with this years X Games. Here is some information be sure to check it out tell them Robert Littal of BlackSportsOnline sent you.

Amazon.com

Bestbuy.com

Borders.com

ESPN and Bullet Proof Entertainment Present the "X Games After
Party" CD Compilation Album Album Includes Music Played at the X Games and Winter X Games

"Music is a vital component of the action sports lifestyle and
culture," said Rick Alessandri, senior vice president and X Games
managing director. "The highly-acclaimed and cutting-edge artists on
this compilation help fuel the top action sports athletes during
their participation in the X Games and Winter X Games."

16-26. That is a pretty terrible record no matter what sport your playing. Can you guess who it belongs to? No. It's not the Bobcats or the Warriors. The Thunder you say? Not right either, but hey, it would be a damn big improvement for them. In actuality, 16 and 26 is the win-loss total of ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown when picking NFL playoff games. Yeah, these playoffs have been pretty nuts, but wow, 38%. If your job is to pick football games correctly, I expect a little bit better production than 38%. My grandma could pick that well out of sheer luck. Hell, even a blindfolded monkey could match that rate.

Of the five lead analysts on the show,(appearing each sunday morning at 11 am ET), three have records of 4-4, which is halfway decent. But Mike Ditka sits at 3-5, while ex wide-out Cris Carter has posted a lowly 1-7 mark. Are you joking? 1-7, Now that sounds like OKC Thunder to me. By the way, self-proclaimed Man of the People Bill Simmons went 0-4 during the divisional round with his picks.

But Wait, There's more. The NFL isn't the only sport being massacred by ESPN analysts and their lousy picks. Kirk Herbstreit went 19-15 predicting the college bowl season. Now that's not as bad as his co-workers from Sunday Countdown, but 56% isn't very impressive either.

This brings us to the moral of the story. If your a betting man, count on ignoring ESPN before the big game.

Our good friends at Yardbarker.com informed me that Terrell Owens has signed up as a blogger on their site and has responded to the criticisms from ESPN's Cris Carter.

As you know BlackSportsOnline broke the story of the asinine comments from Carter where he stated if he was in charge of the Cowboys the first thing he would do is cut Owens and:

"Take One Bullet & Put It Right In Him...Bam!!!"

You can read my thoughts on the comments here:

Once the story picked up steam Carter issued an immediate apology which we accepted, but it appears Owens has his own thoughts. Off topic ever since that happened ESPN has been extremely nice to us imagine that.

Go to Yardbarker.com to read what "Blogger" Owens had to say:

T.O. RESPONDS TO CRIS CARTER ON YARDBARKER.COM

Breaking conventional rules in regards to its programming, Rapper Lil Wayne was featured as a special guest on 1st and 10, which is a segment on First Take.

I am not a big Lil Wayne as a rapper fan, but he held his own against controversial resident, Skip Bayless.

I'm pretty sure that Rob Parker was somewhere with his panties in a bunch since he couldn't be on today's show.

That was a Good Look ESPN. Check out the videos courtesy of Dimewars.com

I have been accused of being an ESPN basher. That isn't the case it is no secret for a long time my dream was to be a Sportscenter anchor. It is no secret my style has been crafted from watching thousands of SportsCenters in my youth. I owe a lot of my passion for sports to ESPN, so no I am not an ESPN basher I just want the media all media including ESPN reporters to be unbiased in their reporting.

With that being said when ESPN got in touch with me earlier this afternoon about my Cris Carter story (which i broke by the way regardless of what you may have heard) I thought it would only be fair to Carter and ESPN to post their response.

Robert,

"Obviously, I did not mean this literally. It was not the right choice of words. I was simply recommending a personnel decision to improve the Cowboys."

I am cool with that. As I said before I like Cris Carter more than anyone else on the Countdown set I truly believe his opinions are unbiased so in turn I respect his opinions even if I don't agree with all of them. I knew what he meant and I knew that he didn't mean it literally, but as he stated it was a bad choice words.

Even further I honestly do not try to bring up race on this site even though the site is called BlackSportsOnline. For those who don't know the site is called that only because the staff is made up primarily of African-Americans and minorities. With that being said being from the inner city just hearing any man especially a black man saying he will put a gun to someone even jokingly has never been funny to me. There is too much black on black crime in our society hell there is too much violence in our society period and guns are a big part of that problem.

