Stupid is as a reporter does
"Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it's shining."
-Sonny Liston
Do you remember Barry Bonds' infamous "next question...because it was stupid" interview after the Giants lost game 7 of the 2002 World Series? Media types reference it quite a bit to show what a jerk Barry Bonds is, but imagine if you had to deal with sports reporters every day of your life. It would probably make you so angry that your head would swell with rage, your hair would fall out, and small boils would break out all over your back.
Anyway, reader Pob Rearson sent us this gem from yesterday's Jason Blake news conference:
Was watching LEAFSTV today figuring they would have more info about the Jason Blake announcement. I watched with great interest as I had a sparkling, shining Twooney on the line with my father.
The bet....which whore/genius/"journalist" will be the first to ask Jason Blake how his family felt when they heard about his cancer, because clearly thats a question that needs to be answered...perhaps his family would have been happy or maybe disappointed/embarrassed in having a cancer patient in the family...please somebody get to the bottom of this mystery...oh he started to cry as he mentioned his kids...didn't see that coming........Thank you Howard Berger for the Thanksgiving Twooney.
Congrats on the win, Pob.
Amazingly, Howard Berger's query may not have been the stupidest question asked of Blake yesterday. Believe it or not, Sportsnet's Damien Goddard brought the douchebaggery to a whole new level, as David Shoalts reported in his blog today:
-Sonny Liston
Do you remember Barry Bonds' infamous "next question...because it was stupid" interview after the Giants lost game 7 of the 2002 World Series? Media types reference it quite a bit to show what a jerk Barry Bonds is, but imagine if you had to deal with sports reporters every day of your life. It would probably make you so angry that your head would swell with rage, your hair would fall out, and small boils would break out all over your back.
Anyway, reader Pob Rearson sent us this gem from yesterday's Jason Blake news conference:
Was watching LEAFSTV today figuring they would have more info about the Jason Blake announcement. I watched with great interest as I had a sparkling, shining Twooney on the line with my father.
The bet....which whore/genius/"journalist" will be the first to ask Jason Blake how his family felt when they heard about his cancer, because clearly thats a question that needs to be answered...perhaps his family would have been happy or maybe disappointed/embarrassed in having a cancer patient in the family...please somebody get to the bottom of this mystery...oh he started to cry as he mentioned his kids...didn't see that coming........Thank you Howard Berger for the Thanksgiving Twooney.
Congrats on the win, Pob.
Amazingly, Howard Berger's query may not have been the stupidest question asked of Blake yesterday. Believe it or not, Sportsnet's Damien Goddard brought the douchebaggery to a whole new level, as David Shoalts reported in his blog today:
Goddard asked Blake if cancer put his "mini-slump" into perspective. Blake, who scored 40 goals for the New York Islanders last season, had yet to score in three games for the Leafs.
As jaws in the Leafs' media centre dropped, Blake looked incredulous.
"Mini-slump?" Blake said. "Is that what you guys call it here?"
Welcome to Toronto, Jason. If you thought dealing with Larry Brooks was a treat, wait 'till you've had a full season of Toronto's best and brightest hockey minds.
Props to Shoaltsy, though. I ragged on him a bit yesterday, but today he gets full credit for calling Goddard out publicly. We've criticized reporters here in the past for covering up for their cronies when they get caught lying or publishing irresponsible fantasies, so it is only fair that we acknowledge when someone breaks the code of silence.
Just a general comment...nothing related to the "Stupid is as a reporter does"...good post BTW.
While watching Prime Time Sports (why do I do this...honestly it's just the same ole complaining *sigh*...it's like a bad Seinfeld stand up routine..."whats the deal with airplane peanuts...")I was interested to hear the thoughts of Darren Rovel (sp) (he is often reporting on CNBC about sports and business) He was going to talk about Nike selling it's Bauer division (I remember my brand new Bauer 100's under the tree...sweet rides)and how they were going to take a loss on the sale etc.
Well unfortunately he wasn't able to make it, soooo Bob McGowan in his infinite "I'll bad mouth all things hockey cause it'll make it look like I'm thinking outside the box" wisdom, went on to discuss that "ya know hockey is in bad shape when Nike can't slap a swoosh on a pair of skates and sell sell sell." Some truth here. Most would have expected that Nike could have made an impact in the US, but it clearly failed. Good point Bob...stop there don't say another word...you've made sense without sounding whiny, get off the ice while you are in the plus column....
Ahhhh...no such luck. He then mockingly asks his partner, in all things gloom, how much a pair of Nike/Bauer skates cost...not the most expensive pair...he says just a pair of skates...Old Man Buffalo says 300-400 bucks...and Bob drops the $1000 price tag. Then laughs..."well no wonder they aren't selling skates and aren't making money har har har...." good one fellas.
Now to suggest that you can't get a pair of Nike/Bauer skates for under 1k is like saying GM only sells Cadillac Escalades
The I hate hockey shtick is old, but it seems to get ratings...probably cause there isn't any real alternative?