Colin Cowherd

wizards8507 · Jul 23, 2015

ACamp1900 said:
Because you are a racist bigot... ??

...sexist homophobe.

ACamp1900 · Jul 23, 2015

wizards8507 said:
...sexist homophobe.

xactly...

Irish#1 · Jul 23, 2015

wizards8507 said:
They get direction on what topics to cover, but they're not forced to give specific opinions on those topics. They might say to Mike and Mike, "we'd like you to discuss college quarterbacks who you think will have the best NFL future," but the analysts and hosts are free to express their own opinions about which quarterbacks fit that bill. It's like an essay prompt in high school or college. Your teacher gives you the topic you have to write about, but you're allowed to articulate your own position on that topic.

No need to make excuses. I said direction, but you can be sure there are certain directions they have to follow, just like the teacher gives you guidelines to follow for your topic.

Stay strong, you're swimming upstream.

ACamp1900 · Jul 23, 2015

"No Mike, we want you to talk SEC dominance. Greenie, we want you to talk about how insanely difficult the SEC is. You can talk about these topics in any fashion you wish, but you must cover those topics... if there is any extra time in your segments, just fill it with something different,.. like random talk of SEC greatness.."

KPENN · Jul 24, 2015

So uhhh..

Colin Cowherd no longer on ESPN air after comments about Dominican Republic players

Radio host Colin Cowherd no longer will appear on ESPN following comments he made about baseball players from the Dominican Republic one day earlier, the company said in a statement Friday.

"Colin Cowherd's comments over the past two days do not reflect the values of ESPN or our employees," ESPN said in a statement. "Colin will no longer appear on ESPN."

Cowherd issued an apology later Friday via Twitter.

Cowherd had said Thursday that he didn't believe baseball was complex, saying a third of the sport was from the Dominican Republic, which had "not been known, in my lifetime, as having, you know, world-class academic abilities.''

Major League Baseball on Friday said Cowherd owes Dominican players an apology for the remarks, and the MLB Players Association also condemned his comments.

Earlier Friday, Cowherd addressed his remarks from Thursday during The Herd.

"I could've made the point without using one country, and there's all sorts of smart people from the Dominican Republic," Cowherd said. "I could've said a third of baseball's talent is being furnished from countries with economic hardships, therefore educational hurdles. For the record, I used the Dominican Republic because they've furnished baseball with so many great players."

Cowherd on Friday also cited reports and statistics to back up what he said about the country's ranking when it comes to primary education.

"I understand that when you mention a specific country, they get offended," Cowherd said. "I get it. I do. And for that, I feel bad. I do. But I have four reports in front of me ... where there are discussions of major deficiencies in the education sector at all levels. ... It wasn't a shot at them. It was data. Five, seven years ago I talked about the same subject. Was I clunky? Perhaps. Did people not like my tone? I get it. Sometimes my tone stinks.

"I think when you host a radio show, just like Jon Stewart hosts a show, I think sometimes I bring up stuff ... that makes people cringe. I'm not saying there's not intelligent, educated people from the Dominican Republic. I cringe at the data, too."

Major League Baseball issued its statement -- after Cowherd's show had aired Friday.

"Major League Baseball condemns the remarks made by Colin Cowherd, which were inappropriate, offensive and completely inconsistent with the values of our game," it said. "Mr. Cowherd owes our players of Dominican origin, and Dominican people generally, an apology."

Tony Clark, executive director of the MLBPA, also issued a statement in which he took issue with Cowherd's response Friday to his original comments.

"As a veteran of 15 MLB seasons, I can assure you that our sport is infinitely more complex than some in the media would have you believe," Clark said. "To suggest otherwise is ignorant, and to make an ignorant point by denigrating the intelligence of our Dominican members was not 'clunky' -- it was offensive.

"These recent comments are particularly disappointing when viewed against the backdrop of the important work being done to celebrate and improve the cultural diversity of our game. Baseball's partners and stakeholders should help such efforts, not undermine them."

There were 83 Dominican players on Opening Day rosters this year, representing about 10 percent of all players in the majors.

The flap stems from Cowherd's comments on Thursday, which were made while debating whether it was difficult for a front-office executive to take over managerial duties -- using current Miami Marlins general manager/manager Dan Jennings as an example.

"It's baseball," Cowherd said Thursday. "You don't think a general manager can manage? Like it's impossible? The game is too complex? I've never bought into that, 'Baseball's just too complex.' Really? A third of the sport is from the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic has not been known in my lifetime as having world-class academic abilities. A lot of those kids come from rough backgrounds and have not had opportunities academically that other kids from other countries have.

