Wednesday Rundown: Rejoice, For ESPN Has Finally Fired Sean Salisbury
Your daily random roundup:
- Barack Obama’s presidential campaign recently picked up the support of Senator Chris Dodd — but even more importantly, he received the endorsement of Greg Oden. We make fun of athletes’ lack of intelligence pretty often, and have a good time doing so…but hey, there are plenty of players who are legitimately informed and have an interest in the current affairs of the country. Good for Oden, as he challenges the stereotype that professional athletes are oafish and simple-minded. I’m sure that attaining the support of LeBron James’ father will prove invaluable to Obama’s campaign.
- Kudos to Tirico Suave for noticing the most uncreative headline I’ve ever seen…when coming up with a headline for the story about Yao Ming missing the rest of the season due to injury, ESPN.com’s headline writers concluded on “We Have A Problem.” You know, because it’s not like ESPN’s ever used that phrase before in a headline for an article (*cough* click here, here, here, and here *cough*).
- The fine folks at Mondesi’s House are fed up with “Cotton Eyed Joe” being played at sporting events, and I honestly couldn’t agree more. When will people realize how lousy that song it? Seriously people, it combines techno with country…that’s a terrible combination! (It’s almost as bad of a combination as Bob Huggins and this pimp suit — and I did say almost). Also, I’d like to add Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part Two” to the list of songs that are played too often at sporting events.
- Sean Salisbury is no longer an employee of ESPN — after 12 years with The Worldwide Leader, he was let go by the network last night. I’m glad to hear this news…now, we won’t be subjected to another football season of those “Four Downs” segments on SportsCenter, in which Salisbury and John Clayton insult each other for 5-6 minutes (you know, because compelling television cannot be created unless those two disagree on everything). But this isn’t just a good development for ESPN viewers — indeed, it’s also excellent news for the female employees of the channel. No longer will they be subjected to viewing pictures of Salisbury’s genitals on a camera phone.
- More evidence that Gilbert Arenas is a little messed up: Last Sunday night at Harrah’s Casino in New Orleans, Arenas brought $20,000 of gambling money. He brought the cash in $5 bills. In other words, he actually took 4,000 5$ bills with him to a casino. What the hell is wrong with this guy? How does one even transport 4,000 5$ bills?
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