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January 20, 2014

Richard Sherman: I'm Better Than You, Skip Bayless
— Ace

Count de Monet linked this in the comments. Apparently sports goof Skip Bayless had challenged Sherman's assertion that he was the best in the league at his position. (Apparently his pronouncement is now substantially vindicated, as one commentator (Troy Aikman?) did call him the league's best corner last night.)

Many commenters have said Sherman's trash-talk is certainly not isolated to post-game adrenaline rushes. I don't know anything about the man -- I just heard of him yesterday. (I stopped watching football a year ago.)

At any rate, his trash-talking occurs during moments of perfect clarity as well.

I... look, I think I'm locked into my previous position now (having taken a position, my ego is invested, and now I resolve all questions in favor of my original position), but I gotta say, I don't really know who this Skip Bayless character is, apart from some kind of sports reporter, and I just love a reporter being told "I'm better than you" to his face.

The man has a healthy ego. Let's just say that.

Posted by: Ace at 10:34 AM | Comments (267)
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1 He is better than Skip Bayless, trust me.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at January 20, 2014 10:36 AM (080XV)

2 I barely know Skip Bayless but the few times I've seen him-- annoying.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 10:36 AM (RJMhd)

3 Totally.

Posted by: NCKate at January 20, 2014 10:37 AM (x6fKj)

4 Actually, this response should be given to all reporters in all interviews, always.

Posted by: Vortex Lovera at January 20, 2014 10:37 AM (wtvvX)

5 Ouch.

Posted by: Insomniac at January 20, 2014 10:39 AM (UAMVq)

6 Oh gawd--what's the name of that other sports reporter? That guy is annoying too. This is like Sherman in an annoying sandwich. wow.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 10:39 AM (RJMhd)

7 Bayless is a dick. So is Sherman. Two dicks fighting to see who is a bigger dick. I also predict that Bayless, despite his personal history with Sherman, will accuse America of being racist for getting annoyed at Sherman.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 20, 2014 10:39 AM (ZPrif)

8 This is a grown man that goes by 'Skip'. How serious would you take him if he challenged you?

Posted by: supercore23 at January 20, 2014 10:39 AM (bwV72)

9 Oh gawd--what's the name of that other sports reporter?

That guy is annoying too.

Stephen Smith?

Posted by: EC at January 20, 2014 10:40 AM (GQ8sn)

10 All right. I'm rooting all out for Seattle in the "big game". (have to say "big game" or nfl might charge me)

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at January 20, 2014 10:40 AM (h53OH)

11 This is going to continue until the Stupid Bowl, right? When is that? a month or more? and the only way to escape it is what? Everywhere you look. . .

Posted by: Wierd Roy Buyless at January 20, 2014 10:41 AM (SyZ3M)

12 I'm better than Skip Bayless. You are better than Skip Bayless. My 100 lbs sister is better than Skip Bayless. If you have a second, search for the time Mark Cuban destroyed Mr. Bayless on-air.

Posted by: wte9 at January 20, 2014 10:41 AM (2BJaL)

13 >>> Oh gawd--what's the name of that other sports reporter? Oh God he's awful too... I think he has an "SS" name. Steven Smith?

Posted by: ace at January 20, 2014 10:41 AM (/FnUH)

14 Awww-kwerd. Great takedown. Enjoyed muchly the black host watching quietly allowing it to develop without interfering. Excellent.

Posted by: bour3 at January 20, 2014 10:41 AM (5x3+2)

15 Non-clickers!

Posted by: EC at January 20, 2014 10:41 AM (GQ8sn)

16 People tell me all the time that they are better than me.

But now, with my obamacare, my psychiatrist can make me feel better about myself for free! I can even call to make an appointment with my free obamaphone - even while I'm doing other things like buy liquor with my free EBT card.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 20, 2014 10:41 AM (BZAd3)

17 Skip Bayless is a tool and always says something shocking to generate ratings. I think years ago Troy Aikman refused to speak to ESPN if Bayless was still employed there. I think Sherman is trying to make a name for himself too, with his antics.

Posted by: Adrienne at January 20, 2014 10:42 AM (lVcuh)

18 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 20, 2014 10:42 AM (PYAXX)

19 IMHO, I thought Sherman running off with the trophy, like he won it himself, as opposed to it being a team effort, was the most obnoxious thing he did last night.

Posted by: wiserbud at January 20, 2014 10:42 AM (NXg/k)

20 Oi. Well, in fairness, he probably is better than Skip whoever. But making an ass of oneself is never a Good Plan(TM).

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 20, 2014 10:43 AM (PYAXX)

21 I further predict that multiple ESPN talked heads will somehow tie in America getting all racist and angry at Sherman with ... MLK day. I predict many a tenuous and dumbass analogy. It's MLK day and the sports controversy of the hour is whether America is afraid of an outspoken black man speaking the truth. White America - Threat or Menace?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 20, 2014 10:43 AM (ZPrif)

22 I like this Sherman guy. OK, his rant was...loud. But people are calling him a thug for it? Really? I thought one had to commit a crime or bully someone to be a thug. And I thought only Leftists hollowed out definitions of words and inserted new ones.

Posted by: baldilocks at January 20, 2014 10:43 AM (36Rjy)

23 Sports writers are the most insufferable D-bags on the face of the earth. Even more so when they venture into politics (which is all too frequently these days).

Posted by: buzz at January 20, 2014 10:44 AM (i27M5)

24 I like this Sherman guy. OK, his rant was...loud. But people are calling him a thug for it? Really? I thought one had to commit a crime or bully someone to be a thug. I certainly prefer the term "punk" to "thug" in this case. As you mention- they have specific meanings. And, yes, I think he's a punk. I think he lacks class. OTOH, I think this (like the Crabtree remarks) is a big nothing-burger with extra nothing-sauce.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 20, 2014 10:44 AM (PYAXX)

25 All right. I'm rooting all out for Seattle in the "big game". (have to say "big game" or nfl might charge me) Super Bong Bowl. (Thanks Colorado)

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2014 10:45 AM (uVkIH)

26 Isn't Skip Bayless the Shep Smith of Sports?

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2014 10:45 AM (lg3mB)

I only wish I could be as blissfully ignorant to the existance of Skip Bayless.

Posted by: Paul at January 20, 2014 10:45 AM (9qDRl)

28 Skip Bayless is one of those guys with the annoying ability to always fail upward. He's a hack in the worst sense, yet he keeps getting high-profile gigs.Astounding, really.

Seeing Bayless get smacked down by anyone is worth the time.

Posted by: CoderInCrisis at January 20, 2014 10:45 AM (BAEzE)

29 First Take is a shitty show that always matches Bayless against a black guy to argue over something about. Usually devolves into a shouting match and most of it is probably staged bullshit for ratings.

Posted by: Adam at January 20, 2014 10:45 AM (Aif/5)

30 Skip Bayless is a douche. We are all better than he.

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 20, 2014 10:45 AM (B2fm1)

31 Skip Bayless is an ass. I wouldn't want my kid acting like Sherman, but it is entertaining to watch a talented gasbag take down a less talented gasbag

Posted by: thunderb at January 20, 2014 10:46 AM (zOTsN)

32 Often, athletes at the top of their game (not saying Sherman is, but he's damned good) are not nice people. Their drive to win is well beyond what most of us would consider normal. Some can turn it off when they leave the field/court/track, some cannot. It seems to be a common thread among the best of the best. I've missed all of the comments since this morning (stupid job), but has Pete Carroll's alleged 9/11 trutherism been brought up yet?

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 20, 2014 10:46 AM (LSJmV)

33 Now we're bringing in sportscasters and writers, who are some of the most noxious and odious human beings on the face of the Earth? The worst sports media personalities are nothing but envious jock-sniffers.

Posted by: William F. at January 20, 2014 10:46 AM (MMC8r)

34 First Take is an awful show, it's the Kardashian of sports. Pretty sure that's where RGIII was called a cornball brother.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at January 20, 2014 10:46 AM (WdbF7)

You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: Â“We gotta play it one day at a time.Â” Â… 'Course it's boring, that's the point. Write it down.

Posted by: Crash Davis at January 20, 2014 10:46 AM (vgIRn)

36 Skip Bayless was a tool when he wrote for the Dallas Boring News, and he's a tool now. He wants to make himself the story, not the sport.

Posted by: jnials at January 20, 2014 10:46 AM (DFVOm)

37 Oh, and the Niners are some of the cockiest players around, so yeah, you can expect people to rub it in when they lose.

Posted by: Paul at January 20, 2014 10:46 AM (9qDRl)

38 Steven Smith isn't a bad guy. Now, Michael Wibon is a monumental piece of shit.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2014 10:46 AM (lg3mB)

39 9 Oh gawd--what's the name of that other sports reporter? That guy is annoying too. Stephen Smith? Posted by: EC at January 20, 2014 02:40 PM (GQ8sn) ********** Ya..that guy can go full on annoying. All Sherman did is beat them at their own trash talk imo. Someone else in the hizzy has ESPN on all the time. I hope I'm not getting Stephen Smith mixed up with someone else on ESPN. Ack! Anyone else familiar with Stephen Smith?

