The Roundup: RIP Michael Jackson
Athletes and Celebrities, Baseball, Courts, Legal, ESPN, Former Athletes, Media Gossip/Musings, Movies, Music, NFL, Soccer, Video June 26th. 2009, 8:00am
Bring your guns to this picnic … Vontae Davis had his identity stolen … the beautiful Jessica White has something to share (it’s sad) … nutjob soaks baby with lighter fluid … man shoots innocent woman, compares himself to Frankenstein … Billy Bob Thornton’s daughter in handcuffs … the last reported photo of Michael Jackson …
Why the general public hates the media. (Vanity Fair)
Our fantasy team thanks Joey Votto for returning to the Reds: 4-for-5, a homer and three RBI. (Toronto Star, Enquirer)
Seahawks 2nd year FB Owen Schmitt popped for drunk driving. (Renton Reporter)
Traina’s friends with Erin Andrews and Jason Kidd’s ex-girlfriend? (Hot Clicks)
Somebody slipped in a brilliant sign behind home plate last night in Atlanta. (No, You’re a Towel)
“Each and every offseason bringing so much attention to himself. It’s just really a disappointment to hear that time and time again,.” Who could Rodney Harrison be talking about? (Dan Patrick Show)
John Daly’s failed lawsuit will cost him $271k in lawyer fees. (CBS Sports)
Remember when Kareem was in airplane? Cool. (Go Vols)
Karate should totally be added to the 2016 Olympics. (The Atlantic)
The buzzards begin to circle around the doctor who helped Manny cheat. With any luck, we’ll get more names. (ESPN)
Mike Lupica’s douchebaggary knows no bounds. Upstaging Mickelson? The jerk store called, etc. (Deadspin)
ESPN caption refers to Shaq’s time in Phoenix as an abomination. (Oh Comedy, You Slay Me)
Fashion statement: Soccer players with guns on their t-shirts. (Unprofessional Foul)
And our favorite Michael Jackson song.
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June 26th, 2009 at 8:10 am
What’s the point then? If we want to see people fake-hit each other and then fall down we’ll just watch the soccer matches.
As for MJ, Thriller was the first album I ever bought with my own $ as a kid. It was awesome.
I guess “black” people are more prone to heart attacks;
I also heard it was food poisoning from eating a 9-year old weiner;
In memory of MJ, department stores are selling clothing half-off.
/thank you, I’ll be here all weekend
June 26th, 2009 at 8:10 am
+10 TBL, I said so much yesterday. I’ll even admit its not his best song, but PYT always puts me in good mood.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:26 am
rip mj – thriller was my first piece of vinyl. i wore the grooves out of it.
so Rubio’s dad is talking Spain for another year? D’Antoni or bust?
June 26th, 2009 at 8:27 am
Himself, I can only assume.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Putting all of his freakish behavior aside, the guy was unbelieveable talent. I was lucky enough to see him in concert, 1984 Victory Tour Rich Stadium in Buffalo. I was 6 yrs old and can remember everything about that day. He was a tragic and lonely figure, but almost every song was a hit, and the Thriller album always puts a smile on my face. R.I.P. MJ
June 26th, 2009 at 8:30 am
not surprisingly
“The self-proclaimed “king of pop” who died suddenly Thursday occupied the top 15 slots on online retailer Amazon.com”
http://www.cnbc.com/id/31560094
June 26th, 2009 at 8:31 am
PYT is the shit. I also like Dirty Diana when you talk about lesser-known MJ songs.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Owen Schmitt is definitely taking that whole “runaway beer truck” nickname way too seriously.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Favorite MJ song: Smooth Criminal.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:37 am
/better’d
June 26th, 2009 at 8:48 am
So everyone says RIP Micheal Jackson, then you post “the beautiful Jessica White has something to share (it’s sad)” about how sexual abuse nearly destroyed her life.
F Off you filthy Pedo MJ, you wont be missed by me.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:52 am
That was some interesting juxtaposition, to be sure.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Add this to the avalanche of Beatles tunes this summer/fall (both for Rock Band and on remastered CDs), and 2009 is going to be one hell of a year for the Jackson estate commercially.
