ESPN’s Jemele Hill “Relieved of her responsibilities for a period of time” Following Hitler Comment
ESPN, NBA June 17th. 2008, 8:04pm
According to a statement from ESPN, there won’t be any more TV or .com appearances for Jemele Hill for an unspecified time period (but you can still find her on her blog!) :
“Both Jemele and ESPN.com apologize. The column, as originally posted, made some absolutely unacceptable comparisons. We’ve spoken with Jemele, and she understands that she exercised poor judgment. She’s been relieved of her responsibilities for a period of time to reflect on the impact of her words. Within hours of its posting on Saturday evening, the inappropriate references were removed from the site, but our system of checks and balances failed Jemele and our readers and we are addressing that as well.”
If Mike Freeman ever updates his definitive book on ESPN, he’ll have to add this one to the Salisbury, Easterbrook, Jacobson and Bucher malfeasance. Since her column was in regard to the Celtics, and we’re an hour to tipoff, let’s just use this as the first half thread, shall we? That’s ML Carr on you righ celebrating in the early 80s. Loathed that dude.
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June 17th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Adolf Hilter, less known among the infamous Nazis.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
I think TBL got the only MacBook made that doesn’t have spellcheck.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
TBL –
Did her editor get suspended as well? You know better than I, but surely that column passed through one or two other people before it was posted. Also, it was up for quite awhile. There had to be people in power at ESPN that could have pulled it. Right?
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Live blogging the NBA tonight. I’m in.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
KC – Very good question. Of all the other foul-ups, she was the only one where an editor let it slip by (Easterbrook thing happened at another publication).
For an editor to let that slide …
June 17th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
is the freeman book any good. i have read mike in his days writing for the times union in jville and he is alright, but anybody read this one?
June 17th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Over / under on this game being a blowout and conversation turning into LeBron v. Kobe? Comment 10?
June 17th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Anybody else ever get drunk enough to realize there are 3 dimensions? I mean, depth is effing real. Go flick your screen windows and see if it doesn’t freak you out a little bit.
Right. Back to live-blogging a Board of Education meeting, then.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
That screams “editor is more toast than Jemele” to me.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
I was utterly confused at her Hitler comparison, but I wasn’t offended. Why do people get offended so easily? I cannot stand this post-Imus world we live in. You have to watch everything you do and say, and it’s ridiculous. You don’t have the right in this country to not be offended. Let the marketplace of ideas handle this. We’re getting to the point where you’re not allowed to do satire or make racial jokes..
June 17th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Dude, right there with you. Close up views of flicked screens are the work of the devil.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
alowaish- If that’s the case, I hope “Billy Wagner” rears its ugly head.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
I don’t think that’s going to happen, fetch. If he survived the LeBatard “chat”, he might be in the long haul.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Does “Billy Wagner” ever disappoint? Umm, wait, what? It’s Billy Wagner.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Jamaal Wilkes > M.L. Carr
June 17th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
I don’t think that’s going to happen, fetch. If he survived the LeBatard “chatâ€, he might be in the long haul.
Wagner likes MSM, hates bloggers.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Hawk I forgot to say thanks for commenting on my blog.
/not a shameless plug, I promise.
Has anyone downloaded the new firefox? I dont know if I like it as much yet.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Cursed, I think the bigger offense was that it made little sense. I mean, what kids reading Page2 even know who Hitler is? If she’d have gone something more current, like “Rooting for the Celtics is like saying Cobra Commander was a victim. It’s like hoping Dr. Octopus would get to the blinking red button before Spider-Man.€, then the kids would totally get why Boston is what’s wrong with all-things-sports.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
The PC Police ruin things for everyone.
Relieve her of her duties for being a shitty columnist, not for making a laughably retarded analogy.
Although those two kind of go hand-in-hand, now that I think about it.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
because Al Sharpton tells them too. nappy headed ho.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I’m with you Cleveland – screw all those uptight, PC people.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
John Wilkes Booth > John Hinckley, Jr.
/we’re playing “> <” with guys name Wilkes, right?
