The Roundup: You Still Laughing?
Uncategorized May 17th. 2007, 11:51amTHEY SUED US. SO WE HAD TO TAKE DOWN THE PHOTOS.
We’re terribly hungover this morning, we didn’t see Kate Mara last night, and we’ll be watching LOST in the coming hours. We’re going to have to ask you to forgive the spelling errors in advance. We did, however, see the final half of the fourth quarter of Suns-Spurs and boy was that disappointing. And yes, this is Brady Quinn clowning at his sister’s wedding in the above photo.
How Gisele won’t distract Tom Brady from reaching the Super Bowl. (Inside Track)
Non-sports: this is a terrifyingly sad story, and the big question is, where’s the media coverage? Nancy Grace, anybody home? We’re usually anti-death penalty (forgiveness, all that), but not in this case. Tennessee needs to wipe those wastes of space off the map. (Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom Wikipedia)
Dany Heatley of the Ottawa Senators once accidentally killed a teammate. (NY Times)
Brett Favre demands trade … to 1996 Packers. On the real: he’s changed his mind and will go to minicamp. (The Onion)
Mets minor leaguer Lastings Milledge raps; white people scared. (Deadspin)
We talked about the Romo-Underwood Country music awards thing Wednesday, but here are more photos. (Larry Brown Sports)
Dude gets his back broken in a college wrestling match, and it’s so painful-looking, we couldn’t even get to the damn replay. (Deuce of Davenport)
Charles Barkley chimes in on the Don Imus flap. (Page Six)
Funny print ad of Carson Palmer putting a long, phallic object in his mouth. (With Leather)
NBA commish David Stern pussies out of attending game five in Phoenix. (100 percent injury rate)
Interview with the blogger who defected to ESPN. (The Big Picture)
16 Responses to “The Roundup: You Still Laughing?”
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May 17th, 2007 at 1:35 PM
That story of the murder is unbelievable. How come I have never heard of this? Those motherfuckers should be tied up and tortured. They deserve nothing less than the worst possible punishment imaginable.
May 17th, 2007 at 1:40 PM
why in hell would you want that story to get MORE media attention? just to ruin everybody’s day?
May 17th, 2007 at 1:54 PM
Please do not summon the name of Nancy Grace.
May 17th, 2007 at 2:07 PM
Dave – See NDReece’s response. How could something so heinous happen and nobody know about it? At the risk of going overboard, I think that these murderers should get the same punishment they doled out – in public, no less. I believe that entire crew had already been in jail once, and none of them came out reformed. Why send them back? Sorry – off with their heads.
May 17th, 2007 at 2:12 PM
The odd thing is….I’ve seen this story a handful of times, and they were all under the guise of “Why isn’t this being reported more?” Yet I keep seeing this story.
In fairness, I haven’t seen it on CNN or any huge name media entity. But I have seen it a bunch. Sorta like how someone keeps being referred to as underrated, so he gets mentions all the time about being underrated….
I probably coulda stated this post better.
Anyways….hang the bastards.
May 17th, 2007 at 2:27 PM
well of course i agree that those “people” should be killed for what they did. i guess i’m just glad this story didn’t get sensationalized in the media like some stories do. maybe the media was trying to practice restraint. actually, no, that’s incredibly naive of me to say. but i’m still glad it’s been sort of quiet.
May 17th, 2007 at 3:04 PM
“How come I have never heard of this?”
Had it been white guys doing it to two young black college kids, you would have. Or maybe if it were three lacrosse players from U of T.
They cut her tits off and raped her for days but the cops say it was only a carjacking gone bad.
May 17th, 2007 at 3:26 PM
Is that Nick Mangold in the Brady Quinn photo? Talk about a wedding full of meatheads…
May 17th, 2007 at 6:37 PM
I too am glad we haven’t been subjected to weeks of round the clock coverage and discussion of this story, but why haven’t I even heard of it before?
I agree with benrand. If the suspects were white or rich, this would be all over the news. How can a (false) rape accusation like Duke lacrosse, or a girl missing outside the country like Holloway, get so much coverage, yet this is so much worse and nothing is reported?
Sad.
May 17th, 2007 at 7:50 PM
Have racial ideals changed without my knowing? Five black people rape and kill two white people… isnt that the kind of thing that would usually cause an uproar in this country? When did this do a complete 180, with the Duke case? We all know that the major news channels and most of television is run by white people (jews mainly) and thats why we’re constantly being told that black people are thugs and they’re responsible for the crime rate in this country (which is partially true) so how does such a heinous black on white crime get no attention? Very confusing to me… also, why is this being discussed at a sports blog?
May 17th, 2007 at 7:51 PM
I’d massacre those fuckers with the wrath of a thousand suns.
May 17th, 2007 at 8:14 PM
If those black criminals had attacked a black couple, it wouldn’t have made the news either. If anyone beyond their hysteria and futile attempts at playing the race card can show that this couple was attacked because they were white, then we have something. Other than that, we have nothing more than a boring attempt to be outraged.
May 18th, 2007 at 12:18 AM
You’re absolutely right Darrell. Had this been black on black it would’ve have recieved the same sparse coverage. But I think the boring attempt to be outraged comes from the fact that it DEFINATELY would have been reported had it been white on black. Still, I agree with you, there is no evidence to suggest that this was racially motivated. I don’t even think black people think in terms of race…Am i right???
May 18th, 2007 at 3:05 AM
So, what you’re telling me is that every murder a white has committed upon a black is made national news? DEFINITELY NOT. Whites kill blacks every day and vice verse and it doesn’t make the news. It is sad that some feel the need to exploit the tragic death of these 2 people for racial pandering.
May 18th, 2007 at 3:43 AM
The bottom line with the murders is the savage nature, and the lack of media focus on the trial. It’s sad. And my heart bleeds for these kids, because you know what? That could be any of us. And it sucks to think about that.
May 18th, 2007 at 4:48 AM
has it ever occured to you that the media isn’t focusing on it because it is too grostesque for mainstream consumption? do you really think they’re not covering it because the perpetrators are black? not everything has to do with a goddamn media bias. the fact that you could mention this in the same breath as the FUCKING duke lacrosse BULLSHIT makes me sick. this is NOTHING like that, and don’t use this fucking atrocity to make another useless point about some imagined media bias. its distasteful and disrespectful. if that was my kid, i wouldnt want anybody to be talking about it. i certainly wouldnt want it being disussed on some sports blog as the Manufactured Racial Controversy of the Month. thanks but no thanks.