And yet they would give every cent to have him back. Whatever you think of him, you have to concede that Michael Jackson was as singularly important to music as anyone in American life has ever been to their own realm. He was the star of stars in pop culture.
Now, beyond all that fame and adulation and the potentially horrific child molestation, Michael Jackson finally gets to rest. Rest in peace, Michael. You deserve our respect.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Our respect as an artist and as a phenomenon; respect him as a person or don’t, it probably doesn’t matter.
Also, music doesn’t get better than the entirety of “Billie Jean.”
June 26th, 2009 at 8:57 am
dude was a freak show. Howard Hughes level nut. Def. a creative genius but all sorts of f’d up private life.
I think he sold alot of the Beatles catalog. Paul I think has the big chunk now.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Coop has so much anger at those convicted in the Court of Public Opinion.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:58 am
how long before we get the Macaulay Culkin interviews and Corey Feldman retrospectives with MJ?
June 26th, 2009 at 8:59 am
I hope MJ haunts your dreams.
My first CD ever was “Dangerous”. He was the man. Greatest performer ever.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:00 am
So, is the NBA overload in the rearview mirror now or should I move along?
June 26th, 2009 at 9:00 am
MTV has so much respect for the artist and his vision. They’re showing Thriller right now and they chopped off the entire intro. And showed a whole minute of it! It’s like a TRL tribute!
June 26th, 2009 at 9:01 am
This is apparently the last reported video of him….
June 26th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Sway is speaking with two people I’ve never seen in my life. They should just cut all ties with music.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:03 am
That pic of Farrah still is awesome. I burned off a few pounds “working out” while looking at that picture when I was young. She was something else.
I respect the talent of Jackson, but Farrah never molested any kids so I would rather hear more about her.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Bsanders loves the NBA
Stu Scott needs to be fired. And where the hell was Stephen A Smith last night?
June 26th, 2009 at 9:07 am
seconded…but smooth criminal was also damn fine.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Owen loves his momma.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:08 am
What’s amazing to me is how people just seem to gloss over the fact that this guy was a monster. As the father of 3, it makes me sick to even think about what he (allegedly) did to those boys. Honestly, sexually molesting an innocent child is, to me, worse than (allegedly) hacking your ex-wife and her waiter to death. Yet, O.J. is a pariah and MJ is celebrated. He was a great talent, no doubt. Unfortunately, he was a horrible human being.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:08 am
That pic of Farrah still is awesome. I burned off a few pounds “working out†while looking at that picture when I was young. She was something else.
My mother, my father, and my older sister have all called to give me hell about Farrah Fawcett. Apparently, I slept in a T-shirt of the iconic poster, every night, at the risk of a tantrum from age 4 to age 6. Why they made kids tee shirts with a nipple on them, I don’t know, but apparently, I went through several of them.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Smooth Criminal and Billie Jean will always be a staple in my workout tunes. All of today’s “pop” stars emulate MJ in some form or another and yet will never reach the level that he was at in his prime.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I’ve always though Man in the Mirror was one of his better, lesser known songs
June 26th, 2009 at 9:10 am
clown, no anger, and i realize thats a little harsh for a dude who just died, but…kids man, really, cant justify that in any way. It overshadows anything you did before.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:10 am
he doesn’t work there anymore.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:12 am
he doesn’t work there anymore
damn that’s right. What a bad move by ESPN to get rid of such a fine talent. Stu Scott last night? holy shit was he bad
June 26th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Key word in this. “allegedly”. He put himself in a position to be extorted. What parent lets their children sleep at a grown mans house? If he did it yea thats fucked up. But Im really not buying it.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:14 am
And where the hell was Stephen A Smith last night?
he was walking around Philly, alone, waiting to yell at black people who tell him they love Quite Frankly.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:14 am
I try to think of him in two ways:
Michael the Music… I’ll always enjoy. Great, great stuff from the Jackson 5 to Thriller to some of his later works.
Michael the “Man”… Gets no pity or respect from me. He was obviously a troubled, troubled person that potentially did some horrific things.