June 17th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
It’s not just that, Rex. I mean, you can move forward and backward in space. Even at angles, if you’re compelled to. That’s pretty … destroying me right now. Not to mention the way this brontasauraus is craning its neck on public access. Necks shouldn’t be able to do that.
Effing Maudite. In grad school everybody said it was the nutmeg that got you high. It’s really just like, extra alcohol.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Fetch, you bloggers _never_ give a shameless plug. That being said, I’ll be around there a fair amount this year.
Any major differences with Firefox v3.0?
June 17th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Just downloaded the new Firefox, it’s faster, but Safari is still better.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Not too different, the toolbars and buttons are a bit different than what I’m used to. They probably have more add ons and stuff, but I haven’t investigated too much.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Dude, I got high back in highschool once and stared at my hand for approximately a half-hour to two days. Fuckin’ thing was moving all slow-motion, robotic and shit. Then I hate a raw pizza and all..was..good.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
or “ate” a raw pizza. how silly is “hate” a raw pizza? you can’t hate a pizza. pizzas aren’t jewish.
/Nick P.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
just mowed the lawn and ate. got a nice bottle of maker’s mark on deck for tonight
June 17th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Yeah, I hate a raw pizza too. Cooked pizza is much less hateable.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
You have a lawn, in Brooklyn?
June 17th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
You have a lawn???
June 17th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Maker’s Mark, nice choice on the night TBL. Any mix of choice in store for the game?
June 17th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Jinx Mike
June 17th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
It was one of those 2-packs of Mama Rosa’s pizzas you find in the deli section. Ate one while the other cooked. They’re pretty good raw. But just in case, does anyone know what Salmonella tastes like?
June 17th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Firefox 3.0 is a major upgrade from the Netscape Navigator that I’ve been using.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
I hear ya on the Mama Rosa’s pizzas those things are a great deal. I prefer mine fully cooked though.
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Marker’s Mark, I guess blogging does pay the bills.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Firefox 3.0 is a major upgrade from the Netscape Navigator that I’ve been using.
What is this, 1998?
June 17th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
I don’t notice too many differences in the new firefox version. I haven’t explored it yet though.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
good call on the maker’s mark. I got a 12 pack of busch light even though i still have to study for a test after the game. and yes, I did say busch light.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
People have lawns in Brooklyn, We have a lawn.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
did you guys see kobe’s pregame warm-ups? he’s no lebron, I’ll tell you that much.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
If my guess is right, it’s called Costco, Jim. My last liter of Maker’s Mark ran about $20 over at Sam’s Club. I’d bet that Costco runs close to that.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I have a new Castle double dose and some Milwaukee’s Best Ice waiting for me, so Busch Light doesn’t sound so bad.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Chicago, I’m riding shotgun on the Busch Light tonight. 30 pack is iced down and ready to go.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
edit – double deuce not double dose.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
TBL Drinking Game:
1. anytime LeBron is mention on tv, drink once.
2. anytime BronBron is mentioned here, drink a half-sip, cause it’s gonna happen often.
3. whenever TBL slurs his typing, drink 2.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
@ rex and jim- wow, I’m just pleased to have people with me on this one. I’ll drink my busch light proudly tonight.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
You know, I just cut up all this “sweet sausage” …
/posting
June 17th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
“just mowed the lawn and ate. got a nice bottle of maker’s mark on deck for tonight” TBL
I mowed, ate, and have some Baker’s on top. The kid is on his way too bed and all is good. As well, I will probably be on the back deck. Real nice here. Especially nice to go two days now without having to dodge hail, wind, a tornado or two, rapture, and rain. Been sketchy here this spring. Sold the house, bought a new one at discount and I’m sick of packing. Tonight is going to be a good Tuesday night. I may not get too much live bloggin in.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Let’s see if TBL can type a lisp like cursed did awhile back.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Keystone > Busch
June 17th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
How can y’all drink Busch Light, The Beast Ice and whatever the Hell Double Duece is? If I drank those, my liver would jump out and strangle me.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
@ Busch Lighters – In terms of freshness, can anyone beat a born on date of April 19th?