"Baseball is like any sport. It's mostly instincts. A sports writer who covers baseball could go up to Tony La Russa and have a real baseball argument, and Tony would listen and it would seem reasonable. There's not a single NFL writer in the country who could diagram a play for Bill Belichick. You know, we get caught up in this whole 'thinking-man's game.' Is it in the same family? Most people could do it. It's not being a concert pianist. It's in the same family."

Cowherd's comments drew the attention of Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista, a native of the Dominican Republic who asked Cowherd via Twitter for further clarification concerning his remarks on Thursday.

Cowherd, who has been with ESPN for 12 years, announced earlier this week that he's leaving the company for another business opportunity.

kmoose · Jul 24, 2015

KPENN said:
So uhhh..

Colin Cowherd no longer on ESPN air after comments about Dominican Republic players

I won't miss him. I used to love Cowherd when he was on KGW TV8 in Portland, OR, because he was the only local guy who didn't constantly homer on the PAC-10. But since he got his gig at ESPN, he has slowly turned into an elitist @sshole. I'm surprised he hasn't changed his name to "Biff", and started dating a "Muffy".

Irish YJ · Jul 24, 2015

buh bye
twas only time before the idiot slipped up

ACamp1900 · Jul 24, 2015

I don't always enjoy the downfall of others,... But when I do, it's usually Colin Cowherd's.

T Town Tommy · Jul 24, 2015

So, for all the inflammatory remarks he has made about everything and everybody in the past, these comments about the DR is what gets him gone? Gotta be more to it than that. The fact he was leaving for a rival sports network didn't have anything to do with him no longer appearing on ESPN? Yeah... ok.

Not a fan of Colin as I never really understood the guy other than his niche seemed to be doing what he did here - make controversial statements about pretty much everything he could dream up. But his "no longer appearing on ESPN" is a poor attempt by ESPN to garner ratings for "doing the right thing."

IrishLax · Jul 24, 2015

T Town Tommy said:
So, for all the inflammatory remarks he has made about everything and everybody in the past, these comments about the DR is what gets him gone? Gotta be more to it than that. The fact he was leaving for a rival sports network didn't have anything to do with him no longer appearing on ESPN? Yeah... ok.

Not a fan of Colin as I never really understood the guy other than his niche seemed to be doing what he did here - make controversial statements about pretty much everything he could dream up. But his "no longer appearing on ESPN" is a poor attempt by ESPN to garner ratings for "doing the right thing."

It's more the converse... they're trying to cast shade on the Shiny New Toy their rival purchased. "Oh, you guys have Colin Cowherd? Wasn't he fired from ESPN for being racist?"

Shrewd business by them on multiple levels.

kmoose · Jul 24, 2015

T Town Tommy said:
So, for all the inflammatory remarks he has made about everything and everybody in the past, these comments about the DR is what gets him gone? Gotta be more to it than that.... But his "no longer appearing on ESPN" is a poor attempt by ESPN to garner ratings for "doing the right thing."

Major League Baseball on Friday said Cowherd owes Dominican players an apology for the remarks, and the MLB Players Association also condemned his comments.

It would be pretty hard to report on baseball as "The Worldwide Leader" if every league office guy, front office guy, and player stopped talking to your people "off the record" because they took a stand against you failing to take a stand against a guy who insulted them all (whether real or simply perceived insult is another question entirely).

T Town Tommy · Jul 24, 2015

kmoose said:
It would be pretty hard to report on baseball as "The Worldwide Leader" if every league office guy, front office guy, and player stopped talking to your people "off the record" because they took a stand against you failing to take a stand against a guy who insulted them all (whether real or simply perceived insult is another question entirely).

Not really. The NBA didn't shun ESPN when Colin made personal attacks on some of their players. His personal attacks on John Wall is a prime example. Where was ESPN then? This has more to do with Colin already exiting for FOX than the network "taking a stand."

dshans · Jul 24, 2015

wizards8507 said:
...sexist homophobe.

Saxist melophone???

Huh? What? Midfielder? Crap.

I be confuzzeled ... no suprise here!

GoIrish41 · Jul 24, 2015

KPENN said:
So uhhh..