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 10:47 AM (RJMhd)

40 Roll out da barrel......

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2014 10:47 AM (uVkIH)

41 erg is better than Skip Bayless. He is an unpolished turd.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2014 10:47 AM (g1DWB)

42 The only thing that could have made this better - Anthony Weiner.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 20, 2014 10:47 AM (BZAd3)

43 Hehe...Crash Davis please report to the barrel.

Posted by: EC at January 20, 2014 10:47 AM (GQ8sn)

44 I would bet you I can go back and get some Johnny Football comments from the same people who are defending Sherman that would contradict themselves.

Posted by: polynikes at January 20, 2014 10:47 AM (m2CN7)

Did I do that?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2014 10:47 AM (BAS5M)

46 >>> like this Sherman guy. OK, his rant was...loud. But people are calling him a thug for it? Really? I thought one had to commit a crime or bully someone to be a thug. we seem to be turning a momentary lapse into some sort of transgression. Thing is, everyone would excuse HIMSELF for a similar lapse. We all enforce our rules and our critiques on each other. But sometimes we apply what I call the Vindictive Standard -- no latitude, no give, no slack. We do this with people we don't like. The left does it to the right with, say, gay-baiting slurs. If someone on the right makes the vaguest allusion to homosexuality, he's a H8r. But then they give themselves all sorts of latitude to suggest their opponents are queerz, don't they? At any rate, I'm in favor of more consistent standards and I'm against the selective enforcement of the Vindictive Standard against people we don't like. My take is: if we'd shrug off our OWN minor transgressions in this area, we have to equally shrug off someone else's. If all we'd say of ourselves is "I gotta watch my anger and my mouth next time," that's really the limit of what we should say about another person But most people don't. Selective enforcement of the Vindictive Standard -- a double-standard permitting us to enjoy criticizing harshly the same behavior we more than countenance in ourselves -- is as human as eating, sleeping, or sex.

Posted by: ace at January 20, 2014 10:47 AM (/FnUH)

47 At least we got someone in the barrel out of this one.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at January 20, 2014 10:47 AM (+fNrM)

48 My dog is better than Skip Bayless My dog's turd is better than Skip Bayless The fly on my dog's turd is better than Skip Bayless

Posted by: thunderb at January 20, 2014 10:47 AM (zOTsN)

I saw Insufferable Douchebags open for Olbermann's Outsized Ego in Bristol,Connecticut back in '98.

Maybe it was the beer, but I can remember when the acts changed to save my ass.

Posted by: ScoggDog at January 20, 2014 10:47 AM (JbNtM)

Everyone is making too much of this. Including us.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 20, 2014 10:48 AM (ZkzmI)

51 Posted by: Crash Davis at January 20, 2014 02:46 PM (vgIRn) Barrel. Also, should we start calling him Richard "Dick" Sherman?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 20, 2014 10:48 AM (PYAXX)

52 #35, report to the barrel, please. #35, to the barrel.

Posted by: CoderInCrisis at January 20, 2014 10:48 AM (KVuZM)

53 I've missed all of the comments since this morning (stupid job), but has Pete Carroll's alleged 9/11 trutherism been brought up yet?

Posted by: Countrysquire

Yes, and it gives me yet another reason to dislike that preening asshole. He's a clown, nothing more.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at January 20, 2014 10:48 AM (080XV)

54
The Media wants me to hate Richard Sherman.

It isn't working, Media. Give it up, assholes.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 20, 2014 10:48 AM (gYIst)

55 I had just commented in the last thread that after watching part of this I no longer GAS about Richard Sherman, one way or the other. Too damn much drama. Just play the effing game!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 20, 2014 10:48 AM (DmNpO)

56 38 Steven Smith isn't a bad guy. Now, Michael Wibon is a monumental piece of shit. Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2014 02:46 PM (lg3mB) ******** Oh snikes! I might be mixing people up. I just ambient watch. The boy toy always has it on so I multi-task. Ugh. I might be smelling like a racist here.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 10:48 AM (RJMhd)

57 As I said on Twitter, Sherman's real crime is scaring the women...and I don't mean Ms. Andrews.

Posted by: baldilocks at January 20, 2014 10:49 AM (36Rjy)

58 At least we got someone in the barrel out of this one. Rejoice! Frolic! Be merry & mirthful, for the barrel has been fed!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2014 10:49 AM (uVkIH)

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 20, 2014 02:46 PM (LSJmV)

Countrysquire I'm sure you could come up with a dozen names of hall of famers in many sports right off the top of your head that are the opposite of what you described.

Posted by: polynikes at January 20, 2014 10:49 AM (m2CN7)

60 No, Stephen Smith is definitely also a major epic douche.

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 20, 2014 10:49 AM (B2fm1)

61 As I said on Twitter, Sherman's real crime is scaring the women...and I don't mean Ms. Andrews. *** heh

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 20, 2014 10:50 AM (DmNpO)

62 I just ambient watch.

Hah....I like it.

Posted by: eleven at January 20, 2014 10:50 AM (KXm42)

63 Countrysquire I brought up Carroll's truther asshattery in the last thread I am just that way. Judging, always judging Go Denver Oh I lurve the Landrover

Posted by: thunderb at January 20, 2014 10:50 AM (zOTsN)

64 The ranks of the truly wealthy in this country are filled with muscicians, actors, and athletes. I wonder what the breakdown of the wealthy in Rome looked like.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 20, 2014 10:50 AM (ZkzmI)

Richard Sherman would make a great naval avi-at-or. Top Gun.

Wonder how he is at 2-man volleyball?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2014 10:50 AM (BAS5M)

66 But of course his actions prove he has a bruised ego and the insecurity oozes out of him. Hence the over the top bravado.

Posted by: Pfffffttttt at January 20, 2014 10:50 AM (DsAD+)

67 >>>Everyone is making too much of this. Including us. sure... but this is all I'm good for today. plus I just think this video is funny. I despise reporters. I think I despise sports reporters most of all. Especially the ones who brand themselves as either 'edgy" (that Jim Rome guy, for example) or "thoughtful" (Costas, Olbermann). I hate any sports reporter that doesn't accept the fact that he's just an entertainment reporter and not a "brand" or a show in his own right. I hate news reporters who do that too, of course. Which is most of them.

Posted by: ace at January 20, 2014 10:51 AM (/FnUH)

68 I certainly prefer the term "punk" to "thug" in this case. As you mention- they have specific meanings. And, yes, I think he's a punk. If you want to get technical, the etymology of "punk" is "prostitute". If you want to go with the informal, it's a worthless person. I disagree that he's worthless. He's worth a couple million now, and more when he's done with the Seahawks contract. And he's willing to argue with a sports writer on his own turf. That's worth something to me.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 20, 2014 10:51 AM (P7Wsr)

69
What's next?

Why, death threats, of course!

It's All Bullshit.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 20, 2014 10:52 AM (gYIst)

70 @39 Anyone else familiar with Stephen Smith?

You mean "Screamin' A. Smith?" The race-obsessed gasbag ESPN trots out for NBA coverage? (Well, one of their stable of race-obsessed gasbags). Yeah, I've never cared for his schtick either.

Posted by: CoderInCrisis at January 20, 2014 10:52 AM (BAEzE)

71 Sports Reporters are usually ass kissing jock sniffers who couldn't play the sports they cover. I am surprised that athletes don't put the beat downs on them more often. Remember Jim Rome Jim Everett? Classic. I hate that smarmy fucker Rome.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 20, 2014 10:52 AM (32Ze2)

72 I hate sideline reporters with the fire of ten billion suns.

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 20, 2014 10:52 AM (B2fm1)

73 Stephen Smith?

Posted by: EC at January 20, 2014 02:40 PM (GQ8sn)

----------------------------------------------

I was thinking Bob Costas. I'd love to see anyone get in Costa's face.

Posted by: DC politicians at January 20, 2014 10:52 AM (ycijm)

74 I hate any sports reporter that doesn't accept the fact that he's just an entertainment reporter and not a "brand" or a show in his own right. I hate news reporters who do that too, of course. Which is most of them. It's so easy to hate, Ace. It takes much more effprt to be kind and understanding.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2014 10:52 AM (lg3mB)

75 All I gotta say is I'm glad he's on my team. Personally, I'd leave the trash talk at home but that's just me.

Posted by: Mark at January 20, 2014 10:53 AM (m/7YN)

76 54 The Media wants me to hate Richard Sherman. It isn't working, Media. Give it up, assholes. Posted by: soothsayer at January 20, 2014 02:48 PM (gYIst) This. Does no one remember some dude called Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali?