June 17th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
TBL -
Not that I knew for sure, but I thought you lived in the city. Like urban jungle city. Had no clue you had a yard to mow.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
normally I’m on that natty light. I gotta keep it cheap at this point in my life. you can buy natty and busch 30 packs for like 12 bucks. btw, i hate KG’s fucking primal scream.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
New Yorkers have their own piece of Central Park that they have to mow, I’m guessing.
/fetch
June 17th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
@ Rex- I got may 2nd.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Screw this game. All I want to see is someone beaning Eddie House’s kid. WTF is he doing on the bench? Is he Doc River’s secret weapon?
June 17th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
For around-the-house-beer, I’ve been Natty Light back to the tOSU days. Where I live now, everyone drinks the Boooosh Light and I’m now a convert. Much more flavor.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Sasha is gonna run over the kid
June 17th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
shit, my fridge is empty. i swear there was a case of bud light in there and now its just an empty box on the floor
June 17th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
For old times sake, let’s pretend this is the game opener.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
is this where we are posting for the 1st half?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Thor, is it that roommate that hogs the TV?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Speaking of 30 packs… The suitcase is extinct now, isn’t it?
They had the Miller Lite 30’s on sale for 15.99 last week at the HyVee Liquor store and I couldn’t resist. Summer beer on ice in a cooler. I lived on the Natty back in college and a couple years after, but now my colon is all disagreeing with it and beers of a similar ilk. Fortunately, my income has risen slightly and my drinking has gone way down, so I can afford non-sitting all morning on the shitter beer. But I mean no disrespect. I think I personally kept Old Milwaukee in business for about four years.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
I just found bratwurst in the back of my freezer. I think they’ve been there since march. still good? just wondering, either way I’m making them.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
God Mike Breen is awful!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
I wanna get one of those Heineken kegs, so bad.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
I think frozen food lasts at least 6 months – so you should be cool.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
PJ looks fat.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
frozen brat is good man, but you gotta cook and eat, cannot let them sit in the fridge after they defrost.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
A rack of Miller Lite’s cost $16? Here, a 6 pack is $9.
I do think it’s funny you called it a “summer beer,” though.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Love the shot of Zen Master’s pep talk and Kurt Rambis is yawning.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Fetch, do you get a Fightin’ Sioux to buy you beer?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I should have bought stock in Minnesota Brewing Company back in college. With all of the Grain Belt I drank back then, maybe I would have gotten a spot of money back.
Of course now, I’ve just turned into a damned beer snob.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
clown, it is that roommate. i think. he isnt here so ive got the tv but he must have brought the beer with him. i would complain harder if he wasnt the one who bought it. i guess it will be Popov for me.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
down here in atl, sometime around now each summer, kroger/publix usually start selling 30 racks of coors light, but they also come with a sweet cooler bag. and it’s only 17 bucks.
also, i hate how doc rivers gets his speeches from the coaches handbook of cliched speeches.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
shit, you are good for a year man…then again, maybe this is why I developed a heart condition?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
clown- no sir. Most of my friends are 21 so it’s all good. And I drink other stuff more than beer.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Perkins shouldnt play he has tape on his back
June 17th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
there ya go, duct tape the shoulder Perkins….see duct tape fixes everything!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
comedy of errors for the C’s so far.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
That’s a good sign – not gonna have bullshit o-charges tonight, ladies.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
“I do think it’s funny you called it a “summer beer,†though.” Mike
It’s a regional thing. Around here, the cheaper can beer is called Yard Beer, Cooler Beer, Summer Beer… basically stuff you drink out of a cooler with ice out in the backYard even though you have room in your fridge. Several bars here have Yard Beer nights where you can get a can of PBR/Olympia/Old Mil/Natty for a buck a can.
No offense to New York, but I could never pay $9 a six pack for canned beer. I’m pissed off I have to pay 7.99 a six pack for out of state craft beer.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
hey chicago, you started week 1 of commenting out strong, huh?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
flashbacks to the beast at college….
