Okay, this one has been brewing for a long time. It just seems lately that the jerks are greatly outweighing the dudes. First of all, the number one rule in "Journalism" is if it bleeds it reads (i.e. the worse the news the better).
However, a good guy like Tom Lehman raising nearly 1 million dollars for Cancer Research is still front page to me (sorry, Lehman is just a good guy). Or athletes, associations, friends of friends going out of their way to help a buddy of mine's son who recently passed is front page. But no, those guys never get the pub, the jerks are so bad these days that the good guys are getting squeezed.
Here's a list of some, please add to it:
1. Lebron James. That one is a layup (sorry bad pun). Here's a quote a buddy of mine sent me from the guy playing on Dwayne Wade's Miami Heat, "I love our fans. Cleveland fans are awesome," he told GQ. "But I mean, even my family gets spoiled at times watching me doing things that I do, on and off the court."
2. Tiger Woods. This one was a gimme (sticking with the bad sports puns). He hasn't won since High School Musical 3 came out and now he's picking on reporters (probably picking them up, too). Recently at the PGA, a reporter described him as playing poorly prior to his question. Tiger's response, "I'm playing poorly, but I'd still kick your butt." That's great Eldrick you can now beat the golf writer for San Jose Mercury in a $5 Nassau. Maybe you can save that money and get a new coach, one that will actually inform you that you didn't win a major this year.
3. Brett Favre. Sorry no FB analogy here. I'm a Viking fan and I hope to cheer them to the Super Bowl, but c'mon enough with the drama. 1% of me hopes the year is a disaster to really show us what a jerk he is....and the other 99 wants to go to the Super Bowl.
4. Lane Kiffin. To single out one Division 1 football coach is difficult. Each has an ego the size of Serena Williams' booty, but this guy is unbelievable. It just seems wherever this guy goes, people end up hating him within a year. I doubt if he lasts more than 3 at USC. And to think I wanted him at the U.
5. Donald Fehr. It seems I can't write a post without bashing either him, Scott Boras or Hank Steinbrenner. Sorry Donnie, its your turn you filthy piece of Favre.
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BCS Presidential Oversight Committee Chair Harvey Perlman. A chairperson out there publicly defending a broken system. Reminds me of the main character in "Thank You for Smoking."
Jim Gray - I'm curious how this guy still has someone wanting to pay him for something. He gets the LeBron "interview" (aka PR stunt), and the most famous thing he's done is put Pete Rose on the stand during a "All Century Team" recognition ceremony at the 1999 World Series.
TV producers and commentators at the Masters - Can someone just tone it down a bit? It's a golf tournament, not a funeral for Mother Teresa. If I hear "this win is going to change his life forever..." one more time...oh wait, I'll hear it Sun. 4/10/11.
Brett Favre. He's the sports world's Paris Hilton...he can't do anything right or well, yet still has cameras following him everywhere. Odds are he'll end up in the booth or doing pre-game predictions from behind a big semi-circle desk.
Gary Bettman - The world's fastest, toughest sport, led by a little legal weasel. Ask me sometime about my "chat" with him at an NHL game once...I'm sure he'd treat all "fans" of his sport as well as he did me.
This is a great summary of the business of sports...in the morning weekly radio interview here in Atlanta, the Falcons coach Mike Smith segment is called "The BMW Mike Smith Report brought to you bey AT&T and Ackerman Security."
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