Scoop Jackson just lost all credibilty
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hell let's see lebron go at that bitchI wanna see chuck d go at skip on 1 & 10
skip is alright with me
c/s
Article made the guy sound more like Mr.Garrison than a reporter
He never seemed all that believable to me
but i'm not white so
hell let's see lebron go at that bitch
He would be in tears. He would throw a fit and ask, "What is my motivation"?
Once you acknowledge that Bayless sometimes says outrageous things for the shock effect, then you'll enjoy him a lot more. After that you realize that he has some very, very sensible criticisms and critiques of the sports world. I personally accept him for what he is.
Skip is cool, he keeps the show interesting.
I hate Skip, but I realize he's playing a role. If he raised sensible arguments nobody would care about him. He's smart because he realizes you need to stand out to be "relevant". The only sports analysis I like on ESPN is Pardon the Interruption, but First Take is entertaining to watch.
SCOOP JACKSON is a "SAFE NEGRO" for ESPN to promote. He "looks" like he is down...but they know that he is never going to go past a certain line...and is not going to challenge the status quo.
Why do you think STEVEN A. SMITH is not on ESPN anymore
regardless if you hate/love Steven A. he was not scared to go straight at the ESPN or the other commentators when he thought they were on some bullshit.
So they brought in SCOOP the "safe down negro" .. and that broad JEMELE HILL.. that they propping up... got her doing 1st & 10 and the sports reporters.. cuz she is "safe".
Gone are Steven A. Smith, Jason Whitlock, and Sean Salisbury. That cats that weren't scared to call people out in their fuckery.
Here is the shit that was the last straw in getting Salisbury fired
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/02/...ly-flips-and-calls-john-clayton-crypt-keeper/
Why do you think STEVEN A. SMITH is not on ESPN anymore
regardless if you hate/love Steven A. he was not scared to go straight at the ESPN or the other commentators when he thought they were on some bullshit.
So they brought in SCOOP the "safe down negro" .. and that broad JEMELE HILL.. that they propping up... got her doing 1st & 10 and the sports reporters.. cuz she is "safe".
Gone are Steven A. Smith, Jason Whitlock, and Sean Salisbury. That cats that weren't scared to call people out in their fuckery.
Here is the shit that was the last straw in getting Salisbury fired
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/02/...ly-flips-and-calls-john-clayton-crypt-keeper/
Yup. You gotta be a company guy and toe the line at EsPN
SCOOP JACKSON is a "SAFE NEGRO" for ESPN to promote. He "looks" like he is down...but they know that he is never going to go past a certain line...and is not going to challenge the status quo.
Why do you think STEVEN A. SMITH is not on ESPN anymore
regardless if you hate/love Steven A. he was not scared to go straight at the ESPN or the other commentators when he thought they were on some bullshit.
So they brought in SCOOP the "safe down negro" .. and that broad JEMELE HILL.. that they propping up... got her doing 1st & 10 and the sports reporters.. cuz she is "safe".
Gone are Steven A. Smith, Jason Whitlock, and Sean Salisbury. That cats that weren't scared to call people out in their fuckery.
Here is the shit that was the last straw in getting Salisbury fired
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/02/...ly-flips-and-calls-john-clayton-crypt-keeper/
Salisbury has a radio show here in dallas with newy scruggs and that shit is great.
Here is the shit that was the last straw in getting Salisbury fired
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/02/...ly-flips-and-calls-john-clayton-crypt-keeper/
when I first saw that cryptkeeper shit, I almost fucking died
when I first saw that cryptkeeper shit, I almost fucking died
that kevin frazier nigga was laughing his ass off
when I first saw that cryptkeeper shit, I almost fucking died
man if I saw that shit when it happened, I would have fell out...What makes it funnier is that I always thought Clayton's head looked like a hot air ballon with glasses...
I'm keeping that clip...that's a guaranteed laugh out of anyone...Salisbury straight cracked on the dude on live TV...
As far as Bayless goes, he's like ESPN's version of Gleen Beck or Nancy Grace. He just says things for shock value/entertainment. I don't see him as funny. Woody Paige was funny on First & 10, and still is on ATH. Skip isn't.
Man... I almost choked to death first time I saw that shit..seriously....
yo...about Bayless.. I think the same thing man.. it's not possible that believes all that shit he says or writes...