I try not to think about Michael, just his music.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Not only did I have the poster of Farrah in my room, I also had the tshirt and had several pics in my Jr High locker.
Someone earlier wondered if MJ still owned the Beatles catalog. He actually had ownership in Sony Publishing, which in turn, owned the Beatles publishing rights. McCartney and the Lennon estate (Yoko) still own the songwriting credits. A trusted music business friend of mine, thinks that MJ had McCartney in his will and that the publishing would be given back to him.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:17 am
this morning, about 10 minutes into the today’s show. the best part about it was when he said that he hadn’t spoken/seen him in over 7 years. it was touching.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Key word in this. “allegedlyâ€. He put himself in a position to be extorted. What parent lets their children sleep at a grown mans house? If he did it yea thats fucked up. But Im really not buying it.
He paid some kid 25 million dollars as hush money. For all you jackals on this site who are happy to bring up the “rape” incident for Kobe, which ended quite similarly (with hush money), how are you going to gloss over the first case, from 1994? I think we can drop the allegedly, when he paid somebody 25 million dollars to stop trying to send him to jail.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:19 am
i thought he sold them back when his finances hit the rocks a few years ago.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:22 am
He prayed on these children, using his fame and reputation (at that time) to do what he did. He wouldn’t have paid out tens of millions of dollars to settle with these boys unless there was something he was afraid of.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:22 am
I’m not sure but I think he sold him a part of it, not the whole thing.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Dirt- If Im 10 years old and I spent the night at MJs and tell the authorities Ive been touched. They are going to believe me.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:25 am
i thought he sold them back when his finances hit the rocks a few years ago.I'm not sure but I think he sold him a part of it, not the whole thing.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:25 am
I think McCartney had bought back some of the publishing rights, but MJ still owned the majority. By all accounts MJ is in deep debt, so I imagine the publishing will go back to McCartney and Yoko.
None the less, I dont think Paul is searching under the car seat for a quarter.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Dirt- If Im 10 years old and I spent the night at MJs and tell the authorities Ive been touched. They are going to believe me.
The kid could describe his penis in graphic detail. There was a huge series of interviews where MJ tried to evoke public sympathy, saying that the police had strip searched him. They were searching to confirm the first kid’s story, because he described his penis as as something like “spotted,” and Jackson apparently had Vitiligo (hence the crazy skin whitening).
He did this press conference, where he said “lower torso” in such a bizarre way that I say it to this day in an imitation. The 1994 story was not an extortion attempt. They had him dead to rights.
The 2005 thing? Extortion attempt.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:29 am
paul mccartney can rot in hell for all i care.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:29 am
RIP MJ? Oh hell no.
BIH MJ Burn in hell.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:30 am
but you won’t be convicted in a court of law without some physical evidence. however, it is likely that nothing really happened and jackson didn’t want a long trial to drag-out, innocent or guilty. that is why he paid the kid and his family.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:30 am
If some dumb kid won’t stop coming by my house to sell me some World’s Finest Chocolate, eventually I’m gonna buy some of his crappy candy bars just to get him to go away.
It’s pretty much the same thing.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:31 am
there was the “liquor in the soda can..” episode @ neverland
June 26th, 2009 at 9:31 am
But he was the cute Beatle. What did he do to you Spence?
June 26th, 2009 at 9:31 am
paul mccartney can rot in hell for all i care.
say, say, say what you want Spencer.
/i’m ready for my banning now
June 26th, 2009 at 9:32 am
made music and continues to exist…i fucking hate the beatles.
/except sgt. pepper and the white album those are listenable
June 26th, 2009 at 9:34 am
Let me guess, there was some glitter…
/chappelle show was awesome
June 26th, 2009 at 9:34 am
dirt- couldn’t the state press charges against him once they had the kids statement?
June 26th, 2009 at 9:35 am
/except sgt. pepper and the white album those are listenable
And Rubber Soul and Revolver and Abbey Road….
