What a great article. Would have thought someone else would have seen it and posted it already.
MyDaughterLovesTomGordon said:Is strange the new weird?
4. I think Trent Richardson goes down in NFL history as one of the strangest stories. Ever.
a. If I had one wish for ESPN (well, this wouldn’t be the one, I guess, but it would be in the top 10), I would wish its anchors would stop saying Team X “punched their ticket” for the NCAA tournament. First: Team X would have “punched its ticket.” Second: Well, it’s a brutal cliché.
I didn’t travel in the past seven days. But I did get a good Stories of New York tale from my old boss at “Inside the NFL” on HBO, Brian Hyland, from a Manhattan scene he experienced Saturday. Sharing it:
“Subway elevator this morning. Little old man in a wheelchair, wearing a Yankee hat and a heavy coat for the cold rain. He has a helper but it ain’t easy getting through the door onto the street. I help push him through onto Fort Washington Avenue. As I maneuver to help, he helps me. We’re squeezing him through the heavy green door and as he reaches to push, the sleeve of his coat on his arm moves up towards his elbow. And there I see it. In fading black ink. Covered with arm hair but clear. The number the Nazis gave him. Part of him. Forever on his arm.
“We get him through the door, he says, ‘Thanks, young man’ and his helper pushes him down Fort Washington Avenue. Another random Saturday morning in New York City that takes your breath away.”
Corsi said:
Where to begin. First, Peter King shouldn't be correcting anyone on their grammar. The guy writes at an eight-grade level, at best. And I'm not even certain he's correct in this instance. "The Wildcats punched their ticket to the tournament" is undoubtedly correct. "Kentucky punched their ticket..." works just as well as "Kentucky punched its ticket," in my opinion.
I mean, he broke his own stupid rule literally three sentences prior:
Further, King traffics in cliches every Monday, and he's going to call out someone else for the same?
What a bizarre thing to be bothered by.
drleather2001 said:Eat yer heart out, Oscar Schindler! Peter King's got his own list, and it's faaaaaaantastic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYmV70_U3oAdrleather2001 said:It would be hilarious if the guy is really some third generation Irish American and the number the kid saw was just some list of world series championships the guy saw in person, or something.
drleather2001 said:Eat yer heart out, Oscar Schindler! Peter King's got his own list, and it's faaaaaaantastic!
Corsi's right, of course, it's gross that the point of the story seems to be "Dude, I met a survivor today!" and not, I dunno, something a little more tasteful. I suppose we should be thankful that he didn't draw an analogy between the guy's experience during the war and to his status of a Yankees fan living through the A Rod situation, however, because you just know it crossed his mind.
Corsi said:
Where to begin. First, Peter King shouldn't be correcting anyone on their grammar. The guy writes at an eight-grade level, at best. And I'm not even certain he's correct in this instance. "The Wildcats punched their ticket to the tournament" is undoubtedly correct. "Kentucky punched their ticket..." works just as well as "Kentucky punched its ticket," in my opinion.
I mean, he broke his own stupid rule literally three sentences prior:
Further, King traffics in cliches every Monday, and he's going to call out someone else for the same?
What a bizarre thing to be bothered by.
ifmanis5 said:I thought King would be sensitive/offended by the "punch" part of punch the ticket after the extensive NFL awareness campaign on domestic abuse but I guess Pete is okay with that part of it. No More..... tired cliches from ESPN.
4. Greg Hardy certainly is repelling his share of suitors. As the GM of one team who told me Hardy “is on our list, but pretty far down,” there are two distinct problems with taking him on: a) Teams believe there’s a good chance Hardy will be suspended for the first six games of the season because of the domestic-violence incident that caused him to be placed on the commissioner’s exempt list last year; b) the public battering the team would take would potentially be intense and distracting.
tims4wins said:
Corsi said:
But I'm an idiot and cc'd the wrong Chad Finn in the tweet. Doh.
John Marzano Olympic Hero said:"Oh you met a survivor today? Weird. I have a boot tread full of actual Auschwitz gravel. I wonder if your guy was in the same camp as my dirt? ONLY IN NEW YORK!"
King is just reminding his readers how culturally aware he is in recognizing the tattoo. keep your self -congratulating to yourself Pete it shows where you have been as well.Corsi said:How in the FUCK is this a "good Stories of New York tale." Holy fuck. I think this bothers me more than anything he's ever written.
And OF COURSE this fuckface buffoon thinks this could only happen in Manhattan.
Doctor G said:King is just reminding his readers how culturally aware he is in recognizing the tattoo. keep your self -congratulating to yourself Pete it shows where you have been as well.
JohntheBaptist said:No, no. He's reminding us how culturally aware he is by publishing an email from a Manhattan friend who recognized the tattoo, while he was in Manhattan.
There is no Rev said:
I can't wait to tell my friends about reading this story!
My one point, apropos of nothing
I suppose....but he's got a long way to go to pass Tony Mandarich, Brian Bosworth, and at least 20 QBs.Now that Trent Richardson has been cut loose by Indianapolis, let’s assess one of the worst draft picks in modern NFL history.
There is no Rev said:
All I get out of that is, "survivors exist," and I already knew that. But King thinks it means something.
johnmd20 said:
And I can't wait to tell my friends about you telling your friends about reading this story. Peter King should have prefaced that story with: The Holocaust. The gift that keeps on giving.
drleather2001 said:Why isn't King a Yankees fan? I know he has some attenuated connection to Boston, but come on; 99 times out of 100, a guy like King is a Yankees fan.
Because being a Yankees fan doesn't give him any special access to insider comments that he can reference in ways to make himself look important.drleather2001 said:Why isn't King a Yankees fan? I know he has some attenuated connection to Boston, but come on; 99 times out of 100, a guy like King is a Yankees fan.
Eh?pappymojo said:Because being a Yankees fan doesn't give him any special access to insider comments that he can reference in ways to make himself look important.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125417474811047435The Wall Street Journal: Is it true that you offered to give back some of your salary to save jobs at Sports Illustrated?
Mr. King: It's something I did but I really don't want to talk about it. But I will say this: I make a ridiculous amount of money. I'm not saying I'm not worth it. But I make a stupid amount of money. Sometimes it seems a little absurd considering what's happening in our business.
There is no Rev said:
I just tweeted that you told your friends about that.
Because I care about the suffering of the Jewish people. And yes, thank God for the Holocaust for giving me this moment.
Yet another black eye for Peter King's rhetoric.RedOctober3829 said:Peter King talking on ESPN 98.7 about Hardy: "if he swings and misses in Dallas, he's gone."
E5 Yaz said:Batten down the hatches ... PK's interview with Goodell is set for today
Distinctive!i. Beernerdness: Sloan Park sold a good variety of microbrews. I tried Johnny’s American IPA, from Moab Brewery in Moab, Utah. Served in a tall-boy can. Distinctive, strong and hoppy. Enjoyed it.