Francesa Erupts

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Keep in mind, this is a guy who will talk for hours about politics, or horses, or the Oscars.

Essentially, it's the "polite" way to say, "I don't need or want to talk about this gay crap."

[Frayed Knot]

metirish wrote: Francesa on Collins http://deadspin.com/mike-francesa-really-cant-stand-this-jason-collins-sto-484631959 It means less than nothing to me that there is a gay player now out if the NBA. SI going to reveal this this week in�I don't know why�I guess a dramatic attempt to sell a magazine, I guess. [...] I have the story here and I'm not compelled to run and talk about it or read it. I really don't care. I can't be any more honest. I don't care.

Translation: I didn't have the scoop

[Edgy MD]

"I can't be compelled to read it because, well, frankly, why read? I mean... outside of menus, what's the point?"

What a lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy, lazy man.

[metsmarathon]

"i'm not gonna talk about this story because i'm pretty sure i'll say something stupid enough to get me fired"

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

At the risk of sounding snarkophobic, what does Deadspin hope to get out of Francessa except to hear him embarrass himself on this topic?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I don't think that's the point, exactly-- it's more, here's the guy, and of course this is how he reacted to this.

[metirish]

More solid gold from Francesa.........




http://deadspin.com/mike-francesa-really-could-not-give-less-of-a-shit-abou-509330285


I didn't put this in the more relevant soccer thread because a lot of you are like Mike and could care less about soccer and don't visit that thread......and then you would have missed it

[Vic Sage]

while i happen to share his disinterest in soccer, he is the one with a sports talk show, and excluding discussion of a major sport just cuz he's not interested in (ie, he knows nothing about) it is the equivalent of malpractice.

[Ceetar]

Vic Sage wrote: while i happen to share his disinterest in soccer, he is the one with a sports talk show, and excluding discussion of a major sport just cuz he's not interested in (ie, he knows nothing about) it is the equivalent of malpractice.

I don't know if we can count soccer as 'major' although mentioning the stadium in passing is at least worth noting. Even if its' in a "does anyone care about soccer and will they go?" way.

on the other hand, I'd put it about golf, tennis and horse racing and he talks plenty about those.

more hockey though.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

About 1/3 of baseball coverage-- mostly, the old-timey stuff-- could be categorized as "sports malpractice."

Also, Major League Soccer may not, in and of itself, be major. It probably won't ever be.

American soccer interest in general, however (esp. re: major Euro leagues/world tournaments)? Mid-major and climbing.