Decent Journalism

It badly needs a shake up alright. They got a sports editor from The New Yorker recently (Caitlin Kelly) so hard to think theyā€™d do that if they intended on bringing in Simmons soon.

I agree that Vice could do with him and that he will be trying to put something together. Just donā€™t think theyā€™ll fit together. Iā€™d say heā€™ll do anything to avoid Disney (and itā€™s probably mutual) but depends on their involvement like you say.

Yeah people are probably putting 2 and 2 together there. Iā€™d say itā€™s hard to avoid Disney though with minority holdings. The media landscape has become so converged there.

Have you read?

Doesnā€™t look like this has been posted beforeā€¦?

I liked this piece about sport offering optimism and hope when battling serious illness:

I see Robert Mays, formerly of Grantland will be joining the MMQB staff over at Sports Illustrated. Good to see, i enjoy his thoughts in footbaw

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I thought was a very poor and cliched effort from Joe.

Well you are the expert in tired and clichƩd.

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This isnā€™t groundbreaking or anything but a good insight into US racial profiling:

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I enjoyed that, thanks Rocko. It may be a little odd James hasnā€™t commented on the case (possibly a little too close to home?) given his stances in previous cases, but thats the danger, comment on one, you have to comment on them all. Heā€™s done far more than Jordan ever did in his day.

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Could I please get a brief summation of this Tamir Rice case before I commit to reading the article?

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Tamir Rice was gunned down by a Cleveland police officer after he had been seen pointing what turned out to be an Airsoft pellet gun at people in a recreational center in November of 2014.

Whatā€™s that got to do with Lebron?

Its in the article buddy.

Proper order

Disgusting muslim terrorists

Maybe thats how Lebron feels also.

He was also 12 years old.

Here is an interesting test done in Oregon on how cops react to white and black people legally open carrying weapons.

http://youtu.be/BKGZnB41_e4

One of the great ironies of gun control legislation in the US is that California used to have one of the most liberal open carry laws in the US. That was up until the late 60s when a certain conservative hero, Ronald Reagan and the Republican controlled state legislature passed restrictive gun control legislation. What spurred them to do that? The Black Panthers had started patrolling the streets of Oakland with rifles (which they were legally entitled to do).
The 2nd amendment is all fun and games till the black people until the darkies start packing.

A 7 month pregnant woman films a guy walking around with an assault rifle to prove a point in front of armed policemen

People are nuts

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