June 17th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
every fucking 3 pointer they do that at Boston, i hate that.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
fetch – if you get one of those kegs, have friends who like Heineken around. They’ll only be good about 8 hours before they go flat. And two people may not be enough. My brother-in-law killed a Paulaner Oktoberfest one last year. Next day hurt.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Hey KC – You could always come up here and pay $9 a four-pack for this:
http://www.surlybrewing.com/cans.php
June 17th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
terribly sorry – not maker’s … Glenlivet. better!
really need a lakers win tonight. if they’re going to win it, it’ll be about defense. i would go back to giving rondo any shot he wants.
like the kobe cockiness talking trash to the fans …
June 17th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
@ almighty- I’ve wanted to comment for awhile, but for some reason I was never emailed my password. I finally stopped being lazy and emailed TBL. I guess I got sick of nick p’s blatant disregard for logic.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
clicking on ads pays the bills, eh
June 17th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
the euros are fucking this up…
June 17th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Yeah with those mini-kegs you gotta kill it all in one day. They are great for a big college football saturday – one should last you from the pre game show to the late game.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
I should put together one of those hip visual matrix graphics that plots out Summer Beer – Winter Beer – Around the House Beer – At the Bar Beer.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
ha, i had to do the same thing. I tried every email address i had and have probably taken up about 10 commenter names
June 17th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
@alowaish – I guess it does. Good to be TBL, it seems.
And I hope TBL’s not going to mix that good Single Malt with coke.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
i like this early defense from the lakers. KG just flattened Gasol, no call
June 17th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
At the Bar Beer – Zima and/or Smirnoff Ice
June 17th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
3 things:
how did kobe just get passed the ball from the celtics?
how did kobe not get a call there?
how did kobe’s shot almost go in?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Back in my college days the campus bar had zimas 2 for a buck – now thats an at the beer bar.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
man my HD is bein real sketchy…this is pissing me off
June 17th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
KOBE SHOOT IT!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
In my fridge, I have a pack of Kroger-brand Neufchatel cheese. Closest to guessing the best-used by date wins it. MajorLeagueCheeseDicks.com will even cover shipping.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
en fuego
June 17th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
there ya go…shoot it everytime.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
kobe’s fucking dirty.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Kobe is firing threes again. This is gonna be a long night.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
i just clicked on the little mermaid ad and it was an advertisement to keep the oceans clean. why would the little mermaid want to keep the oceans clean? she loves when humans dump their trash. she loves it so much that she sings a song in her grotto about thing-a-ma-bobs and what-cha-ma-call-its
June 17th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
guess is 6-8-06.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
don’t let Gasol or Vlad touch the ball.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
el fuego.
/old school, dan patrick
June 17th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
lower.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Only Machine or Kobe can shoot. (I’ll accept Mihm or Mbenga, as well)
June 17th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
i guess 2/7/2005
June 17th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
my favorite Dan Patrick saying, “the whiff…”
June 17th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
kobe en route to 40?
man a game 7 would rock. also, halftime tonight should be good … THE OFFICE!!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
I mean seriously.. it’s 1 on 5 the way Kobe’s teammates are playing. What has happened to their team? Vlad is the worst player in this series right?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
11-27-04.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
wrong year.
wrong decade.
wrong century.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Guessing 4/15/05
June 17th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
someone here has drank zima in a bar? ballsy
i’ve got no problem with kobe taking 40 shots if he has to. i certainly dont want vlad rad and sasha jackin’ on the road with the season on the line
June 17th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
cursed,
even chris mihm would agree with you.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
cursed, did you not watch mihm’s performance the other night?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
steven tyler dressed like pocohontas
June 17th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
NO WAY.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
I threw a bottle of Zima at some dudes garage door.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
4-8-1999.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Belichick with the cougar again. Niiiice.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Close enough, Harbaugh. 4-20-1998, the Year of Our Lord
June 17th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Vlad is a Stiff So I can’t really blame him for being bad
But Pau Gasol IS A PUSSY
June 17th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
another Boston starter hurt, this is over. no game 7.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Rex you need to eat some of that.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
TBL, agreed. unless these guys are taking uncontested layups, I don’t think they should be allowed to shoot. Kobe needs to win this one.