So I will step off my soapbox now and I will consider the issue closed. I appreciate ESPN getting in contact with me to clarify Carter's statement. Good to know Big Brother is watching and reading.

In twist of fate more topsy-turvy than a ride on Cedar Point's Magnum, New York Knicks' president Donnie Walsh, threw a curveball into the midst of the Crawford-Harrington deal by dickering and dealing Zach Randolph into the equation. A long way from his low scoring, lackluster performance days trailblazing in Portland, Zach has been putting up numbers, averaging 20 points and 10 rebounds a game. Since his girl chasing years at Michigan State, including a flirty encounter with yours truly, I always thought Zach's boyish mannerisms, baby face and under developed talents were better suited for posting up opponents at the Breslin Center than out rebounding opponents at the Rose Garden so nobody other than fellow Spartans, friends and family are as pleased as I am at his evolution into a NBA caliber offensive rebounder and scorer. If there was one decent decision made in the Isaiah Thomas era, it was acquiring Randolph in 2007. Although pleasantly surprised at the 260 pound power forward-center, Walsh just couldn't imagine a foreseeable future including Randolph in newly crowned Knicks' coach Mike D'Antoni's run and gun style of offense, opting instead for a more versatile and inexpensive Al Harrington of Golden State fame.

"Al is a true NBA veteran who possesses multi-positional skills," D'Antoni commented. "He will fit perfectly into our system and will help us win some games immediately."

Here's the rundown of the two trades: The Knicks acquire Cuttino Mobley (2 years, $18.9M), Al Harrington (2 years, $19.2M) and Tim Thomas (2 years, $12.5M) while sending Zach Randolph, Jamal Crawford, and Mardy Collins packing - Zach Randolph (3 years, $48M) and Mardy Collins (2 years, $2.8M) to the LA Clippers and Jamal Crawford (3 years, $28M) to Golden State Warriors. The Clippers in addition to acquiring Randolph and Collins, may have to give up a future second round draft pick. This undoubtedly is a power play to clear up cap space in the tune of $78.8 million, saving roughly $27.5 million as Thomas and Harrington's deals will fall off New York's payroll by summer 2010 to strategically position the Knicks in the rat race also known as the 2010 free agent class. New York has a nice fat chunk of cheese to woo a certain number 23 and possibly another illustrious player who will remain anonymous but has been known to go by the nickname "The Flash."

"I think that opening up cap space down the road for us is a big plus on our side and I hope our fans understand that that can give us an opportunity to make the team better according to the plan that I've outlined,"Walsh was quoted as saying. "So I'm trying to be true to what I said from day one, and that's what I'm doing."
With the Nets postponing their move to Brooklyn due to an unfinished arena, expect the Knicks to be a front runner in snatching up free agents left and right in a class that not only includes Lebron, Bosh and Wade, but potentially high profilers Shaq, Steve Nash, Amare Stoudamire, Dirk Norwitzki, Yao Ming, Tracy Mcgrady, Manu Ginobili, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, among others! Will Lebron take a bite of the Big Apple? As much as money talks, Lebron will follow suit where he feels he can fulfill his desire to win a championship. All I can say it's no wonder why Eve found this fruit so tempting.

Hello New York!

I was listening Tirco and Van Pelt the other day on ESPN radio. They are cool I have no complaints about them they are straight shooters. I am particularly fond of Scott Van Pelt's brand of humor. They were talking about ESPN getting the rights to the BCS and how that doesn't mean that employees of ESPN would stop being critical of the flawed system.

I had to laugh literally out loud at that. Considering this is the same network that sent out an internal memo stating not to talk about Brett Favre giving gameplan secrets to other teams because of their love affair with Favre.

I am not speaking for all ESPN employees, but trust me the rank and file will be instructed not to bash the BCS to death and if you don't think that is the case then you are just fooling yourself.

A plan for the economy, a plan for healthcare, a plan for the middle class...it seems there isn't any sector of the American way of life that President-elect Barack Obama doesn't have some sort of plan for but college football? Hmmm... In an interview Sunday with Steve Kroft of 60 minutes, Obama touched on the economy, the girls, the prospect of a new puppy, his mother-in -law in the White House along with other dire areas of interest to the American public before capping off the interview with his stimulus plan for college football. College football you say? It seems the President Elect is continuing to lobby to conquer and reconstruct the weapons of mass destruction in college sports known as the BCS system. And with good reason. The system, as many fans and analysts of sports nation can arguably agree, could use more use more upgrading than Solange's wardrobe. With a bias point system ran like an ironclad fist by the media bent on selecting ratings worthy teams, is it any wonder that the undefeated and one loss teams of "lower" conferences don't have a chance in hell of making the BCS championship game each year?

