ESPN gibberish

"I still hear in my dreams the wild stupid gibberish coming out of that yo-yo's mouth."--Hunter S. Thompson



Pardon the interruption, before the Yank's opening day, but this is a non-story that won't go away. Recently, ESPN's Pardon the Interruption reported that Jose Canseco's accusations about A-Rod were uncovered by a blogger. When informed of this Tony Kornheiser shook his head and suggested it was a non-story while his co-host replied, "Yes, but it is interesting." As this thought provoking discussion took place the ESPN ticker incessantly noted the Canseco charges. Mr.Kornheiser is on record as having issues with bloggers (note on this particular day, he wasn't wearing one of his goofy, I mean humor inducing outfits.)



Yesterday, ESPN broadcast the Red Sox/A's game, Gary Thorne and Steve Phillips called the action. Mr. Thorne tries to introduce the Canseco/A-Rod non-story into the telecast, "Giambi says he introduced A-Rod to a steroid dealer and A-Rod tried to sleep with his wife." Phillips tries to correct his partner and mentions it was Canseco not Giambi. Thorne however has a story to relate and can't be deterred by the facts, "Can you imagine those throws from third to first?...It's always something with those Yankees...they'll have to have a meeting."(Paraphrased)



ESPN has given us Chris Berman with his wacky nicknames, Dick Vitale screaming and Mr. Kornheiser with his humor inducing outfits, to go along with fact-filled broadcasts, can it get any better than this?