January 17, 2020
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It’s a shame when two good people lose their jobs. It’s also a shame when radio listeners lose daily contact with voices they have come to trust as friends. Both happened today when iHeart Media decided Jake Query and Derek Schultz should no longer have a daily show on WNDE 1260AM. The writing was on […]
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Don Cherry spent many years hosting Coaches Corner on Hockey Night in Canada in his own unique way. Today, he responded in a unique way to being fired for comments interpreted by Canada Sportsnet as racist and intolerant. “I have just learned I’ve been fired by Sportsnet for comments made on Coach’s Corner Nov. 9, no […]
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Sports media person voices polarizing opinion about something other than sports; people are outraged and complain; sports media person is fired. Bing, bang, bong. That’s how it ended for Don Cherry, the guy who has worn outrageous suits on Canada Sportsnet’s “Hockey Night in Canada” for the past 40 years. He veered from his lane, and […]
There are people who are celebrating Dan Dakich’s five-day suspension as a valid consequence for the behavior of a guy who irritates them – and they are misguided. Dan is the best thing to happen to Indiana sports media since Mayflower trucks rolled into town carrying all of the worldly belongings of the Indianapolis Colts. […]
Watching the Patriots roll over the Giants on Thursday Night Football last night, I heard Joe Buck declared Bill Belichick as the greatest coach in NFL history. How the hell does Buck know whether Belichick is a better coach today than George Halas or Curly Lambeau were in the 1920s? Does Don Shula not merit […]