/will change my mind if sasha hits 2+ threes in a row.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
pierce, rondo, perkins and now ray allen dinged up?
against a lakers team that doesn’t play any defense?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
I elect ChiTownsFinest to be our resident basketball version of Don Cherry.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
someone here has drank zima in a bar? ballsy
For 50 cents a bottle I’ll drink anything with alcohol in it.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
spsrty, is your brother at the game? I hate him and I don’t even know him. Actually, I don’t even know you.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Fetch, I’m waiting until the 1st, and last, Annual MajorLeagueJerkapalooza and we can all try it. Or I’ll send it to TBL for his SuperBowl Bizzash.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
i hate him too, fucking chowderhead
June 17th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
what a rare great look there from gasol. im not getting too exited bout the lakers start, though … seen this last two games.
that pj brown foul looked hard and dirty.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
There’s a challenge….
June 17th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
but to answer your question, no.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
And that’s why your drugstore IDs you for rubbing alchohol.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
kg cookin
June 17th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Cheese break! Who’s in?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Garnett is fake. Fuck him.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Agree with ya clown.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Anyone here own a Lincoln?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
I’ve owned a few in my day…and by a few I mean none
June 17th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
@sparty… I’m automatically dis-qualified for that role
My tailor-made suits are Actually Stylish
June 17th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
well, I’m 4 beers in, bout time to cook some brats and focus on the game. I’ll be back if it becomes a blowout or at the half.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Used to have a Lincoln LS, Clown.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
KG totally should have been MVP. his peanut butter and jelly sandwiches have changed Boston’s culture.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
kobe should tell the refs that he is the 2nd best player in the league…
June 17th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
i had peanut butter and jelly for lunch today. im just like kg!
farmar didnt eat pb&j, he sucks
June 17th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
@ sparty, yea wtf?
also, farmar sucks.
ok i’m out fo real now.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
great, the crowd is gonna go nuts when allen walks out for a silly playground injury.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
the good news: Pierce can’t make shit, and Ray Allen is banged up, but will return.
the bad news: No Laker besides Kobe looks confident on offense
what about some KOBE ISO???
June 17th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
about time. They’ve been swiping and hacking all night.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
I’m a little late just getting back from gym. What happened to Allen?!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Anybody else’s mom yell down to the basement that she’s rooting for the Celtics because “they have a pretty court”?
Fuck I gotta move out.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
im fine with all kobe shots tonight, double-teammed or not. really. dont care. he’s GOTTA get 40 for LA to win.
pj brown or posey, bigger punk?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
ray allen got it in the eye
June 17th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
poked in the eye, scratch on his nose (seriously)
June 17th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
brown bigger punk for sure.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Tonight’s Office Episodes on TBS:
Casino Night and Gay Witch Hunt
June 17th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Ray Allen jumped the shark after He Got Game.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
But he’ll be back? right….
Most importantly any Brady sightings or any NKOTB sitting courtside?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Get this E-Harmony crap outta here – who really uses that?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I think the biggest news here is that my HD still isnt working…and I have to watch standard definition
June 17th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I’m pissed that I instantly knew what NKOTB stood for.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I think I saw Benzino sitting in row 25 of the mezzanine.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Damn, even the young one knew that. That’s frightening.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Wow a Benzino reference. I hoped the world had forgotten about him.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
poor spacing on that KOBE play. get Turiaf out of there. move, you bums!
BIG BABY!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
tyler hansborough is jealous that someone else got credit for hustle
June 17th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Machine sighting!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Nice you know Benzino is strapped and will shoot a Laker fan without a moments notice.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I hope Kobe jacks posey. he’s a punk. (But the new Robert Horry!)
sasha makes a jumper, but then House drops one. Ugh. Where’s the perimeter D, lakers? just like last game, Farmer on Sasha’s case. These guys will make open shots at home
celtics are fouling HARD inside. i just dont think the lakers are tough enough.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Nice you know Benzino is strapped and will shoot a Laker fan without a moments notice.