Colin Cowherd no longer on ESPN air after comments about Dominican Republic players

I do not have a problem with what he said. And if someone would really have a problem with it, my friends from the political threads will agree, it would probably be me. ESPN is pissed because he is leaving. He is a douche, but he has a following and he is not always wrong. Unpopular opinion? Perhaps, but he was doing what ESPN always paid him to do. FU ESPN!

Irish#1 · Jul 24, 2015

FightingIrishLover7 · Jul 24, 2015

Cowherd was already on the way out, under his own terms.
Now espn is trying to create an illusion that their morals outweighed his tenure.

ARALOU · Jul 25, 2015

Who cares? He is a jackass. ESPN sux.

irishtrain · Jul 25, 2015

Irish#1 said:

Chuckles

irishtrain · Jul 25, 2015

Irish#1 said:
I think this happens regularly. I've heard Mike and Mike talk about show planning and how they get direction on some of the topics that should be covered on their show.

They have meetings that are just like a sales meeting for your local widget company. The topics are the same and the means to an end are the same only the subject is different. I think you would be shocked at the bull$%^# you would here in an espn show planning session. Its not rocket science.

Irish Insanity · Jul 25, 2015

FightingIrishLover7 said:
Cowherd was already on the way out, under his own terms.
Now espn is trying to create an illusion that their morals outweighed his tenure.

This

BobbyMac · Jul 25, 2015

IrishLax said:
It's more the converse... they're trying to cast shade on the Shiny New Toy their rival purchased. "Oh, you guys have Colin Cowherd? Wasn't he fired from ESPN for being racist?"

Shrewd business by them on multiple levels.

I agree with this^^^^^

This is ESPN saying:

So you want to go to the rival? Well let's give you a head start Colin. And btw MLB, did you hear what Fox's new employee had to say about 1/3 of your players? It was so bad we had to let him go. We know you expect more from a partner who you have such a huge contract with and who you've entrusted to broadcast your playoffs and World Series.
And to you Fox... so sorry. You really should do a better job with who (and in this case, when) you hire someone. Cheers.

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irishtrain · Jul 26, 2015

The Cowherd media types will be popular forever because there will always be a Phyllis or a Bucknut or a goober of some sort to tune in tell him how much he likes the show to get his 1 minute of fame. Cowherd is nothing more than your local barber letting people expose their opinions so they can feel good about themselves. I don't believe he's that talented, just brazen enough to be a jackass.

GoldenDome · Jul 26, 2015

ACamp1900 said:
"No Mike, we want you to talk SEC dominance. Greenie, we want you to talk about how insanely difficult the SEC is. You can talk about these topics in any fashion you wish, but you must cover those topics... if there is any extra time in your segments, just fill it with something different,.. like random talk of SEC greatness.."

Remember when they hyped up that Ala LSU game a few years back? They literally pumped that game for 4 weeks prior. I forgot what they called it, but they had a cheesy name for the game. It was sickening.

nsisk157 · Jul 26, 2015

GoldenDome said:
Remember when they hyped up that Ala LSU game a few years back? They literally pumped that game for 4 weeks prior. I forgot what they called it, but they had a cheesy name for the game. It was sickening.

The only thing more sickening was how awful the game was!

Irish Insanity · Jul 26, 2015

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...get-to-my-level-to-answer-him--165151216.html

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's Pedro's complete answer when asked about Cowherd's comments: <a href="http://t.co/xhR1qlWsS8">pic.twitter.com/xhR1qlWsS8</a></p>— Tim Britton (@TimBritton) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimBritton/status/625021623221923840">July 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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GoldenDomer · Jul 26, 2015

Not overjoyed about what Colin said but are we really going to get lectured on morals from a professional athlete that got into a physical confrontation/threw an old man to the ground.

wizards8507 · Jul 26, 2015

GoldenDomer said:
Not overjoyed about what Colin said but are we really going to get lectured on morals from a professional athlete that got into a physical confrontation/threw an old man to the ground.

Are you kidding me? Zim charged.

GoldenDomer · Jul 26, 2015

wizards8507 said:
Are you kidding me? Zim charged.

....But he was 72. You don't think Pedro could have made it out of there without harm without throwing him to the ground by the head?

ARALOU · Jul 26, 2015

LOL, even Zim said he deserved that for being stupid enough to go at Pedro.

GoldenDomer · Jul 26, 2015

ARALOU said:
LOL, even Zim said he deserved that for being stupid enough to go at Pedro.

So the old man that got slammed regretted getting near the guy? My bad. Pedro is a really good guy.

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