Posted by: baldilocks at January 20, 2014 10:53 AM (36Rjy)

77 Countrysquire I'm sure you could come up with a dozen names of hall of famers in many sports right off the top of your head that are the opposite of what you described. Posted by: polynikes No doubt, but I think it's because they can turn it off when they leave the field. Howie Long and Jerry Rice are good examples.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 20, 2014 10:54 AM (LSJmV)

78 Ahhh, time for the afternoon Tejano music on the plant floor...

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 20, 2014 10:54 AM (B2fm1)

79 I have no doubt there are actual racists saying actual racist things on twitter about Sherman. Deadspin's tactic was simple. Compare racists saying racist things about Sherman to non-racists saying non-racist things about Sherman. Imply the non-racists saying non-racist things are just better at hiding their true motivations. I have no doubt a lot of anti-white racist shit was said yesterday on twitter about Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, too. A quick search and I found multiple racists on twitter telling Brady and Manning they are faggot-ass white boys who should go fuck themselves. Shocker. Funny, Deadspin has no articles on the racial hate directed at Brady or Manning on twitter yesterday.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 20, 2014 10:54 AM (ZPrif)

80 >>we seem to be turning a momentary lapse into some sort of transgression. His reaction may have been a bit over the top but I repeat Sherman has always been like this. He has always gone out of his way to self-promote, it's his shtick. The only reason most people don't know this is because he's in Seattle and until recently nobody gave a crap about the Seahawks. If he had played on a consistent contender or in a major market this wouldn't have been a blip on the radar. And there is a lot of hate not just between Crabtree and Sherman but the Hawks and 49ers. They flat out do not like each other and have been yapping for a couple years now. I couldn't care less about his "outburst" since I know it was as much shtick as actual anger.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2014 10:54 AM (g1DWB)

81 I hate sideline reporters with the fire of ten billion suns.

Good ........gooooood.......let the hate flow through you.....

Posted by: eleven at January 20, 2014 10:54 AM (KXm42)

82 How can you not know Skip Bayless of the infamous Tebow video?

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 20, 2014 10:54 AM (E4MKN)

83 Stephen Smith is annoying Michael Wilbon is indeed a monumental piece of shit. I don't want to be banned so I'll refrain from airing my opinion on Rob "cornball brother" Parker. And yes that did occur on Skip's wonderful show.

Posted by: Adam at January 20, 2014 10:54 AM (Aif/5)

84 Does no one remember some dude called Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali?

Posted by: baldilocks at January 20, 2014 02:53 PM (36Rjy)

We had that discussion and concluded he was a dick also. I'm more in the George Foreman camp.

Posted by: polynikes at January 20, 2014 10:54 AM (m2CN7)

85 No--I went to youtube. Stephen Smith is the guy that is annoying. They both are. So much drama over jock straps. Jeebus. It's like soap opera for dudes.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 10:54 AM (RJMhd)

86
Does no one remember some dude called Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali?

Precisely!

re: the heroic portrayal of Cassius Clay

This is obvious, no? Because Cassius Clay was a lightning rod who brought out the worst in the Worst. As mentioned above, Sherman's antics seemed to trigger an ugly ignorant response in a few people.

The Media (and the Fuck With Normal Left Wing) loves this theater. They thrive on it. They use dopes like Sherman and Clay to get eyeballs glued to the TV screens.
Posted by: soothsayer at January 20, 2014 02:10 PM

Posted by: soothsayer at January 20, 2014 10:55 AM (gYIst)

87 >It's so easy to hate, Ace.

It takes much more effprt to be kind and understanding.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2014 02:52 PM (lg3mB)<

Hey look. A theatre major is socking garrett.

Posted by: Muad'dib at January 20, 2014 10:55 AM (KjlbF)

88 @67 I despise reporters. I think I despise sports reporters most of all. Especially the ones who brand themselves as either 'edgy" (that Jim Rome guy, for example) or "thoughtful" (Costas, Olbermann).

There are people in the world whose careers astonish me. Just the fact that they have them at all, I mean. Bayless is certainly one, but Jim Rome is my go-to example. He does a decent interview, I'll give him that much, but I can not for the life of me understand what anyone sees in him. There are lots of other people that could do interviews just as well.

As for Costas, well, it's best not to get my blood pressure up too soon. The Olympics are coming up and I'll have to put up with his know-it-all condescension for two solid weeks.

Posted by: CoderInCrisis at January 20, 2014 10:56 AM (BAEzE)

89 Cassius clay was a gigantic asshole too!

Posted by: Pfffffttttt at January 20, 2014 10:56 AM (DsAD+)

90 Why invite a guess on the show and insult them?

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 20, 2014 10:56 AM (E4MKN)

91 I kept waiting for the other host to lean back, laugh, and say "Brotha jus' took you DOWN, you honky mofo!!!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 20, 2014 10:57 AM (V8t6I)

92 The most Sherman did was perhaps bad manners, being a poor sport. Don't care OTOH, I am sick of the same stupid sports reporters describing what a nice guy Pete Carroll is. Who cheated and dorked up USCs college program and left them holding the bag, and who interrogates a four star general about the "inside job" of the 911 attack on the Pentagon. He is not a nice guy. He is an asshole. I would much rather judge him

Posted by: thunderb at January 20, 2014 10:57 AM (zOTsN)

93 Skip Bayless looks like he's had a LOT of plastic surgery. I think I'd enjoy giving him a beating. I still enjoy watching the clip of Jim Everett knocking the table over to threaten Jim Rome. Which, as said above, should be standard procedure for all reporters.

Posted by: Phinn at January 20, 2014 10:57 AM (xE7Vp)

94 guess = guest

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 20, 2014 10:57 AM (E4MKN)

95

Manning is going to face-stomp Sherman.

The NFL is now a QB's league, for better or for worse. And Manning is in top form right now.

So all this trash-talk with just come back to bite him in the ass.

Posted by: dan-O at January 20, 2014 10:57 AM (D0bIN)

96 new QBs on Facebook up:

http://profootballmock.com/facebookchat/nfl-qbs-facebook-conference-brawls/

Posted by: wiserbud at January 20, 2014 10:58 AM (NXg/k)

97 Where's the Outrage Mill Guy when you need him...

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 20, 2014 10:58 AM (B2fm1)

98 84 Does no one remember some dude called Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali? Posted by: baldilocks at January 20, 2014 02:53 PM (36Rjy) We had that discussion and concluded he was a dick also. I'm more in the George Foreman camp. Posted by: polynikes at January 20, 2014 02:54 PM (m2CN7) I should have known. Sorry I missed it. And Foreman seems like a good guy. So did Joe Frazier. Ali even apologized for the nasty things he said about the latter.

Posted by: baldilocks at January 20, 2014 10:58 AM (36Rjy)

99 Funny, Deadspin has no articles on the racial hate directed at Brady or Manning on twitter yesterday.

Why would they? You're supposed to hate white men.

Posted by: HR at January 20, 2014 10:58 AM (hO8IJ)

100 There is something not organic about Sherman's behavior, IMO. I think he's trying way too hard to be a badass. He wants to be a household name like Deion Sanders, Warren Sapp, Keyshawn, etc. It seems rather fake to me. My opinion.

Posted by: Adrienne at January 20, 2014 10:58 AM (lVcuh)

101 I still enjoy watching the clip of Jim Everett knocking the table over to threaten Jim Rome.

Which, as said above, should be standard procedure for all reporters.

Posted by: Phinn at January 20, 2014 02:57 PM (xE7Vp)

I thought it was Chrisy Everett that slapped Jim Rome?

Posted by: polynikes at January 20, 2014 10:58 AM (m2CN7)

102 Me, I'd like to see Ted Cruz do this same thing to F. Chuck Todd or someone of his ilk. Just articulately crush him.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 20, 2014 10:58 AM (LSJmV)

103 Why invite a guess on the show and insult them? It's my schtick!

Posted by: Bill "We'll do it live" O'Blustery[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 20, 2014 10:59 AM (P7Wsr)

104 Here is what I know: Somebody here got invited to the AFC Championship Game with first level seats for free and had a great time watching his team win and Brady cry. That somebody was not you. It was me! Not you. Me!

Bwahahahaha.

How's that for trash talk?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 20, 2014 10:59 AM (n0DEs)

105

OT, but airport security is unbelievable today. Naked scanners, required thumbprints, required bomb-residue swabs, hand search of all carryons at the gate, check of ticket and ID plus searching questions also at the gate.

Haven't seen security like this in some time.

Posted by: MTF at January 20, 2014 10:59 AM (B5y+v)

106 See, I didn't care about Sherman. He's an athlete. He is paid to catch a ball and run with it. He is not paid to (say) develop a thoughtful and nuanced policy in regards to Shia Islam in Lebanon. (Someone should really ask him about this by the way.)

I cared more about the coaches: one of whom has offered some thoughtful and nuanced views upon American policy, which I hear involves hijacking our own airliners and slamming them into our own policy. The other one was just an insane and histrionic douche.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 20, 2014 11:00 AM (Xfl0F)

107
See what's going on here?

You (in the general sense) are being manipulated by the Media?

Right before Your (again, in the general sense) very eyes, the Media is shaping public opinion and evoking emotional reactions on Richard Sherman and Crabtree and Black pro athletes.

The Media is doing what they do best: F'n With Y'All (in the general sense).