While not foolproof, like his road map to revive the middle class, Obama may be on to something.

Steve Kroft
What can you do or plan to do about getting a college football playoff for the national championship?

Obama
"This is important...I think any sensible person would say if you have a bunch of teams that have played throughout the season --- many of them with one or two losses, and there's no clear, decisive winner... we should create a playoff system. Eight teams, three rounds to determine a national champion. It would add three extra weeks; you could trim back the regular season. I don't know of any serious fan of college football who has disagreed with me on this... so I'm gonna throw my weight around a little bit. I think it's the right thing to do."

The BCS response is not so surprisingly as political correct as McCain's concession speech, marking the BCS' reluctance to listen to reason. After all, what sponsor in their right mind would sanction a playoff game between Ball State and say Oregon for instance? Snore. BCS coordinator, John Swofford had this to say:

"First of all I want to congratulate newly elected President Obama and I am glad he has a passion for college football like so many other Americans. For now, our constituencies -- and I know he understands constituencies -- have settled on the current BCS system, which the majority believe is the best system yet to determine a national champion while also maintaining the college football regular season as the best and most meaningful in sports."

Looks like its back to the drawing board for Obama's transition team

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Brady was asked about some of ESPN's ex-NFL players who have criticized the Patriots. "It's just kind of the environment right now, though," he said on WEEI. "I think that's the way that guys make it. They just say the craziest things. That's what ESPN has become. ESPN, to me, is like MTV without the videos, ESPN is without the highlights."

-- ESPN.com news services

In the immortal words of Tupac:

"This is the realist sh*t I ever wrote"

Most athletes are afraid to take on ESPN for the simple fact that "The World Wide Leader" has the ability to turn an entire nation of "follower" fans against them (see: Chad Johnson, T.O. and Barry Bonds). However, Brad,y obviously understanding that he is bigger than ESPN, doesn't care and for that I applaud him. Even though his team are cheaters, it was not as bad as some media outlets made it out to be seeing that everyone cheats. I am glad he stood up and told the truth about what everyone else is thinking.

"If you have kids you want them to play like Marvin Harrison. He is a good guy. He gives the ball to the ref and does not act like a fool as opposed to his counter part Chad Johnson a bad guy". Scott Van Pelt ESPN Radio

No, no, no, no, no!!!! You know something, I am tired of this. If you only read one article from BlackSportsOnline, this is the one I want you to read. If you aren't an idiot, an imbecile, a fool, a numbskull, an ignoramus or just a flat out retard, you are going to read this statement. Repeat it twice and never forget it:

"YOU CAN NOT JUDGE SOMEONE' S CHARACTER BY HIS ACTIONS ON A COURT OR FIELD."

Honestly, do you know how stupid you sound when you judge how a person acts off the field from a few highlight clips on ESPN? Do you know how foolish you sound when you say a person is classy because he hands the ball to the ref and doesn't trash talk? It is just idiotic talk and it is time for that to stop. ESPN is not your moral compass. Chris Berman is influencing you by his commentary. Do a search on YouTube and you will see just how nice some of your prized athletes are in real life.

The simple fact is you don't know what is happening behind close doors. If I told you two weeks ago that an NFL Wide Receiver would be involved in a gun incident and asked you to pick the most likely and least likely receiver to be involved, I am 100% sure that the first two names that would be considered most likely would be:

1- Chad Johnson
2- T.O.

And the least likely would be:

1- Marvin Harrison

Barack Obama was scheduled to do a podcast with my ESPN.com buddy Bill Simmons. He is one of the few people employed by ESPN that I like. Unfortunately, at the last minute, ESPN producers nixed the show. It is ok for ESPN to show endless hours about steroids hearings, spygate and its own cheesy programming, but it won't allow 30 minutes for possibly the future president of the United States?

I guarantee you if this were John McCain or Hillary Clinton, they would be on the air right now. However, when you are an entity that is afraid to go against the status quo, you don't have enough guts to let an African-American presidential candidate on your network.

BlackSportsOnline endorses Barack Obama. So Barack, if you want to talk to an organization that is trying to make a change in the sports media just as you are trying to make a change in the United States, come holla at us.