I would believe that if he were some new guy but he's been doing this since the early 90's. It's gotten him run out of several cities and he went to the one place where he knows he can say whatever he wants.
I get shock value but at some point it leads to ridiculous statements, like when he said nash was a better point guard than magic
I get shock value but at some point it leads to ridiculous statements, like when he said nash was a better point guard than magic
I see what you're saying through that last post...a statement like that is blasphemy in basketball...
sad thing is, I wouldn't be surprised if some "analysts" said that Nash was a better player than the likes of Isiah or even Jason Kidd...There are those that actually believe that
I didn't know Salisbury was fired... bout to peep the link.SCOOP JACKSON is a "SAFE NEGRO" for ESPN to promote. He "looks" like he is down...but they know that he is never going to go past a certain line...and is not going to challenge the status quo.
Why do you think STEVEN A. SMITH is not on ESPN anymore
regardless if you hate/love Steven A. he was not scared to go straight at the ESPN or the other commentators when he thought they were on some bullshit.
So they brought in SCOOP the "safe down negro" .. and that broad JEMELE HILL.. that they propping up... got her doing 1st & 10 and the sports reporters.. cuz she is "safe".
Gone are Steven A. Smith, Jason Whitlock, and Sean Salisbury. That cats that weren't scared to call people out in their fuckery.
Here is the shit that was the last straw in getting Salisbury fired
http://www.bestweekever.tv/2008/02/...ly-flips-and-calls-john-clayton-crypt-keeper/
Steven A. Smith >>>> 100 Sniff Assons....
Edit: Oh, I saw the crypt keeper thing on BGOL, that was funny... How long after that did he last?
@ the Sportscenter anchor cracking up at the Crypt keeper joke...I read the full article about Skip-- I've never paid much attention to the dude but this picture
I never knew about the Aikman rumors (what the author said about Elway and Steve Young made me think of Vince Young today) or Bayliss's role in it... It's pretty interesting and I'm going to post the whole thing for those who are unfamiliar because it's worth reading and, as you'll see in the article, the author knows both parties (which adds to the ether of the opening paragraph):
How Does Skip Bayless Sleep At Night?
The Self-Loathing TV Host Takes Another Limp-Wristed Slap At Aikman
Mike Fisher -- DB.com
For what it’s worth, John Edward Bayless II is 57 and there is no record of him ever being married and no record of him ever fathering children. He is trim and neat and rather delicate. He used to live in the Oak Lawn area of Dallas. He refuses to eat press-box food and arrives at games with a baggie of sliced vegetables. He wears makeup. He prances a bit when he walks. He over-brags in print about his hetero conquests. He favors Richard Simmons-style running shorts. In adulthood, he officially changed his name to match his mother’s nickname, “Skip.’’
So why does this self-loathing creep keep regurgitating the rumor he started – the financially lucrative rumor he started -- regarding Troy Aikman’s sexuality?
Along with being in denial, Skip must also be in debt.
Bayless, the former Dallas-based journalist, continues to forge a handsome career as a high-volume muck-raking contrarian at ESPN. (You say “po-tay-to,’’ he says “Barry Bonds is a good guy.’’) His profile and tax bracket were greatly raised by the third of his three books on the Dallas Cowboys, “Hell-Bent,’’ which is largely centered around a vicious premise:
That Troy Aikman is gay.
It’s evil enough to out a person against his will. It’s beyond evil to out a person who isn't established as even being gay. But the topper: a full 13 years after the release of that unfortunate book, the hate-mongering Bayless is dishing anew about Aikman’s sexuality.
This week, Bayless is telling a website: “The Troy Aikman gay rumors had been in Dallas for several years. I did talk radio in Dallas and I would get at least one call a week from someone asking if Troy Aikman is gay. …
My only regret about the book is that it does not say that Aikman is gay. I had no idea and nor do I care to this day. A number of the black players -- with whom I was close -- contended that he was bisexual.’’
This is territory that I’ve trod before. But because Skip dredges it up again. … for reasons I truly cannot comprehend, unless he’s seeking another payday at the expense of an unwitting victim … and because it is getting traction from the national level (like Deadspin, AwfulAnnouncing and The Big Lead) to the local level (like D Magazine). ... and because I was a full-time presence in the Cowboys locker room at that time -- with a collegial relationship with Bayless and a working friendship with Aikman -- I feel qualified and obliged to hammer away at it. Item by item:
*“The Troy Aikman gay rumors had been in Dallas for several years.’’