If You All (ibid) step back for a second, this is all Much Ado About Bullshit.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 20, 2014 11:00 AM (gYIst)

108 "Many commenters have said Sherman's trash-talk is certainly not isolated to post-game adrenaline rushes. I don't know anything about the man -- I just heard of him yesterday. (I stopped watching football a year ago.)"

Then why should we care about what you say about something you don't watch, but we do?

Go back to soccer, weenie.

Posted by: Roxy at January 20, 2014 11:00 AM (Ed+yP)

109 As for Costas, well, it's best not to get my blood pressure up too soon. The Olympics are coming up and I'll have to put up with his know-it-all condescension for two solid weeks.

Posted by: CoderInCrisis at January 20, 2014 02:56 PM (BAEzE)

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Save it. Let it simmer. Costas will be in Russia. He'll make numerous remarks about the joys of socialism. Let it happen. Then we pounce.

Posted by: Soona at January 20, 2014 11:00 AM (ycijm)

110 The Olympics are coming up and I'll have to put up with his know-it-all condescension for two solid weeks.

Or you could, you know, not watch him.

Foreign media will have ample coverage of the actual competitions.

Posted by: HR at January 20, 2014 11:00 AM (hO8IJ)

111 >>There is something not organic about Sherman's behavior, IMO. I think he's trying way too hard to be a badass. He wants to be a household name like Deion Sanders, Warren Sapp, Keyshawn, etc. It seems rather fake to me. My opinion. Ding, ding, ding. Winner. Go read about Sherman, SI had him on the cover and did a feature piece on him looking back on his life. He's about as much a thug as Donnie Osmond but guess what sells in sports? Thugs.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2014 11:00 AM (g1DWB)

112 Every time Peyton Manning yells 'OMAHA' it's like someone burned a cross on the field.

Posted by: Michael Wilbon at January 20, 2014 11:00 AM (lg3mB)

113 I'd make a comma-inclusion campaign donation to Rand Paul if he'd give Harry Reid the Sherman treatment.

Posted by: ScoggDog at January 20, 2014 11:01 AM (JbNtM)

114 Used to watch Sportscenter a lot several years ago while still in school. Saw Bayless a lot on there.

I eventually concluded that ESPN paid him to take the most indefensible position possible on any given topic, just so the other commentators could make the more sensible points.

Sherman's full of himself but he's an NFL player - a hyper-competitive attitude (which helps a lot of these players keep their jobs) is often fed by that kind of ego and trash talk. Maybe after he retires he'll calm down enough to at least acknowledge that he's being a jerk, if not really feel sorry about it.

Posted by: They Can't Have My French Fries at January 20, 2014 11:01 AM (MDr17)

115 into our own Pentagon I mean.

(There were some sarc tags also left out, but I trusted the morons to pick up on those.)

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 20, 2014 11:01 AM (Xfl0F)

116 I hope Sven starts talking trash about commenting.

Posted by: garrett at January 20, 2014 11:01 AM (lg3mB)

117 105 OT, but airport security is unbelievable today. Naked scanners, required thumbprints, required bomb-residue swabs, hand search of all carryons at the gate, check of ticket and ID plus searching questions also at the gate. Haven't seen security like this in some time. Posted by: MTF at January 20, 2014 02:59 PM (B5y+v) ********* Wow. What airport is that?

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 11:01 AM (RJMhd)

118 Heel Sherman vs Face Manning, the main event in the sports world until we get to the All Gay All the Time Olympics

Posted by: brak at January 20, 2014 11:01 AM (iEoiA)

119 Then why should we care about what you say about something you don't watch, but we do? How much sports talk do you listen to per week?

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 20, 2014 11:02 AM (P7Wsr)

120 Journolist: Let's not get personal, here. haha This was tasty.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 20, 2014 11:02 AM (IXrOn)

121 NY Knicks have a player, JR Smith, I think, who was raised middleclass, good neighborhood, good schools, two parent family. When he got some attention in the NBA he fabricated a story about growing up in the mean streets of the ghetto, and was a bad ass trash talker. Thuggiest of the Thugs. All completely made up He's a head case

Posted by: thunderb at January 20, 2014 11:03 AM (zOTsN)

122 <i>
108 "Many commenters have said Sherman's trash-talk is certainly not
isolated to post-game adrenaline rushes. I don't know anything about
the man -- I just heard of him yesterday. (I stopped watching football a
year ago.)"

Then why should we care about what you say about something you don't watch, but we do?

Go back to soccer, weenie.
</i>
In ace's defense, I think he used to watch the Giants. I'd stop watching, too.

Posted by: CoderInCrisis at January 20, 2014 11:03 AM (BAEzE)

123 What airport is that?

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 03:01 PM (RJMhd)

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Philly. Unless you're a jihadi, in which case it's "all of them".

Posted by: MTF at January 20, 2014 11:04 AM (B5y+v)

124 Wonder how much of the racial shit is coming from oh so tolerant San Francisco? Sherman might be a loud mouth, but I saw Crabtree push him in the face, and that would have set me off, too.

Posted by: UGAdawg at January 20, 2014 11:04 AM (e/9tl)

125 Damn new comment thingy...

Posted by: CoderInCrisis at January 20, 2014 11:04 AM (BAEzE)

126 Garrett, it'd all be in Scandi. How would we understand any of it ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at January 20, 2014 11:04 AM (JbNtM)

127
Why do you think The Media is constantly sticking queers (and the most obnoxious ones, too) in Your faces?

To Push Y'All's Buttons, that's why!

The Media wants you to hate on homos. Why? Because they thrive on Hate and Theater.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 20, 2014 11:04 AM (gYIst)

128 Go read about Sherman, SI had him on the cover and did a feature piece on him looking back on his life. He's about as much a thug as Donnie Osmond but guess what sells in sports? Thugs. Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2014 03:00 PM (g1DWB) I keep hearing that he graduated second in his high school class and had a 3.9 at Stanford. Comms major, but still...especially for a jock. Any of it true? And, if so, yeah, he might be trying to shake off the nerd label.

Posted by: baldilocks at January 20, 2014 11:04 AM (36Rjy)

129

You know who was one of the best trash talkers in pro sports?

Larry Bird. Trash talking on the court is an art and his opponents say his was almost as good as his game.

Posted by: polynikes at January 20, 2014 11:04 AM (m2CN7)

130 Foreign media will have ample coverage of the actual competitions.

Posted by: HR

I gotta figure out a way to watch the Olympics without giving NBC any traffic.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at January 20, 2014 11:04 AM (080XV)

131 I hate any sports reporter that doesn't accept the fact that he's just an entertainment reporter and not a "brand" or a show in his own right. I hate news reporters who do that too, of course. Which is most of them. Oh, yeah. I remember him from back when I was banging with T-Bone.

Posted by: Cory Booker at January 20, 2014 11:05 AM (lg3mB)

132 Ali was a dick, a racist and a bigot. Ali joined the Nation of Islam. Some nice Ali quotes: "my enemy is the white people, not the Vietcong" "No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters." Ali also openly said the white people were the Devil, which was and is the official teaching of the Nation of Islam. To his credit, Ali later left NOI for traditional Islam. The media pretty much just glosses over Ali's past racist statements and open bigotry.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 20, 2014 11:05 AM (ZPrif)

133 Manning is going to face-stomp Sherman.

The NFL is now a QB's league, for better or for worse. And Manning is in top form right now.

So all this trash-talk with just come back to bite him in the ass.

Posted by: dan-O at January 20, 2014 02:57 PM (D0bIN)

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It remains to be seen if Sherman is going to trash-talk Denver. I haven't heard of any, but, the SB is two weeks away.

I do hope Denver whips on the west-coasties.

Posted by: Soona at January 20, 2014 11:05 AM (ycijm)

134 Hehe, that video could have switched out the "reporter" with any ole political talking head. Facts. That's what I'm talking about.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 20, 2014 11:05 AM (IXrOn)

135 until we get to the All Gay All the Time Olympics Ugh, I wish I could get a la carte streaming of the events I want, with zero or less commentary. Maybe then I could get some combat sports, like Judo and shooting. Wouldn't that be shocking? I admire the abilities of the gymnasts, but I'm interested in other sports too!

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 20, 2014 11:05 AM (P7Wsr)

136 Ha, O/T but funny. My 11 year old just belted out, 'Hey dad, I know what the MacGuffin is in this book I'm reading.' Carry on.

Posted by: scampydog at January 20, 2014 11:06 AM (xYb8+)

137 Muhammad Ali, proud anti-miscegenationist!

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 20, 2014 11:06 AM (ZPrif)

138 Full disclosure -- 35-year SF fan. Sherman's an outstanding player who made a career-highlight play. He beat his man. Period. The fact that he couldn't just let it speak for itself suggests some sort of insecurity, or that it's an act.

Posted by: DrSteve at January 20, 2014 11:06 AM (wwKgz)

139 124 What airport is that? Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 03:01 PM (RJMhd) ======================================= Philly. Unless you're a jihadi, in which case it's "all of them". Posted by: MTF at January 20, 2014 03:04 PM (B5y+v) ****** Philly? Damn. Never ever--went through that. Wonder what is up.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 11:06 AM (RJMhd)

140 I think ace is/was a Giants/Pats fan.

So, issues.

