Comments on: ESPN finally recognizes Roethlisberger story

By: rbais2

rbais2 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:00:44 +0000

Thanks Coughlins Happy Pills!!!
I appreciate your kind words.

By: rbais2

rbais2 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:58:48 +0000

Thanks Coughlins Happy Pills!!!
I’m not really that funny, but that line just came off the top of my head.
When I see racist actions, I get obsessed with creative thinking for insults. I hate extreme hypocrisy and racism to the point where one color is favored way more highly than the other.

By: dbartdog

dbartdog — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:33:27 +0000

LOL, NIKE hasn’t gotten the message….shows a commercial of Big Ben throwing guys around….it must have been easy for him to toos the gal around and submit!!

By: FLORIO_IS_A_SELLOUT

FLORIO_IS_A_SELLOUT — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:57:59 +0000

It’s “teh internets”, not “the internets”. Get your nerd speak right next time, Rosenthal.

By: Coughlins Happy Pills

Coughlins Happy Pills — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:07:37 +0000

@ rbais2
LOL at the last line. That is funny stuff.

By: spyboots

spyboots — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:11:29 +0000

Why does anyone care what they or anyone else reports? Visit the sites and watch the programs you like and don’t visit or watch the ones you don’t.
Just like at PFT. Scroll past the articles you aren’t interested in.

By: rbais2

rbais2 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:19:57 +0000

If this was a black guy [not even Terrell Owens], they would have put the “Breaking News” alert on it.
The Pacman Jones video of him “making it rain” was a great example. So what? He’s throwing around money. There was no footage of him threatening to kill the people at the strip club!!! In addition, the people that he allegedly tried to have murdered in Atlanta. You know, the ones who had their identities “protected”?
They were willing to reveal the news about Justin Miller [former KR and CB of the Jets and currently of the Raiders] getting arrested for DUI.
They were willing to reveal the news about Vince Young allegedly wanting to commit suicide.
But white people like Roethlisberger and Brett Favre are ESPN’s “homeboys” or “their kind of guys.” Result: they’re protected.
ESPN has been waiting for a long time to “spice up” ratings to make black people look bad again. People forgot about Roger Clemens getting Barry Bonds treatment, so it was time to go back to traditional ways.
ESPN now stands for Everything Sucks for Paid Negros!!!

By: DC_Bengals_Fan

DC_Bengals_Fan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:03:23 +0000

“DISSEMINATE? Not a problem. Sincerely, Travis Henry”
Well played!

By: ajd78

ajd78 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:45:51 +0000

Have to say if this was Kobe Bryant , Mike Vick , or Pacman Jones ESPN would have been all over this in about 3 seconds and report it for 5 years. And dare I ask if anyone remembers the Mike Tyson rape covereage. That dude was assumed guilty before he was even booked on a charge. Oh and by the way, I am a 30 year old white male .

By: TFBuckFutter

TFBuckFutter — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:33:26 +0000

Hahaha. What a bunch of bitches.
Way to paint yourself into a corner, morons.

By: MasterShake

MasterShake — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:33:17 +0000

keith brodeur says:
July 22, 2009 10:20 PM
“Who cares about all this crap. The Taco Bell Chihuahua died today. Now, that’s news.”
Amen to that brother! RIP Gidget. I wonder how Mike Vick feels about this?

By: MagicDawg

MagicDawg — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:33:06 +0000

drop the chalupa !!!!

By: keith brodeur

keith brodeur — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:20:24 +0000

Who cares about all this crap. The Taco Bell Chihuahua died today. Now, that’s news.

By: SaintsBucsPanthersSUKK

SaintsBucsPanthersSUKK — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:14:24 +0000

DISSEMINATE? Not a problem.
Sincerely,
Travis Henry

By: freddie

freddie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:10:10 +0000

In addition to my comment above, ABCnews.com reran the AP story on July 21, over 24 hours before sister channel ESPN. http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=8132853 And before anyone says the date is the AP date and not the date was posted on ABCnews.com, scroll to the first comments. They are on July 21...on abcnews.com Here's the link: http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=8132853

By: freddie

freddie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:57:42 +0000

What’s even more embarrassingly worse is that ABC World News with Charles Gibson (in the same company as ESPN) reported it during their 30 minute “world” news broadcast on Tuesday evening.
Charles Gibson reported the story…during the ABC national news telecast…for the same company that owns ESPN…and found time to mention it himself amongst all of the news in the world fit for national broadcast in under 30 minutes.
That kinds makes it newsworthy.
What does the four letter have to say about it being a “national” story mentioned by the anchor of the “world” news, but not worthy enough for the repeated 1 hour ESPN broadcast?
I wonder what the parent company has to say about the dissonance between it’s little kiddies.
Good enough for the national news on all subjects, not good enough for the sports news. Way to go, ESPAM.

