Breaking: Phil Mushnick Finds Something Positive to Say About ESPN!

1-liner, ESPN, Media Gossip/Musings TheBigLead February 2nd. 2009, 1:30pm

Mushnick: Lots of ESPN bashing in his latest column, but he actually said something really nice about Greg Garber! “Perhaps yesterday’s best Super Bowl pregame feature appeared five hours before kickoff – Greg Garber’s ESPN piece on the Steelers’ wacky radio announcer Myron Cope, who died in February.” Less kind words are reserved for Mike Patrick and ESPN management. (NY Post)

8 Responses to “Breaking: Phil Mushnick Finds Something Positive to Say About ESPN!”

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TheSportsHernia Says:
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Seriously, someone needs a picture of the Phil Mushnick war room.
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cracker jack Says:
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:36 PM
I thought he actually complimented Mark Jackson?
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Oh No Romo Says:
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Readers have lately asked how and why sports writers are allowed to become business partners with those they cover – write books with/for Joe Torre, for example – then continue to cover those people for their news agencies. Answer: I don’t know.
Well, he’s honest. I’ll give him that.
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rs27 Says:
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:41 PM
He did compliment Mark Jackson. TBL not reading the entire article? I don’t believe it.
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Jake Says:
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Umm thats actually a compliment to Mark Jackson.
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TheBigLead Says:
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:44 PM
yeah, you’re right, that IS a compliment. my bad.
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jimmy Says:
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Seriously, someone needs a picture of the Phil Mushnick war room.
i think it contains voodoo dolls of the following:
don imus, john sterling, mike francesa, chris russo, craig carton, joe benigno, steven a. smith, al sharpton, jim dolan (though he’s been rather silent about dolan of late), sid rosenberg, stuart scott and a lifesize doll of vince mcmahon.
the funny thing is, he must love stern. i don’t think i’ve ever read a column where he took apart stern and lord knows there’s ample ammunition (in muchnick’s mind) to do so.
i think — but i’m not sure — mushnick has been on stern’s show.
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jimmy Says:
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Ahh, ESPN. Wednesday, ESPN boss George Bodenheimer announced a hiring freeze while warning that 200 jobs will soon eliminated.
The next day, ESPN announced it had hired Herm Edwards.
All of us have long known that ESPN could have saved many millions of dollars simply by eliminating three-person booths during football, baseball, basketball and tennis telecasts, especially because two-in-the-booth is often more than enough.
And it wouldn’t hurt to learn, before hiring big-ticket/big-name folks, whether they even belong in the business. Or was Emmitt Smith hired to improve the running game?
he’s got a damned good point there. how many guys making, say, $40k are losing their jobs just because they can throw, say, a half-million at edwards? nothing against herm, but will anyone really turn to bspn just because herm is there?