Posted by: eleven at January 20, 2014 11:06 AM (KXm42)

141 A used tampon is better than Skip Bayless.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 20, 2014 11:06 AM (oFCZn)

142 After the near-flame war intensity of late, I'd kill for an Ace movie review. Something that doesn't make people stabby.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 20, 2014 11:07 AM (DmNpO)

143
What was the point of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy?

Exactly!

Posted by: soothsayer at January 20, 2014 11:07 AM (gYIst)

144 110 The Olympics are coming up and I'll have to put up with his know-it-all condescension for two solid weeks.

Or you could, you know, not watch him.

Foreign media will have ample coverage of the actual competitions.

That will work if it's just me watching. My wife has less patience for such things - she'll just flip the TV on and put up with it.

Posted by: CoderInCrisis at January 20, 2014 11:07 AM (BAEzE)

145 Sherman has a master's degree Maybe Sherman and JR Smith speak and behave this way to fit in with their perception of the culture of their workplace. They are over compensating Or maybe they are emotional, like Harbaugh

Posted by: thunderb at January 20, 2014 11:07 AM (zOTsN)

146 "Sherman might be a loud mouth, but I saw Crabtree push him in the face, and that would have set me off, too."

Crabtree did that because Sherman was *already* in his face trash-talking him, after patting him on the butt.

Posted by: They Can't Have My French Fries at January 20, 2014 11:07 AM (MDr17)

147 >>>I keep hearing that he graduated second in his high school class and had a 3.9 at Stanford. Comms major, but still...especially for a jock. Any of it true? And, if so, yeah, he might be trying to shake off the nerd label. i don't think he's playing up a role here. I think he has that duality, as many of us do, actually. No one is literally the same person in all contexts and all circumstances, are they? Take a proud person who normally doesn't stoop for anyone and put him in a work party with his boss during a period when he's being considered for a plum promotion and you know what you've got on your hands? You've got a very proud person who normally doesn't stoop for anyone who's putting on his Charm Offensive and kissing a little ass.

Posted by: ace at January 20, 2014 11:08 AM (/FnUH)

148 After they kick them out of the WH, I want someone to spray the entire place with luminol and go thru it with a black light and remove all the jizz stains.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 20, 2014 11:08 AM (E4MKN)

149 Something that doesn't make people stabby.

I think we're all getting a little stabby lately.

Posted by: eleven at January 20, 2014 11:09 AM (KXm42)

150 Wow just watched it! "In my 24 years of life I'm better at life than you." Epic lulz!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 20, 2014 11:09 AM (oFCZn)

151 Since his "interview" last night, the thunder family is walking around inserting the phrase "LOB!" into every conversation we have

Posted by: thunderb at January 20, 2014 11:09 AM (zOTsN)

152 Go back to soccer, weenie. I watch the NFL AND soccer. And, tennis, and hockey, and ... Label me, please.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 20, 2014 11:09 AM (IXrOn)

153 What was the point of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy?

Exactly!

Posted by: soothsayer at January 20, 2014 03:07 PM (gYIst)

I always wanted someone to come up with a Straight Eye for the Queer Guy show.

The straight guy would show the queer guy how to order a scotch and water and not drink it with a straw. Teach him how to dance without raising his hands above his shoulders, etc.

Posted by: polynikes at January 20, 2014 11:09 AM (m2CN7)

154 What was the point of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy?

Posted by: soothsayer

I actually watched an episode of that the other day. Very dated show--very 90s. It was a pretty stupid show, in retrospect.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at January 20, 2014 11:10 AM (080XV)

155 >>I keep hearing that he graduated second in his high school class and had a 3.9 at Stanford. Comms major, but still...especially for a jock. Any of it true? And, if so, yeah, he might be trying to shake off the nerd label. Yep, true. He's a very smart guy. Pretty sure his mom is a teacher or something to do with education. I think his act is less about losing the nerd image and more about playing the part he knows the media wants him to play. He's smart enough to know that media attention brings the bigs bucks. And it really doesn't matter if its choirboy or outlaw. Its all about "Look at Me!" in sports now and he's going to cash in while he can. And since he probably is the best CB in football right now he can back up his boasts. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2014 11:10 AM (g1DWB)

156 Coach Klein: Is there any sport that you do watch? You know, a physical sport? Boxing? Hockey? Bobby Boucher: I-wrestling. Coach Klein: Wrestling! Wrestling is good. Who's your favorite wrestler? Bobby Boucher: Well, even though he was slightly discourteous to me recently, I'm gonna have to say Captain Insane-O. Coach Klein: kay, okay, I want you to do to Casey...what Captain Insane-O does to the bad guy. Go. (Bobby gouges Casey's eyes, players gasp) Casey: He poked me in the eye! Bobby Boucher: Captain Insane-O shows no mercy.

Posted by: Foosball at January 20, 2014 11:10 AM (R6JT1)

157
Conclusion:
Richard Sherman is Alpha.
The Media are manipulators.
And We are suckers.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 20, 2014 11:10 AM (gYIst)

158 "In my 24 years of life I'm better at life than you." Epic lulz! Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 20, 2014 03:09 PM (oFCZn) Hehe, I know. I laughed out loud.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 20, 2014 11:10 AM (IXrOn)

159 I wonder where Sherman and Bayliss stand on legalizing pot? *ducking*

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 20, 2014 11:10 AM (LSJmV)

160 143 After the near-flame war intensity of late, I'd kill for an Ace movie review. Something that doesn't make people stabby. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 20, 2014 03:07 PM (DmNpO) Same here because I actually enjoy Ace's movie reviews. Lots of people browbeat him over the tl;dr aspect but I like long movie reviews.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 20, 2014 11:10 AM (oFCZn)

161 I think we're all getting a little stabby lately. *** I feel at most times lately as if we're about 1 comment away from a massive flame war

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 20, 2014 11:11 AM (DmNpO)

162 "I gotta figure out a way to watch the Olympics without giving NBC any traffic."

You'll get all the coverage you can handle from FNC once the first Islamokaze in a bomb vest takes out a busy (fill in the blank) in Sochi.

Posted by: Jaws at January 20, 2014 11:11 AM (Rbtz3)

163 Label me, please.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 20, 2014 03:09 PM (IXrOn)

----

....butch...

**runs**

Posted by: fixerupper at January 20, 2014 11:11 AM (nELVU)

164 we seem to be turning a momentary lapse into some sort of transgression. this wasn't even a momentary lapse this was such a nothing burger but, any hype is good for the NFL

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 20, 2014 11:12 AM (IXrOn)

165 Islamokaze

-----

heh....

mind if I steal that???

Posted by: fixerupper at January 20, 2014 11:12 AM (nELVU)

166 don't think he's playing up a role here. I think he has that duality, as many of us do, actually. Fwiw, I went to the University of Endor when Ace was playing. I can tell you one thing, nobody returns a Punt like Ace. If it wasn't for that ACL Tear, and those Hobo Skins they found in his Locker, he would have been a staple at the Pro-Bowl.

Posted by: Cory Booker at January 20, 2014 11:13 AM (lg3mB)

167 maybe its all part of the chickafication of the US Was talking to my hubbys old AF buddies this weekend they call the new pilots SNAPs. Sensitive New Age....Pilots. You cant talk to them like we used to, cause, their feelings get hurt

Posted by: thunderb at January 20, 2014 11:13 AM (zOTsN)

168 133 Ali was a dick, a racist and a bigot. Ali joined the Nation of Islam. Some nice Ali quotes: "my enemy is the white people, not the Vietcong" "No intelligent black man or black woman in his or her right black mind wants white boys and white girls coming to their homes to marry their black sons and daughters." Ali also openly said the white people were the Devil, which was and is the official teaching of the Nation of Islam. To his credit, Ali later left NOI for traditional Islam. The media pretty much just glosses over Ali's past racist statements and open bigotry. --Flatbush Joe Granted. Another Ali quote that gets little press is the response to being asked what he thought of Africa in the wake of the second Foreman fight in Congo, then called Zaire: "Thank God my granddaddy got on that boat!"

Posted by: baldilocks at January 20, 2014 11:13 AM (36Rjy)

169 One good thing about hashing this out in two posts? You realize how silly the whole deal shakes out. Posturing from lots of people with their own unknown agenda. Fun to think about though.

Posted by: Seems legit at January 20, 2014 11:13 AM (DsAD+)

170 Philly?

Damn.

Never ever--went through that.

Wonder what is up.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 03:06 PM (RJMhd)

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Ever been through LA? I make sure every time I go overseas that I don't come back through LA. Yeah. They're that bad.

Posted by: Soona at January 20, 2014 11:13 AM (ycijm)

171 154 What was the point of Queer Eye For The Straight Guy?Exactly!
Posted by: soothsayer at January 20, 2014 03:07 PM (gYIst)

I always wanted someone to come up with a Straight Eye for the Queer Guy show.