Paul Pierce should be shitting his pants right about now.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
TBL, have we ever thought of just simply combining “Yawn” and “Fraud” into Yawd? Wouldn’t that be more efficient?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
On behalf of Michael Flatley and Irish-Americans everywhere, I demand that they be pronounced as the Boston Keltics.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
/more likely
June 17th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Wait, I thought LeBron was the designated technical free throw shooter!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
that is TOTALLY not a foul on Kobe, Doc
give it up
LAKERS, GUARD SOMEONE ON THE PERIMETER
and then DON’T come down and let sasha jack a three
geez
June 17th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Anyone know if Boston-area Papa John’s have stepped up with some swag?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I think he just said Gasol shitting
June 17th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I think the Lakers have no confidence in the triangle. It discourages drives to the basket and only leads to open threes or contested midrange shots against a team like the Celts who pack it in..
June 17th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Doc was completely high on that one. I guess a moving screen with an uppercut thrown in is fine in his book.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Ray Allen got Allan Rayed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GV34UbjFMY
June 17th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
come on Odom, this an elimination game, you can’t do that STUPID length of the court garbage
KOBE keep shootin’ … Phil needs to summon his two best rebounds and just have them absolutely crash the boards on every shot. That should be all they do, regardless of the remainder of the action
June 17th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
yawn and fraud? submit it to urban dictionary, see what they say ….
June 17th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
It is awesome to see TBL get behind a random team on a random night. What an emotional rollercoaster!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:51 pm
TBL, it all starts with you.. if the Lakers lose tonight, either Kobe or PJ has to be a “Yaud”
June 17th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
ray allen’s been in the locker room for at least 25 minutes real time. that can’t be good
sad that the lakers aren’t taking adv of this
June 17th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
AHHHH!!!!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
That’s the FIBA MVP that I know!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
dude, Kobe’s not a fraud. come on, man. he’s definitely a top 3 player in the NBA based on talent, no question. i have never said i ‘hate’ kobe or ‘he sucks’ … i just
a) don’t think the comparisons to jordan are remotely accurate
b) think LeBron is a better all around talent because of his size
That’s it. Come on Cursed, dont make me out to be a Kobe hater … even you’ll admit he has not had a great series. he’s playing well tonight and i love the jawing with the fans.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Lakers are stuck on stupid.
When did Davis get in?
June 17th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Posey over the back and no call
June 17th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
sub out sasha phil
come on, man
dammit
June 17th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Eddie’s in the House
June 17th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
just in time for the lebron – kobe arguments.. this game looks like its going to be a blowout
June 17th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Kobe has been disappointing…but his greatness in the last two rounds masked many Laker deficiencies. Look at how bad they are, they can’t even get Kobe the ball.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Jordan would have never let his teammates throw away the ball this many times!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Cursed, please, take it elsewhere!
June 17th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
ugh, again, euros are screwing this all up. can’t play defense, and turn the ball over.
June 17th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Mike NYC, what did I say??
June 17th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
if you are the road team, and bavetta is the offical, you are screwed…
June 17th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Actually @cursed your right, Jordan would’ve told Phil to get-that-Bum outta the game
June 17th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Celtics tanked the end of last season to get the the number one pick – that didn’t work out, but now they are about 30 minutes away from a title. Who would have thunk it/
June 17th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
One of my favorite Office episodes is on.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
and here comes the eruption!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
kobe, you saw what happened to Lebron, right? attack the basket, get to the line
June 17th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Nomo, you would totally do Michele Tafoya.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
WILLIS REID!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
its willis reed!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Fake ass bullshit
June 17th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Fischer obviously isnt a fan of Grey’s Anatomy
June 17th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
at least this time there was no wheel chair involved
June 17th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
yes, this office ep is AWESOME
im on it! had to switch over
michael, the ultimate player, has 2 women on his stick
June 17th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
TBL, we getting a “It’s over for the Lakers” type post for the 2nd half?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
CLASSIC EPISODE. i don’t know which one is better though, this one or the one coming up at 1030
June 17th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Celts aren’t missing!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
TBL, we getting a “It’s over for the Lakers†type post for the 2nd half?
I think we’re going to get a Vanilla Sky post
June 17th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
I love the office but I can’t be watching that now!!! Posey is gettting it done!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Horry… uh I mean Posey-for-Three
June 17th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
oh brother. the lakers offense has forgotten how to get kobe the ball and let him take over.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
somebody call in a bomb threat to the Garden.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Anyone remember when Pau Gasol played like one of the top centers in the league?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
TWSS!
