Thread: ESPN Writer Beeyotch Slaps Bryant Gumbel...Figuratively!

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=2337773&lpos =spotlight&lid=tab1pos1&lpos=spotlight&

It's all true..

I hate it when people play the race card

"Vikez4Lyfe" wrote:

It's all true..

I hate it when people play the race card

wurd!

Awesome article. Gumbel's in idiot.

But to do a Gumbel and reach for the TV clicker based on contestant color is ignorance personified.

Chicago's Shani Davis became the first African-American to win Winter Olympic individual gold. Is his victory any less meaningful because there weren't any other blacks in the 1,000-meter speedskating competition?

Is it Norway's fault that its population is more than 90 percent Caucasian, and that Norwegians know how to ski better than Bode Miller these days? Their medals have more to do with skill level, not skin color.

And I don't recall Gumbel, who adores golf, popping off about the paucity of blacks when he hosted NBC's coverage of the PGA Tour in 1990. Does he boycott watching the majors because Tiger Woods is the only African-American on a Tour that is whiter than a sleeve of Titleists?

I am glad that someone with a national audience got a chance to really sound off. It has been talked about here and there, but no one has put this amount of effort to confront Gumble.

Like I said before, I usually agree with comments from Gumble's show, but the comments that he made earlier this month were unnecessary and not as insightful as he thought they were. The criticism is deserved from his peers.

"Vikez4Lyfe" wrote:

It's all true..

I hate it when people play the race card

Don't get mad, get even. Play it yourself:
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"cajunvike" wrote:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=2337773&lpos =spotlight&lid=tab1pos1&lpos=spotlight&

pWn3d!!! :bum:

"josdin00" wrote:

"Vikez4Lyfe" wrote:

It's all true..

I hate it when people play the race card

Don't get mad, get even. Play it yourself:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6255113127

ROTF!!! :lol:

BTW, congrats on reaching the GM level (1.1 Gs)!

"josdin00" wrote:

"Vikez4Lyfe" wrote:

It's all true..

I hate it when people play the race card

Don't get mad, get even. Play it yourself:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6255113127

HAHA! :lol:

Amen to that guy. I'm glad some sports writers are starting to address this!