June 26th, 2009 at 9:35 am
I blew him.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:37 am
chappelle show was awesome
That skit in particular was incredible
June 26th, 2009 at 9:38 am
She loves you, and you know you should be glaaaaadddd (woooooo)
June 26th, 2009 at 9:38 am
The Beatles are so great. Great. I could listen to Beatles songs for weeks at a time. Just buy Beatles 1, and listen to how they progressed as musicians, from a starting point of the most popular band in the world, all the way to the most brilliant and popular band in the world with divergent styles.
Sparty, I think with the 25 mill, the kid recanted or told the DA he would recant the testimony on the stand. I just remember the cops being really, really mad.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:40 am
meh…fuck the beatles. over-rated.
/clap. clap. clap clap clap.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:44 am
she came in through the bathroom window… who in their right f’n mind doesn’t smile when they listen to that.
seriously, beatle haters are silly. its the definition of pop music, thats all, just the best pop music ever laid down.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:45 am
EPIC EPIC EPIC Fail.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Thriller > Strawberry Fields Forever
June 26th, 2009 at 9:48 am
You have to listen to the albums. The Beatles weren’t a singles band, imo, early trash withstanding.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:48 am
EPIC EPIC EPIC Fail.
spencer, sounding like Mrejr, honestly.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:49 am
i guess i should clarify…the beatles were good. i just get sick of hearing everyone blindly call them geniuses.
genius is a lofty term…bach, coltrane, miles, jaco pastorius, pink floyd, hendrix…those are geniuses. the beatles? get the fuck outta here.
amen brother. MJ > beatles.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Beatles haters are generally a very close cousin of the music snob.
And if you are going to link a Michael Jackson video, it has to be the Billie Jean performance from the Motown awards in 1983. That was Michael Jackson at the height of his talent, IMO.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:51 am
I love Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road, but man I do not like the White Album at all. The only way I listen to it is the version Phish did of it on Live 13.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:51 am
im both…music degree.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Michael Jackson was one of the greatest musicians of all time. He had a few deamons in her personal life but as a musician and performer the man had no equal.
RIP Michael Jackson.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:55 am
You have to listen to the albums. The Beatles weren’t a singles band, imo, early trash withstanding.
That early trash wasn’t trash. It was pop music. Same as early Michael Jackson.
You can just really hear the maturation and the obvious divergence, because Beatles 1 is chronological.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:57 am
They were the ultimate boy band until they discovered drugs.
Though Sir Paul can suck it, deep, long, and hard.
June 26th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Jackson 5 > solo MJ
June 26th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Obviously that was just imo. I didn’t like them until Rubber Soul.
Also, not a fan of MJ.
June 26th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Honest question here. Did Michael Jackson write any of his songs (lyrics and/or music)?
June 26th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Sgt. Pepper > Thriller
also
George Martin > Quincy Jones
June 26th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Not all of them but yes. I know he wrote several of the songs on Thriller.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:10 am
I love when clown or tampa defend someone. It’s hilarious. Why don’t you join Darrell in LA and find the “real killer”?
IF Jackson looked like Timberlake, tampa would want him castrated.
Jackson was a great talent, maybe best ever, but get the fuck out of here with this “allegedly” bullshit. The guy had demons from that whackjob father he had, and that should be remembered while we “immortalize” him.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:18 am
jpq eat a dick.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:31 am
jpq eat a dick.
Jackson beat me to it
June 26th, 2009 at 11:53 am
genius is a lofty term…bach, coltrane, miles, jaco pastorius, pink floyd, hendrix…those are geniuses.
And Sergio too, right Spencer? Kidding.
Coltrane and Miles Davis I agree with, but Pink Floyd? I’m a big fan and can listen to Piper At the Gates of Dawn over and over again, but any variation of Pink Floyd as genuis is a bit of a stretch in my opinion.
June 26th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
June 26th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Please to see most here have the same Michael Jackson tastes, mostly of the old stuff including also “Off The Wall,” as do I …another forgotten classic and probably his last decent piece like the hot Naomi Campbell in the video was “In The Closet”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cupnsUDyjuA
June 26th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
For such repeated candor on here and wiping out most things BS, JPQ I think TBL Godfather should make you Captain now so you can be a made man as well. TBL Godfather what’s keeping you?
June 26th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Himself?
June 26th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Indeed …