/Office Time
June 17th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
To re-use a line from last night:
Isn’t that list long, but distinguished?
Kinda like my johnson.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I’d take bynum over gasol with no thought right now.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
So will everyone agree that maybe Mike Brown’s offense wasn’t as bad as people thought.. The Celts are making the Lakers offense look worse.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
careful saying stuff like that sparty, even the NSA reads TBL. there will probably be unmarked balck SUVs following you around for the next week or 2
June 17th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Gasol IS A.. A… Lousey-Softball player!!!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Wow that was money by Gasol.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Celts can’t miss – Garnett must think he is C-Webb shooting those shots from just inside the arc.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
“why are you the way that you are? Honestly?”
- Michael
Cool office note: The legendary “is that blood, semen, or urine” line uttered by Dwight, to which Michael responded, “i hope urine” was written by the guy at FJM. How money is that?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
/fixed
June 17th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
The Lakers have zero dribble penetration outside of Bryant.. they are just a team shooting jumpshots right now.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
If you’re gonna foul on that play, at least elbow him in the back of the head or something.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Why are you the way that you are? Honestly, every time I try to do something fun or exciting, you make it not..that..way. - CRM to TBL when wanting to put up a gooood Round-up pic.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
starting to remind me of Game 5 of the Finals in 04. Lakers are gonna find themselves down 30 at some point tonight if this continues.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
The Lakers would be better with Ira Newble in the game than Vlad Rad, nobody disputes this right? Not even Vlad’s mother!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Shit, I’m late to the party. What did I miss?
[Checks boxscore]
Kobe…4-10 FG, 0 boards, 0 dimes, 2 turnovers. Same ol’ same ol’
June 17th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Funny that officials waited until game 6 of the NBA finals to call the Celts for camping out in the lane defensively.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Twins just beat the Nats in under two hours.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Nick P is very good at reading boxscores, just not good at evaluating games
June 17th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Vlad’s mother got money on the Celtics
June 17th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Kobe not playing Lebron, and Chicago calling you full of shit, wait no, saying you used no logic.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
And yes, I would totally shag Tafoya.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Hence Nick P picking Dallas to go the finals.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
@cursed: I know, I know. He probably had 17 hockey assists and 7 other perfect passes that guys fumbled — i.e. stuff that never happens to other players.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Kobe wouldve yelled at the guy in the wheelchair in the courtroom for missing his rocket pass that was 10 feet to his left
June 17th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
So, the Lakers showed up…which is always nice.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
@cursed: I picked Utah officially. Oops.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Nick P, hit me on gmail. I never remember which skeeze you are.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
or gchat.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
But I love the way LBJ said “Had Nothing To Do”
June 17th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Nick loves the straw man!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
we just got a commercial for the state of New Jersey on TBS! and they didn’t show pollution!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
after watching Gasol, Sasha and Vlad play, we better win the fucking gold medal this summer.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Must have been a short commercial.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Why is that the Lakers suck every 2nd quarter?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
ah come on man. all of jersey ain’t Newark.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
/fixed
June 17th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Next you’re gonna tell me that not all of Jersey is guids and blowouts.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
@sparty… It depends who the PG is ( I hope it’s CP3 )
June 17th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
They can’t miss.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Actually, I had some very pleasant times at the Fantasy Showbar in Mt. Ephraim, New Jersey.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Jordan Farmar is about to give the most inspiring half-time speech. LA should get a coach after the season. Playing without one in the Finals is hurting them.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
nice pass Kobe
June 17th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
wow what a shot
June 17th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
OVER, IT IS SO OVER
June 17th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
That turnover could count as an unforced error. This is a shit show.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
That shot was ridunk KG
June 17th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Anybody calling shenanigans on KG?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
KG “drew contact” with his forearm shiver.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Kevin Garnett dominates blowouts – this is not a good sign for the Lake Show
June 17th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