The straight guy would show the queer guy how to order a scotch and water and not drink it with a straw. Teach him how to dance without raising his hands above his shoulders, etc.

But that's hetero-normative...

Nah, I can't finish that thought. I had the same idea the first time I saw Queer Eye.

Posted by: CoderInCrisis at January 20, 2014 11:14 AM (BAEzE)

172 "mind if I steal that???"

Why not? I did.

Posted by: Jaws at January 20, 2014 11:14 AM (Rbtz3)

173
btw, anyone remember all that bullshit about "closing the donut hole" with obamacare?

Well, did the Donut Hole close, or what??

Posted by: soothsayer at January 20, 2014 11:15 AM (gYIst)

174 14 Awww-kwerd. Great takedown. Enjoyed muchly the black host watching quietly allowing it to develop without interfering. Excellent. Yep, that was a great takedown; I enjoyed it a lot. Sherman--who's paid to play football--stayed calm and stayed on point, while the annoying guy--who's paid to interview people--got testy and trite.

Posted by: m at January 20, 2014 11:15 AM (omrQI)

175 The fact that he couldn't just let it speak for itself suggests some sort of insecurity, or that it's an act. This sounds suspiciously like the Media saying "Romney wouldn't let us report on Benghazi". The act does speak for itself. Everything else is its own event.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 20, 2014 11:15 AM (P7Wsr)

176 Very well done against "Skip". Having never seen him, Bayless struck me as an elitist, arrogant, asshole. Big Time. Sherman, little rough but more eloquent than most of his ilk, i.e., non-QB football players [black and white, lest I denounce myself.]

Posted by: eureka! at January 20, 2014 11:15 AM (xiXna)

177 I hate any sports reporter that doesn't accept the fact that he's just an entertainment reporter and not a "brand" or a show in his own right. The only sports "guy" I love is Bill Simmons. I can't hate that guy. He's just too relaxed, witty, and fun. grantland.com

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 20, 2014 11:15 AM (IXrOn)

178 I thought Skip Bayless was one of the detectives from "Homicide: Life on the Street."

Posted by: Kensington at January 20, 2014 11:15 AM (Z7toi)

179 Skip Bayless is a circus clown. He does a vaudeville routine with fellow circus clown Steven A. Smith called "First Take" on ESPN. You can't watch it without endumbening yourself.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at January 20, 2014 11:15 AM (celt+)

180 And, yes, Sherman did pimp-slap Bayless. Thuggery at its finest. /s

Posted by: baldilocks at January 20, 2014 11:17 AM (36Rjy)

181 This is funny. I tried to google Johnny Manziel and Ace of Spades to see if there were any comments on his behavior and the search all had to do with Manziel holding up a couple of bottles of champagne called Ace of Spades.

Posted by: polynikes at January 20, 2014 11:18 AM (m2CN7)

182 Since his "interview" last night, the thunder family is walking around inserting the phrase "LOB!" into every conversation we have

Omaha, Omaha!

Posted by: Omaha! at January 20, 2014 11:18 AM (Xfl0F)

183 Skip Bayless is a hack. If you told him that Seattle and Denver would play in the Super Bowl this year, he would argue with you about it. Sherman calling him out raises the DB's stock in my book.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at January 20, 2014 11:18 AM (uzmcT)

184 171 Philly? Damn. Never ever--went through that. Wonder what is up. Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 03:06 PM (RJMhd) ------------------------------------------------- Ever been through LA? I make sure every time I go overseas that I don't come back through LA. Yeah. They're that bad. Posted by: Soona at January 20, 2014 03:13 PM (ycijm) ******** LAX? Flown out of there but not overseas. Thx for the tip. MTF--is saying that they are doing it to everyone or just him? (It's a little like ace's grammar problem.)

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 11:18 AM (RJMhd)

185 This is funny. I tried to google Johnny Manziel and Ace of Spades to see if there were any comments on his behavior and the search all had to do with Manziel holding up a couple of bottles of champagne called Ace of Spades. *** use 'minx' instead of Ace of Spades

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 20, 2014 11:19 AM (DmNpO)

186 >>>Go read about Sherman, SI had him on the cover and did a feature piece on him looking back on his life. He's about as much a thug as Donnie Osmond but guess what sells in sports? Thugs. --- Yes I agree. I saw him a few months ago when Fox or CBS did a profile on him and he didn't have that thug persona at all. Not in the least. But he did say something about people not knowing who he is because he plays for the Seahawks. That's why a red flag went up for me when I saw his behavior last night.

Posted by: Adrienne at January 20, 2014 11:19 AM (lVcuh)

187 Where does Sherman stand on crossbows?

Posted by: Curious Bystander at January 20, 2014 11:19 AM (vgIRn)

188 BTW, the "Andy Reid" sock calling "timeout" in random threads never fails to make me laugh.

Posted by: CoderInCrisis at January 20, 2014 11:20 AM (BAEzE)

189 And for the best sideline interview of all time after one of the best wins of all time, I give you Bart Can't Wait Scott. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJshw2Axsqc

Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2014 11:20 AM (g1DWB)

190 105 Haven't seen security like this in some time. Damn, I'm glad my contraband and I passed through last night without incident. It was just another lonely night in an airport where I flew from and to.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at January 20, 2014 11:21 AM (+fNrM)

191 190 And for the best sideline interview of all time after one of the best wins of all time, I give you Bart Can't Wait Scott. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJshw2Axsqc Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2014 03:20 PM (g1DWB) That is a great one, especially the end!

Posted by: baldilocks at January 20, 2014 11:22 AM (36Rjy)

192 Ali had a way with words, no doubt. Which is why the Nation of Islam wanted him as a member and spokesman. There's funny old video of his handlers talking about all the superpowers that Ali had now cause he's a muslim. How the white man and the Christian man couldn't understand it cause it was advanced black muslim technology that Ali now possessed. It was in some Ali glorifying documentary I saw once. I think it was as Ali was starting to slow down and age and the reporters were asking questions about his training and his handlers babbled about how he only looked slower now to outsiders cause they couldn't see the magical black muslim powers that Ali could call upon. It was some funny racial, religious bigotry BS. I think they honestly believed it.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 20, 2014 11:22 AM (ZPrif)

193 Good grief. Can we just move on? People say stupid stuff in the heat of the moment all the time that they come to regret later. It's all a distraction sponsored by the media that only benefits Chris Christie and Roger Godell right now. Come on, we've got a prez and vice-prez who say stupidly worse things every single freakin' day that somehow gets not noticed by the media. Gee whiz.

Posted by: Magnolia at January 20, 2014 11:23 AM (AAqnX)

194 It was everyone. Todays standard level of security at Philadelphia was "Iron Ring", to borrow a phrase from Putin.

Posted by: MTF at January 20, 2014 11:23 AM (B5y+v)

195 188 Where does Sherman stand on crossbows? Posted by: Curious Bystander at January 20, 2014 03:19 PM (vgIRn) That he's better at using one than you are. And frankly at this point I'd believe him.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 20, 2014 11:24 AM (oFCZn)

196 And for the best sideline interview of all time after one of the best wins of all time, I give you Bart Can't Wait Scott. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJshw2Axsqc Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2014 03:20 PM (g1DWB) "3rd best defense..." lol I still laugh at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI Iverson: Practice

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 20, 2014 11:24 AM (IXrOn)

197

I more of a fan of letting your actions do the talking, and I'd be giving my boys the business if they ever approached sports (or life) like a big mouthed braggart.

That said, sports is entertainment. It takes all types. And if shit talking his opponents gives him an edge, then you do what you gotta do.

Posted by: Warden at January 20, 2014 11:24 AM (HzhBE)

198 As regards the sidebar story "Astronomers Capture The First Image Of The Mysterious Web That Connects All Galaxies In The Universe"

From the article:

"This is called the cosmic web." ...made of ..."long filaments of hot gas and dark matter"

If it really is the cosmic web, then "dark matter" =porn.

Posted by: West at January 20, 2014 11:24 AM (1Rgee)

199 ...and my offer from last night to console Ms. Andrews still stands.

Posted by: Countrysquire at January 20, 2014 11:25 AM (LSJmV)

200 Sherman's official after game interview, off the field, showered, dressed, etc., was worse. Not a spur of the moment deal. Planned.

Posted by: Seems legit at January 20, 2014 11:25 AM (DsAD+)

201 195 It was everyone. Todays standard level of security at Philadelphia was "Iron Ring", to borrow a phrase from Putin. Posted by: MTF at January 20, 2014 03:23 PM (B5y+v) ************ Weird. Hope you get through it.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 20, 2014 11:25 AM (RJMhd)

202 In exciting WW3 news, China just unveiled a new memorial to a Korean who assassinated the Japanese Prime Minister 100 years ago. Just some light-hearted banter!