By: hayward giablommi

hayward giablommi — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:55:13 +0000

Per usual, the cover up is almost always worse than the (alleged) crime.

By: pancake 14

pancake 14 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:53:09 +0000

hmmm …do i smell agenda here??? Didnt want pft to be the only one with half the story?? Sounds like you are on a witch hunt with half the facts!

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:45:33 +0000

“Mmmmm. I think you mean “disassembled”.
Dissembled means “lied”.
Lawyers never lie.”
Y’all need a vocabulary lesson…THE WORD IS DISSEMINATE.
I’m out. Peace!

By: cowboyup

cowboyup — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:44:14 +0000

Man I’m sick and tired of this Racist Country!!!!!

By: Juvenile

Juvenile — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:40:42 +0000

You have missed so many details about the Big Ben case because you spend all your time trying to keep up with the Joneses!

By: dldove77

dldove77 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:39:36 +0000

I’m amazed at how many of you losers are sticking up for ESPN…leave PFT and go get your cookie cutter info at espn.com. Just know, you’ll only be getting some of the news…just what they want you to know.

By: SoFlor Steeler

SoFlor Steeler — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:38:34 +0000

I am perplexed by why you guys give a rats ass what ESPN covers and what they don’t.
Why would you not want this to be exclusive to PFT?
Why is it not an advantage to you to have them “screw up” by ignoring the story? Got to believe you end up with more visits and more revenues if they ignore this and leave you as the source.

By: DC_Bengals_Fan

DC_Bengals_Fan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:37:54 +0000

“It remains to be seen if they use their vast resources to cover Roethlisberger’s case aggressively from now on. ”
As of 9:30, they were scrolling at the bottom of the BOS/TEX game as breaking news.

By: Juvenile

Juvenile — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:31:56 +0000

Yet Florio won’t comment on the Erin Andrews video investigation! What a hypocrite. Another example of his bias favoring female reporters. Maybe we can get another post on Vick as the Favorite for MVP this year.

By: ColoradoSports

ColoradoSports — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:30:53 +0000

“on the internets”
Really?

By: fballmom74

fballmom74 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:30:40 +0000

They’re ridiculous. I lost respect for ESPN ages ago, and this is a prime example why. True sports radio and sites like this are the only way to go. ESPN is a journalistic joke, plain and simple.

By: dannydancer

dannydancer — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:28:58 +0000

Is it your goal to let us know what ESPN does and doesn’t post or is it for you to relay pertinent information regarding the NFL? I don’t see the point in trying to let everyone know how you feel about ESPN. You’re reporting on this. Why do I care if ESPN does or doesn’t? Thats why I visit this site. Not for you to tattletale. Its like Us Weekly on here these days. Please spare us. I don’t think anyone cares that much. If I’m wrong, then I’ll just ignore these posts like usual.

By: hatethesteelers

hatethesteelers — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:28:35 +0000

It’s about time, they ignored the story while everyone else picked it up. I wonder what they would have done if …say Pac-Man or Joey Porter would have had issues, I bet it would have made their storyboard headline.
What a shame to protect possible Rapist from the news. The sad truth is that the own the station and can run what they choose.
If this would have been a story involving Tom Brady I bet that would have been buried, but they run stories on him like he is the second coming of J.C.
Wake up Steelers fans he screwed up, not to worry he will be like all the other over paid spoiled players that will write a check and this will go away.
To bad he can’t get a dose of the real justice system like everyone else that isn’t an athlete has to go thru.
It’s time these supposed”role models” start acting like it.

By: mborz

mborz — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:22:41 +0000

“ESPN’s continued refusal to report the story wound up attracting nearly as much attention as the story itself, at least on the internets.”
This should read as follows:
ESPN’s continued refusal to report the story wound up attracting twice as much attention as the story itself, at least on profootballtalk.com.