actually i was gonna say, um well um, yeah. fuck jersey.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
I can’t believe all those adustments Jackson made aren’t working. Again, Mike Brown did a much, much better job against the Celts
June 17th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
KG Sealed-the-Deal with that shot
June 17th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
CRM I might hand out a -1 for your Phil Jackson hate.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
getting…out…of hand
June 17th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Damn, this is over.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Nice gravatar, CRM. Showoff…
June 17th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
i can’t believe michael couldn’t work things out with jan
big fan here
but not nearly as big a fan of rashida jones! or pam.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
kobe has played really great!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
This just in: Kobe has asked to be traded.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
He’s banging Rashida Jones in real life.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Gonna be tough for the Lakers to win this. Too bad Kobe isn’t playing himself — he’s the only guy I know who’d give up a 23 point halftime lead in the Finals!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Well Sparty, he is essentially playing 1 on 5.. he’s hitting other guys, they’re not making shots.. or even holding onto the ball.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
you can all thank the World Champion New York Football Giants for the reprieve from Boston between the World Series and NBA Finals.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
No greater move than banging your way into Quincy Jones family. Well done.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Well the Lakers did blow a huge lead the other day – I don’t think the Celts are gonna give this one up though.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
TBIMBD- WHo is?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
nick p, how many turnovers have been attributed to Kobe tonight?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Hey everybody – The Mets are really responding to the new manager….where’s Roman?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Nick P, that was Kobe who gave up that lead?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Isn’t that ironic… A “23″ point lead
June 17th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
If so, then Kobe will gladly take the credit for winning 4 out of 5 against the defending champs.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Laker fans should start telling everyone if they had bynum this wouldn’t have happened.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
i disappeared to watch the Office and i missed the NJ debate that i started. damn. anyway, jersey is the shit.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Where he always is. Writing another Mets Blow post and then relaxing with a BFFP Redtube session.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
If so, then Kobe will gladly take the credit for winning 4 out of 5 against the defending champs
no surprise there
June 17th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
How did Kobe get these fools to the playoffs???
June 17th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Is Bynum a total pussy? No? Well then the Lakers wouldn’t want to put him out there to battle studs like Kendrick Perkins and Big Baby Davis.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
I doubt this studio crew will show Dwyane a photo of him with a cougar.
…sigh….
June 17th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
not much of a debate thor.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
So… is there a 2nd half post or are we testing Wagner?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Watching Kobe’s teammates should only serve to elevate what he did this season. I told you guys all year how overrated his supporting cast was, look at the difference. He carried them aginast Utah and the Spurs.. and he’s run out of gas.. against a team that’s playing extremely well.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Wagner can handle this after the Live “Chat” today, right, TBL?
June 17th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Let’s test this sumbitch out
June 17th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Kobe is just thinking about where he wants to go next season…
June 17th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
TBL is busy with “The Office” Jim just broke the news to Pam that he’s leaving.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I wouldn’t eat those:
http://slice.seriouseats.com/images/20080529-scarypizzaupclose.jpg
June 17th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
CRM,
your favorite player Vlad has been sweet tonight
June 17th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
bil-ly wag-ner! clap clap clap-clap-clap bil-ly wag-ner!
June 17th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Jim from the Office is dating Rashida Jones
June 17th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Tiger could win this for the Lakers
June 17th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
NEW THREAD, PEOPLE
move it on over
stop commenting here
June 17th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
new post up
June 17th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Interesting fact – Doc Rivers has won a Coach of the Year award more recently than Phil Jackson. They each have 1.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Kobe has definitely run out of gas, guys. With the breakneck pace of the NBA playoffs, I’m surprised he’s even alive at this point.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Jemele Hill suspended and a Maudite reference in the same post? I’m in blog heaven. Used to love drinking that stuff at Charlie’s Ale House on Long Island.
Jemele’s comment wasn’t offensive–the stupidity behind the comment was. Not that her stupidity has ever been a problem before. Her constant race-baiting is far more offensive than a random Hitler reference.
June 18th, 2008 at 12:40 am
The column had a chock-full of that, too. She’s the best!
June 18th, 2008 at 1:29 am
Jemele Hill : the female version of Rob Parker.