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 20, 2014 11:28 AM (ZPrif)

203 "This is called the cosmic web." ...made of ..."long filaments of hot gas and dark matter" If it really is the cosmic web, then "dark matter" =porn. Sounds more like the cosmic web = cosmic splooge.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2014 11:28 AM (uVkIH)

204 Speaking of eyeballs being way too close together WTF is up with Colin Kapenick?

Posted by: eleven at January 20, 2014 11:28 AM (KXm42)

205 In exciting WW3 news, China just unveiled a new memorial to a Korean who assassinated the Japanese Prime Minister 100 years ago. Just some light-hearted banter! Now there is cosmic level trash talk!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2014 11:29 AM (uVkIH)

206 Speaking of eyeballs being way too close together WTF is up with Colin Kapenick?

Posted by: eleven

I love how the other "quarterbacks" on Pro Football Mock always call him "Chinpubes". I couldn't stop thinking about that last night.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at January 20, 2014 11:29 AM (080XV)

207 http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/368898/how-low-can-east-asia-go-michael-auslin ItÂ’s not a perfect analogy, but imagine a militarily powerful Canada, AmericaÂ’s largest trading partner and neighbor, erecting a memorial to John Wilkes Booth. ThatÂ’s more or less what China did last week, when it unveiled an exhibit and memorial to the Korean independence activist who assassinated JapanÂ’s first prime minister, Hirobumi Ito, in 1909. A century after the fact, these are usually things that nations try to put behind them. Not in East Asia, where insult after insult is lobbed back and forth across the East China and Yellow Seas among Japan, South Korea, and China. ItÂ’s almost as if these nations were trying to convince themselves to fight.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 20, 2014 11:30 AM (ZPrif)

208 "This is called the cosmic web." ...made of ..."long filaments of hot gas and dark matter" *** I find it difficult to look at the photos with the hundreds of universes dotting the photo. The image is over-powering in its ability to make one feel like nothing more than a speck of dust. Then again, my faith tells me that we are more valuable than the sum of our parts. How do you measure the dimensions of one's soul?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 20, 2014 11:31 AM (DmNpO)

209 I'm better at life than you. I am so taking that.

Posted by: blaster at January 20, 2014 11:31 AM (W6bkf)

210 Fun fact, our allies Japan and Korea are refusing to speak to each other. More specifically, the President of South Korea is refusing to speak with the Prime Minister of Japan, while openly meeting with the Chicoms. In fact, the memorial to the assassin of the Japanese PM was a joint Chinese-South Korea project.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 20, 2014 11:33 AM (ZPrif)

211 Didn't Bayless get "called out" for his blatant over-exaggerations of his contributions to his college basketball team?

Pretty sure I tuned him out well before he got "called out", but now I really can't stand to see him on the TV screen.

Posted by: Brock O'bama at January 20, 2014 11:34 AM (eDWZG)

212 In other news, noted whore, Sydney Leathers, calls Palin a c-word. https://twitter.com/sydneyelainexo

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 20, 2014 11:34 AM (DmNpO)

213 How do you measure the dimensions of one's soul? In Parsecs.

Posted by: Han Solo at January 20, 2014 11:35 AM (lg3mB)

214 What's the point of these huge f'n "RV" things? If you are going to take it all with you...why bother leaving home?

Congrats to Seattle and Denver. Savor the flavor, it's all black and gold next year.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 20, 2014 11:35 AM (yh0zB)

215 I find it difficult to look at the photos with the hundreds of universes dotting the photo. The image is over-powering in its ability to make one feel like nothing more than a speck of dust. Then again, my faith tells me that we are more valuable than the sum of our parts. How do you measure the dimensions of one's soul? A fifth of Valu-Rite & check to see if there's room for more?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2014 11:35 AM (uVkIH)

216 Way to go PM Harper! Since his election in 2006, the Conservative prime minister, CanadaÂ’s first evangelical prime minister in 50 years, has been full-throated, unapologetic and seemingly indifferent to consequences in his support of Israel. Â“It is a Canadian tradition to stand for what is principled and just, regardless of whether it is convenient or popular,Â” he said to the Israeli parliament. [...] WZ. Can we trade?

Posted by: RWC at January 20, 2014 11:35 AM (Q6HBD)

217 208 - Actually, I favor that sort of relationship with Mexico. i.e., marginally hostile.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 20, 2014 11:35 AM (aDwsi)

218

I like the insult from Dorothy Parker when asked about Katherine Hepburn.

Her acting runs the whole gamut of emotions from A to B.

Too bad she wasn't pure southern or ending it with ' bless her heart ' would have made it even better.

Posted by: polynikes at January 20, 2014 11:38 AM (m2CN7)

219 this was awesome.....this is why i'm a fan of richard sherman whom i had never heard of before yesterday......

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 38 days until spring training at January 20, 2014 11:38 AM (u8GsB)

220 Nice slap-down of a media sports hack. Gawd I hate all the sports talking heads on ESPN 1-12.

Posted by: Paladin at January 20, 2014 11:38 AM (+Wvn3)

221 ItÂ’s almost as if these nations were trying to convince themselves to fight.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 20, 2014 03:30 PM (ZPrif)

So we put up a big fence, let them fight it all out and then we keep the ones that live.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 20, 2014 11:38 AM (yh0zB)

222 Bayless is from Dallas, where he was known as Skip Brainless, which tells you what you need to know.

Posted by: Phelps at January 20, 2014 11:39 AM (zJH/w)

223 i don't think you're the best 22 of anything....LOVE IT

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 38 days until spring training at January 20, 2014 11:39 AM (u8GsB)

224 So we put up a big fence, let them fight it all out and then we keep the ones that live. Regional Thunderdomes: Thunderdome Asia.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 20, 2014 11:40 AM (uVkIH)

225 So we put up a big fence, let them fight it all out and then we keep the ones that live.

Dibs on that Bubble Pop chick.

Posted by: Waterhouse at January 20, 2014 11:40 AM (RUvjp)

226 soothsayer-- The jock persona put-on thing is interesting. In my novel, which has college football as a backdrop, I have one of my characters put on a jock persona--the joker--to hide the fact that he is very intelligent. Can't link to it, but it's called Tale of the Tigers.

Posted by: baldilocks at January 20, 2014 11:40 AM (36Rjy)

227 Don't hate the player, hate the game. Posted by: JackStraw at January 20, 2014 03:10 PM (g1DWB) I'm starting to.

Posted by: Caliban at January 20, 2014 11:41 AM (2ArJQ)

228 209 "This is called the cosmic web." ...made of ..."long filaments of hot gas and dark matter"

***

I find it difficult to look at the photos with the hundreds of universes dotting the photo. The image is over-powering in its ability to make one feel like nothing more than a speck of dust. Then again, my faith tells me that we are more valuable than the sum of our parts.

How do you measure the dimensions of one's soul?
----------------------------------------------------
Douglas Adams described this in one of the Hitchhiker's Guide books - it was a form of capital punishment called the "Total Perspective Vortex":

When you are put into the Vortex you are given just one momentary glimpse of the entire unimaginable infinity of creation, and somewhere in it a tiny little mark, a microscopic dot on a microscopic dot, which says, "You are here."

The idea is that the mind couldn't deal with the vastness of the universe and his own insignificance, thus reducing the victim to a drooling wreck. It didn't work on Zaphod Beeblebrox, though - all it did was reinforce his belief that in all the Universe, he was the most important thing in it.

Posted by: CoderInCrisis at January 20, 2014 11:41 AM (BAEzE)

229 Haven't watched a minute of ESPN in maybe ten years. Haven't missed it for a second.

Which I make note of due to being a complete ESPN junkie prior to that.

No I don't about how much that sentence sucked.

Posted by: eleven at January 20, 2014 11:41 AM (KXm42)

230 Can we trade? ------- Seriously, he also told CAIR to go fuck themselves a week or so ago.

Posted by: Adam at January 20, 2014 11:41 AM (Aif/5)

231 224 i don't think you're the best 22 of anything....LOVE IT Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl 38 days until spring training at January 20, 2014 03:39 PM (u8GsB) I'm still laughing. Sports writers are the worst mewling pussies on the planet. Players have to take their shit in college because they'll get in trouble if they call them out. It's refreshing to see someone put one of these asshats in his place.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 20, 2014 11:41 AM (oFCZn)

232 I wonder how many of those punks randomly knocking people out on the street while, "playing a game", are actually good students who are just projecting an image and trying to shake off their nerd image? Sorry, but I believe that, as a culture, we should expect more.

Posted by: Havedash at January 20, 2014 11:42 AM (gvqyH)

233 Oh wait. It's even better... Bayless over-exaggerated his high school abilities.

Posted by: Brock O'bama at January 20, 2014 11:42 AM (eDWZG)

234 Oh, and the Niners are some of the cockiest players around, so yeah, you can expect people to rub it in when they lose.