What an inarguable justification for spreading a rumor. “It’s been around.’’ If Skip were half the reporter he thinks he is, he would know that “the-new-quarterback-is-gay’’ rumor is an unfortunate NFL tradition. A sick initiation ceremony, basically. Borne of the insecurities of men who wished they could be rich, handsome, athletic and alpha. Aikman joined a long line of quarterbacks who I personally covered – including John Elway and Steve Young – who were subject to “gay rumors that had been in Denver/San Francisco for several years.’’
This reasoning doesn’t even justify whispering such a thing to the ladies down at the hair salon – let alone profiting from writing a book about it.
*I did talk radio in Dallas and I would get at least one call a week from someone asking if Troy Aikman is gay.’’
I’ve done a little talk radio, too. I’ve fielded calls once a week from people who think any number of things. Random phone calls from nameless, faceless fans. … That’s why Skip continues to perpetuate this myth? Because “Ernie in Waxahachie’’ told him to?
* “A number of the black players -- with whom I was close -- contended that he was bisexual.’’
Let me be very clear here, on two points:
One, this rumor, this contention, this myth. … was NOT started by “talk-show callers’’ or “cops’’ or “Switzer’’ or, as Bayless is now sadly claiming, “the black players.’’ This rumor was perpetuated by Bayless himself. Period. The Switzer family DID NOT tell Bayless about it; Bayless TOLD Barry’s daughter Kathy about it – and then shamelessly used the coach’s young daughter as his “source.’’
This is fact and this is irrefutable and (not that Aikman or Switzer need me as their defender) I would debate these issues – all this issues addressed here -- with Skip Bayless any time and any place.
Two, regarding Bayless being “close with a number of the black players’’: Bayless used his religion as a tool to get access to some of the less worldly young players who came into that locker room. And he victimized them, too, for the unworthy purpose of milking a column out of them. (He tricked Alexander Wright that way. He violated his trust and he destroyed that kid. But he got his 800 words out of it.) I was in that locker room every day for five years leading up to Bayless’ release of “Hell-Bent.’’ As a newspaper beat writer, I had personal and/or professional relationships of one sort or another with virtually every man in that locker room, black and white. I would be fascinated to hear Skip tick off the names of all those black Cowboys players from 1990-95 with whom he was “close.’’ I would be fascinated to watch the surprised reactions of the players as they heard their names cross Skip’s lips.
ESPN should put that on TV.
* “My only regret about the book is that it does not say that Aikman is gay. I had no idea and nor do I care to this day.’’
And this is The Essential Skip: When nonsense isn’t enough, cake it in lies, feign innocence and blame someone else. Skip is nothing short of obsessed with asserting his love for the black athlete and with asserting his powerful heterosexuality. If you read his first book, “God’s Coach,’’ you will find it is equal parts about Tom Landry and about how many chicks Skip bagged, with black Cowboys Dennis Thurman and Dexter Clinkscale as his wingmen.
He’s hip and he hangs with the black fellas and he bangs babes! Methinks he asserts too much.
Skip “doesn’t care’’ if Aikman is gay? Then why would he care to turn back the clock 13 years and have it in his book? But wait. … he did have it in his book! … And wait. … if he doesn’t care about the sexuality of a man who won three Super Bowls for the Cowboys, is a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer, has gone on to great success as a network broadcaster and an iconic figure and is a happily married father of three daughters, why is he participating in a lengthy discussion about it?
Skip Bayless judged Troy Aikman and defied ethics, morals and logic by suggesting he is gay. I can only imagine how difficult that was for Aikman. But I have some empathy for Bayless, too. Because if he has any conscience at all, when he goes to bed at night – regardless of whomever or whatever it is he crawls in next to -- I have to assume John Edward “Skip’’ Bayless II does not sleep well.
scoop jackson is just now losing credibility? 
here is jason whitlock's opinion of scoop jackson in 2006:
Q: Why’d you leave Page 2? Did your feud with Scoop Jackson have anything to do with you leaving?
