Yea Cosell had a few quotes back in the day that was pretty out there. I remember once that he told OJ that he didn't understand a word that he was saying when he visited him in the booth during monday night football.
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > Also, Mr Worf, allow me to add the Moment of Infamy for one H Cosell, > sportscaster, during a MNF game when the Redskins' Alvin Gentry caught a > pass and, as he did some nimble dancing between would-be tacklers, Cosell > utters the immortal (unfortunately) words, "Look at that little monkey go!" > (Apologies for any offense made.) > > There was a fork in his career as well after that. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:21:31 -0700 > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] African American Football players say they won't > work for Rush > > > When you are in the moment and not expecting things some people wait for > a reaction from the audience before gaining the courage to say anything. > Just another WTF??? moment... > > Remember the Jimmy the Greek incident? One of the most famous quotes on tv > "The black is a better athlete to begin with because he's been bred to be > that way — because of his high thighs and big thighs that goes up into his > back, and they can jump higher and run faster because of their bigger > thighs. This goes back all the way to the Civil War when during the slave > trading, the owner — the slave owner would breed his big black to his big > woman so that he could have a big black kid." > > After that remark his career was pretty much over. > > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > > Yeah, but I'm talking about what happened *on* camera. They just sat there > and looked at him. Now, granted, they were taken off guard, but guys who can > run their mouths all the time to critique athletes and coaches and stuff, I > expect to be able to come back quickly. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 8:09:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] African American Football players say they won't > work for Rush > > We don't know what happened off camera. The director of the show may > have cut their mic or it was edited out completely. That is the danger of tv > production. You can alter reality to how you see fit. > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net > > wrote: > > > > Limbaugh is a bigot, pure and simple. I am amazed at ESPN hiring him as a > commentator a few years back. And what did he do? Within a short time, > claimed the media was being soft on Donovan McNabb just because he was > black. I was so pissed at that I almost threw something at the television. > To this day i'm not at all clear why they did that. I was also upset that > the blacks on the show that day didn't argue with him: they can spend all > their time yelling about who was the greatest player in their day, but let > that racist rant on like that. > > At any rate, this is horrible. Of course, as is always the way with this, > the mainstream will turn it on us and say "so now you want to judge people > like this" and they'll find some black person who's a member of the NAACP or > something, and try to block him from owning a team with whites on it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 6:05:32 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [scifinoir2] African American Football players say they won't work > for Rush > > > I couldn't pass this story up. Rush Limbaugh wants to buy the St. Louis > Rams, black players say they would boycott the team. I don't blame them at > all. > > http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-random11-2009oct11,0,6499393.story > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. Get it > now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/> > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
