So it has to be just a matter of time until Jason Whitlock blocks us from viewing his Twitter feed, right? In the meantime, though, let’s turn a critical eye to Jason’s latest bizarre comments on that overrated social networking tool. Seems ESPN’s Rick Reilly was on SportsCenter to talk about the whole Tiger Woods [...]
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ESPN Reaction To Woods Imbroglio Brings Out The Ranting, Angry, Scorned Gunman Inside Jason Whitlock
Posted in Controversy, Jason Whitlock, Sports, tagged AKs, ESPN, Jason Whitlock, Odd Opinions, Rick Reilly, Tiger Woods on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Sports, tagged Houston Nutt, KU Football on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sad news for amateur punsters: Houston Nutt is staying in the South.
Posted in Sports, tagged Baseball, Whitey Herzog on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Former Cardinals Royals manager Whitey Herzog makes the Hall of Fame, but influential owner Ewing Kauffman does not. Alas.
Posted in Jason Whitlock, Sports, tagged Jason Whitlock, Tiger Woods on December 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We’ll be covering the Whitlock column more closely a bit later, but for right now we’ll just note the following: Jason says in his second paragraph “I’m not talking Tiger Woods, his wife or one of Tiger’s mistresses. Tiger’s troubles are personal and none of our business.” Yeah, who would dare ask about Tiger’s personal [...]
Mark Mangino Deserves To Be Fired
Posted in Economics, Education, Sports, tagged Firings, KU Football, Lew Perkins, Mark Mangino on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Word on the street — and pretty openly voiced in the mainstream press — is that Saturday’s game against Los Tigres will be Mark Mangino’s last as KU’s head football coach. And it deserves to be, too, but not because of the current brouhaha involving accusations of untoward conduct. No, Mangino should be shown the [...]
SOTL Field Trip: A Night At The Missouri Mavericks Truman Jersey Night; Or, Unavoidably, ‘The Puck Stops Here.’
Posted in Field Trips, Local Business, Sports, tagged Hockey, Independence Events Center, Independence MO, Missouri Mavericks, New Teams, SOTL Field Trips on November 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the interest of broadening our horizons and gazing upon the new Independence Events Center in all its exurban glory, the State of the Line staff ventured yesternight to an ice-based contest between the Tulsa Oilers and the Missouri Mavericks. It was “Harry Truman Jersey Night,” which meant the local skating gladiators wore garish, stars-and-stripes-bedecked [...]
Posted in Education, Sports, tagged football, Mark Mangino on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Mangino-as-crazy-person sideshow keeps on steamrolling. Now we’re basically dredging his past.
Your KC Buzzword Of The Day Is ‘Bully,’ And Whitlock Doth Protest Too Much
Posted in Controversy, Jason Whitlock, Local Journalism, Sports, tagged Mark Mangino, KU Football, Jason Whitlock, KC Media. Hypocrisy on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
And not in the cool British way, either That’s right: the word sweeping the halls of the local media, creating a feeding frenzy of indignant denunciations, is none other than “bully” — as in “Man, I knew Mangino was a bully! I, uh, just never said anything before!”
Mangino’s Cousin Does Not Take Weightism Lightly
Posted in Sports, tagged Jackson Browne, Mangino on November 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here we have a COMMENT FROM MARK MANGINO’S COUSIN, who seems to have a formal complaint about JASON WHITLOCK’S COLUMN.
Nutt-To-KU Rumor Creates Star Comment Punapalooza
Posted in Education, Sports, Star Comments, tagged football, Houston Nutt, KU, Lew Perkins on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Say, have you heard that Ole Miss football coach Houston Nutt might be KU’s next football coach? The local media has, even though the Sun Herald — representing something called “Biloxi-Gulfport and South Mississippi” refutes the story. Homers! In any event, the story is a gift for those most talented of local jokemakers: Star commenters. [...]
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