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By: groface killah

groface killah — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:35:35 +0000

ppat should have told espn he was going to florida and then announced UK. shove it right back in espn’s face.

By: UKFAN01

UKFAN01 — Wed, 23 May 2007 01:52:49 +0000

ESPN is a large collection of ego maniacs these days. Its almost to a point where I dont watch anymore.

http://WWW.razztalk.com all Uk all the time

By: guindage

guindage — Wed, 23 May 2007 01:19:45 +0000

the pattersons wanted to be close but not too close. that’s why they planned on moving to jax instead of gaynesville had he chosen the lesser school. but thanks for playing, moron.

By: ukcatfan88

ukcatfan88 — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:27:14 +0000

Dom–The Jacksonville refernce is something the family said, which was they would move or try to be about an hour or two away from PP so they could give him his space, yet watch him play. Billy Donovan, according to PP himself, offered to help the family get a house in Jacksonville…..which smells way improper. But that shows us how BD rolls, as well. And PP says this, not conjecture or heresay. Gaytor fans just can’t take the fact he chose UK. You can have the pixie Lucas. We’ll take the stud.

By: Agent_Torpor

Agent_Torpor — Tue, 22 May 2007 17:31:44 +0000

Dom, save the Gator whining for another post, please.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Tue, 22 May 2007 14:37:27 +0000

Ok, I see how this works. This site can post a thread about Tony Parker’s wedding being called off without any investigation for accuracy. This site can post the wedding pictures of a couple just for ridicule. But when it comes to ESPN, journalistic integrity has all of a sudden been discovered?

By: BDoc

BDoc — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:32:17 +0000

I would have loved for him to tell ESPN that he chose a school other than Kentucky, and then when they went to him live he announces that he’s going to Kentucky. Talk about an instant classic.

By: ColinMo

ColinMo — Tue, 22 May 2007 05:39:28 +0000

ESPN is a piece of shit, period.

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 22 May 2007 01:26:40 +0000

I’m suprised that people are suprised that this happens. Do you honestly think that The New York Times, or any other major newspaper, has never told a source, “if you give us an exclusive we will put your story above the fold?” Or that a magazine has never given someone a cover in exchange for an exclusive? Or that a radio show has never told a guest it will have him on in exchange for an exclusive interview?

The simple fact is that the Patterson news conference by itself held no value to ESPN. But, the Patterson news conference plus a scoop did have value. In exchange for that value, ESPN was willing to provide Patterson with value, i.e., exposure.

By: Hampton Stevens

Hampton Stevens — Mon, 21 May 2007 23:07:20 +0000

No, guys. TBL is right. There is a big difference between getting news and making it. This isn’t a mortal sin, but it’s pretty darn tacky.