I’ve always disagreed with Page 2 about the value of my column. But when I started, it was an opportunity to write alongside Ralph Wiley, Hunter S. Thompson and Bill Simmons. That’s a great lineup, and I just wanted to be in the middle of that order somewhere. Page 2 had a lot of energy. Ralph and Hunter passed, Simmons got his own page, the editor who kicked me ideas (Jay Lovinger) got promoted and suddenly I was batting in a very different lineup, and the new manager had me hitting a lot lower in the order. I wasn’t real comfortable, but I figured I’d let things play out. I quit doing radio and had more time to focus on my weekly ideas. The column was already game tight, but the frequency, consistency and content all improved. The compensation didn’t, the place in the batting order didn’t and the team started shopping for talent in remote locations.
Q: What about Scoop? Based on the way you bitch-slapped him in the KC Star, you couldn’t have liked working with him.
We didn�t work together. But, yeah, there’s a big dropoff from being associated with Ralph, Hunter and Bill than being linked to someone doing a bad Nat X impersonation. It pissed me off that the dude tried to call himself the next Ralph Wiley and stated some [bleep] about carrying Ralph’s legacy. Ralph was one of my best friends. I hate to go all Lloyd Bentsen, but Scoop Jackson is no Ralph Wiley. Ralph was a grown-ass man who didn’t bojangle for anybody. Scoop is a clown. And the publishing of his fake ghetto posturing is an insult to black intelligence, and it interferes with intelligent discussion of important racial issues. Scoop showed up on the scene and all of a sudden I’m getting e-mails from readers connecting what I write to Scoop. And his stuff is being presented like grown folks should take it seriously. Please. I guess I’ll go Bill Cosby on you, but it’s about time we as black people quit letting Flavor Flav and the rest of these clowns bojangle for dollars. There’s going to be a new civil-rights movement among black people and the people bojangling for dollars are going to be put in check.
http://thebiglead.com/?p=1038
here is jason whitlock's opinion of scoop jackson in 2006:
Q: Why’d you leave Page 2? Did your feud with Scoop Jackson have anything to do with you leaving?
I’ve always disagreed with Page 2 about the value of my column. But when I started, it was an opportunity to write alongside Ralph Wiley, Hunter S. Thompson and Bill Simmons. That’s a great lineup, and I just wanted to be in the middle of that order somewhere. Page 2 had a lot of energy. Ralph and Hunter passed, Simmons got his own page, the editor who kicked me ideas (Jay Lovinger) got promoted and suddenly I was batting in a very different lineup, and the new manager had me hitting a lot lower in the order. I wasn’t real comfortable, but I figured I’d let things play out. I quit doing radio and had more time to focus on my weekly ideas. The column was already game tight, but the frequency, consistency and content all improved. The compensation didn’t, the place in the batting order didn’t and the team started shopping for talent in remote locations.
Q: What about Scoop? Based on the way you bitch-slapped him in the KC Star, you couldn’t have liked working with him.
We didn�t work together. But, yeah, there’s a big dropoff from being associated with Ralph, Hunter and Bill than being linked to someone doing a bad Nat X impersonation. It pissed me off that the dude tried to call himself the next Ralph Wiley and stated some [bleep] about carrying Ralph’s legacy. Ralph was one of my best friends. I hate to go all Lloyd Bentsen, but Scoop Jackson is no Ralph Wiley. Ralph was a grown-ass man who didn’t bojangle for anybody. Scoop is a clown. And the publishing of his fake ghetto posturing is an insult to black intelligence, and it interferes with intelligent discussion of important racial issues. Scoop showed up on the scene and all of a sudden I’m getting e-mails from readers connecting what I write to Scoop. And his stuff is being presented like grown folks should take it seriously. Please. I guess I’ll go Bill Cosby on you, but it’s about time we as black people quit letting Flavor Flav and the rest of these clowns bojangle for dollars. There’s going to be a new civil-rights movement among black people and the people bojangling for dollars are going to be put in check.
http://thebiglead.com/?p=1038
Skip may be aiight as a person, but he be making shit smooth up - his ass be wrong as two dicks! While niggas may love sensationalizing shit, we typically hate a outright muthafuckin' liar.
yeah I was watching Bayliss comments on the Lebron issue; I give Scoop props for being a self made cat but he has to be careful on some of the comments he makes.
He said that
barkley said that too recently had stockton in his top 5 alltime
skip is on that raw food diet
i never seen scoop too much but from the clip he looks bitchmade
side note...it was dope how espn used to carry hunter s. thompson before he died
FUUUUUUUUCK SKIP 
It's only cool when Stephen A. be on there letting skippy have it
It's only cool when Stephen A. be on there letting skippy have it