RhodyPatriot

I find Tom Curren's honesty refreshing but I also find Steve Burton's assessment of Curran and similar media elites even more refreshing.
These professional jock sniffs actually think they're above other people in any way????
Hilarious!!

reflexblue

Yeah I heard them, I couldn't beleive I was hearing it. If it weren't for the fans they wouldn't have a cushy job.

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I Likes Spikes.

tuckeverlasting

feelings mutual, i'm sure.

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john clayton is super chicken and doug gottlieb is a thief .

Mogamedogz

This stuff is borderline unbelievable. These guys need a f'in reality check.

KontradictioN

What would that reality check be? Unfortunately for us, they can hide behind an ammendment when they're wrong.

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Wildo7

I sort of understand that. As a sports journalist you really shouldn't just be a fan or a homer but that's what the fans expect of you. There are plenty of local journalists who go too far in bing fans of the team they cover and even more that go overboard in slamming every move they make. If I were a journalist I'd get annoyed with the fans too.

Fencer

Curran used to get drunk and post on KFFL. I didn't believe it was him, because of the questionable spelling, but I was wrong.

bradmahn

If their dislike begins and ends with the fans who ***** about their team's standing in the weekly power rankings, then I see no problem with that - but it doesn't change the fact that it's the reporter's job to show the fans why. Unfortunately, many don't do that very well (or at all).

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I don't like Dungy and that's because he [was] the head coach of the Colts. Period. End of question. The degree to which I like a player or coach is predicated solely on the color of the laundry they wear on Sunday. When fans admit this and stop bashing players and coaches for any other reason, the world of sports will be infinitely improved.

Wildo7

The problem is that there isn't really such a thing as a "sports journalist" anymore. Pretty much all of them do Op-Ed pieces now so they have to expect that they're opinions will get criticized by fans and the team. The difference is the team is less vocal about it.

scout

There has been plenty of journalists who were not homers and had the respect of the home crowd. What has pushed this topic is the bad journalism of a local writer. Everyone has already posted rebuttals to "why my article was in the best intentions" and evidently the local writers don't seem to get why everyone is pissed, therefore we must be idiots. Maybe these local writers should inquire as to why the Red Sox players and fans were also pissed. You would think this writer would offer an apology in his original piece, but no, that was an afterthought. Get this, he thinks he's still going to cover the Patriots. Boston has always been a tough town to play for, now with the advent of blogs, it appears your going to have to be a major league journalist also, and rightfully so.