'Tis a reflection of the coach.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at January 20, 2014 11:42 AM (DQZLr)

235 I give up.

Posted by: eleven at January 20, 2014 11:42 AM (KXm42)

236 Romney thread up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 20, 2014 11:43 AM (DmNpO)

237 I think China's long term strategy is to make sure Japan and Korea don't unify in an anti-China bloc with America. I think ideally they'd like Korea to become a client state of China, but the immediate goal is to prevent the formation of a solid, functioning Asian NATO-style military alliance. Fanning ethnic hatred between Japan and Korea is an excellent Chinese tactic since Japan and Korea would form the basis of any such alliance. I'm sure Russian wishes they had been better at fanning the flames of Franco-German resentment.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 20, 2014 11:44 AM (ZPrif)

238 I like watching the Olympics on CBUT, Canadian TV. They don't have Bob Kostas and they don't delay things like NBC does for prime time. I think everything goes real time. I could be wrong on that, though.

Posted by: runningrn at January 20, 2014 11:45 AM (o6g4X)

239 Seriously, he also told CAIR to go fuck themselves a week or so ago. Posted by: Adam at January 20, 2014 03:41 PM (Aif/5) Â“We will not take seriously criticism from an organization with documented ties to a terrorist organization such as Hamas,Â” MacDonald said. Damn that's nice.

Posted by: RWC at January 20, 2014 11:45 AM (Q6HBD)

240 All highly competitive individuals sound like lunatics when you challenge them and shove a microphone in their face. I've seen the same reactions between two old ladies down at the bingo hall.

People want to get froggie and throw down? Let'em!

Posted by: Fritz at January 20, 2014 11:48 AM (UzPAd)

241 213 In other news, noted whore, Sydney Leathers, calls Palin a c-word.

https://twitter.com/sydneyelainexo

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 20, 2014 03:34 PM (DmNpO)

She's just trash talking. It's part of her game.

Posted by: Havedash at January 20, 2014 11:48 AM (gvqyH)

242
There's photos floating around out there showing Sherman eating Pollock rather than Cod......

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 20, 2014 11:48 AM (TIIx5)

243 190 -

Best wins of all time? The guy's a freakin' Jet, for pete's sake.

Unless you're name is Joe Namath, you don't HAVE any "best wins."

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2014 11:49 AM (BeSEI)

244 244 -

Your.

Sorry, I got excited. Must be the post-game emotions.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 20, 2014 11:49 AM (BeSEI)

245 Skip Bayless is an asshole. He was an asshole at the Times Herald and he hasn't stopped being one. That said this is my fav put down of an arrogant sports douche by a guy who actually played the game. http://tinyurl.com/ptrx7kx

Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 20, 2014 11:54 AM (l7DqC)

246 that was the jokey version of the video

Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 20, 2014 11:55 AM (l7DqC)

247 The only reason the universe exists is because I thought of it.

I am a little confused though, when someone asks "Well then, who thought of YOU?"

Posted by: Existentialist at January 20, 2014 12:05 PM (1Rgee)

248 233 I wonder how many of those punks randomly knocking people out on the street while,"playing a game", are actually good students who are just projecting an image and trying to shake off their nerd image? Sorry, but I believe that, as a culture, we should expect more. Posted by: Havedash at January 20, 2014 03:42 PM (gvqyH) What does the knockout game have to do with this topic, pray tell?

Posted by: baldilocks at January 20, 2014 12:13 PM (36Rjy)

249 Richard Sherman doesn't have a whole lot of unexpressed thoughts, does he?

Actually, this is pretty much what every athlete, every business owner, every doctor, every sailor/soldier/airman, every productive private citizen should say to every reporter in an attempted ambush.

Posted by: orthodoc at January 20, 2014 12:13 PM (b1Tv7)

250 Sports builds character. Just not necessarily good character.

Posted by: Logicus at January 20, 2014 12:22 PM (0MCva)

251 "These are my goals. If you don't like them, I have others." When we saw the post-game interview with Sherman, my wife whooped with delight at his candor and passion." ". . .back to you, Bob."

Posted by: Beryl at January 20, 2014 12:34 PM (LeEAL)

252 Somebody in the Seahawks organization: Crash Davis: It's time to work on your interviews. Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: My interviews? What do I gotta do? Crash Davis: You're gonna have to learn your clichÃ©s. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play it one day at a time." Ebby Calvin LaLoosh: Got to play... it's pretty boring. Crash Davis: 'Course it's boring, that's the point. Write it down.

Posted by: Beryl at January 20, 2014 12:39 PM (LeEAL)

253 Charles Barkley famously said about Skip, "Skip Bayless is one of the two people who I would most like to kill."

Posted by: Matticus at January 20, 2014 12:40 PM (0Mr4u)

254 The point here is that good sportsmanship has been lost in America, and good sportsmanship is based on respect for your opponent. We have Cassius Clay to thank for this shit, as this is where it all began, where it stepped into our living rooms and slowly but surely became part of the very fabric of our nation. The trash talking and disrespect shown by athletes (some of the most respected and admired members of our society, unfortunately) has been emulated by kids of several generations, but not just in sport. This nastiness, this lack of respect, this attitude of "destroy and demoralize" has crept into all aspects of our society, and is most visible as practiced by the left against anyone not in lockstep with them. As much as anything, I blame the poor sportsmanship of the last 50 years for the decline in civility in this nation. It has been the main vehicle.

Posted by: Uncle Jefe at January 20, 2014 12:43 PM (Hi24w)

255 Indeed, Skip Bayless is the biggest douchebag in all of sports journalism. And considering that group sadly includes Olberman, that's quite a feat. Bayless has a habit of glomming onto a significant team, player, or franchise, finding the most outrageous accusation about them and writing a tell-all book. In Dallas his thing was that Troy Aikman was gay. And he got run out of Dallas. Then he parasitically attached himself to the Michael Jordan Bulls... and got run out of Chicago. He's nothing but a tabloid sports radio personality. Perfect for ESPN to attract viewers because he'll say the most controversial thing possible at all times. It doesn't surprise me at all that he would jump into the Sherman thing and say something retarded. That's what he does.

Posted by: deadrody at January 20, 2014 12:44 PM (aT8Zk)

256 he needs to talk to colin cowherd or mike greene or, hell the list goes on and on and on.... they all deserve one another.

Posted by: hillary bosch at January 20, 2014 12:48 PM (lB/5N)

257 R. sherman. Grew up in Compton Graduated HS 2nd in class with a 4.2 / 4 GPA Graduated from Stanford, began work on his Masters He ain't part of the cohort of college athletes who can't read. Smart, athletic, hard worker and a King Trash Talker

Posted by: Far Post at January 20, 2014 01:16 PM (HHTXF)

258 255 ... This nastiness, this lack of respect, this attitude of "destroy and demoralize" has crept into all aspects of our society, and is most visible as practiced by the left against anyone not in lockstep with them. ..
Posted by: Uncle Jefe at January 20, 2014 04:43 PM (Hi24w) ----- This vulgarity is (helping to) destroy polite society, and I am not talking about swear words, per se. It is ugly and corrosive and spreading everywhere. There are a few things to blame - entertainment, especially black "culture," leftists and public corruption. Nothing is respected anymore. No one is respected, except thugs and leftists. Manners, decorum, chivalry, sportsmanship, honor - it is all fading away and mocked by the left and the thugs.

Posted by: Baldy at January 20, 2014 01:19 PM (2bql3)

259 Stephen A Smith is hilarious, you just have to know it's an act. He and Bayless get into some pretty funny riffs. Mel Kiper has Johnny Manziel going number 1 in the draft to the Houston Texans.

Posted by: truth fairy at January 20, 2014 02:08 PM (ue2Nm)

260 Sherman is an idiot, needs to be tested for drugs. Little Wayne wanna be bitch!

Posted by: Sam at January 20, 2014 02:58 PM (YF/2x)

261 This video just makes me like Sherman more than I already did.

Posted by: skinnydipinacid at January 20, 2014 04:57 PM (WuCLB)

262 ... any day a person makes a sports reporter look like a fucking idiot is a good day in my book.

Posted by: skinnydipinacid at January 20, 2014 04:58 PM (WuCLB)

263 I just saw this for the first time. No matter what you think of Skip Bayless, that is the most classless thing I've ever seen in my life. I really don't understand how anyone on hear could defend him. Sherman is a disgusting human being for that display. I'm just flabbergasted that any of you think it was ok since he was going after an annoying sports reporter.

Posted by: rexbatt at January 20, 2014 05:22 PM (9NHfs)

264 Did anyone call him uppity yet? And why doesn't "Malevolent, diminutive white man injures large black man" get its own post?

Posted by: theworldisnotenough at January 20, 2014 06:45 PM (M3XzP)

265 WTF is with you people? I read the comments and then watched the video. I expected Sherman threw a chair and / or screamed at the sports reporter with edited audio.

When did the angel of castration descended on this blog?

Posted by: Liontooth at January 20, 2014 10:16 PM (xk0Xg)

266 Richard Sherman: I'm Better Than You, Skip Bayless That's true, but not saying to much. Let's face it: I'm better than Skip Bayless, and so are most morons.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at January 21, 2014 05:08 AM (1hM1d)

267 So Busta Rhymes changed his name to Richard Sherman? Or was that his real name all along?

Posted by: Judging The Content Of Their Charactor Has Left Me Soulless at January 21, 2014 06:05 AM (nbGZj)

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