The anti Kornheiser thread

[Azdak6]

Kudos to Bob Roll

Bobke takes a lot of (well-deserved) crap for his Armstrong/Radio Shack cheerleading, but he gets a big thumbs up for this one:

http://www.versus.com/cycling/video...n-stream/sports/cycling/sort/most-recent/i/1/

 

[dolophonic]

fail...

Sorry, as soon as he starts to talk i auto tune him out. After years of having to listen to his drivel this has become an automatic reaction...
All i can decipher is blah blah blah...

 

[fatandfast]

Sorry, as soon as he starts to talk i auto tune him out. After years of having to listen to his drivel this has become an automatic reaction...
All i can decipher is blah blah blah...

If you can pick trough the sh-it he often comes up with something good . You would figure after Tony's suspension for an off colored comment about one of his female coworkers he would put a sock in it.

 

[theswordsman]

Sorry, can't even make myself click the link.

 

[franciep10]

i can't believe I'm about to say this but I agree with Roll

 

[ImmaculateKadence]

If you guys read the transcript or hear what Tony Kornheiser said regarding cyclists, you would be appalled. I just read excerpt from the exchange and loathe the man now more than ever. How most people feel about Bob Roll is how I feel about TK on ESPN, now I think even less of him.

 

[hfer07]

Kudos indeed for that bolt statement-very thoughtful & courageous. I wish he could keep this kind of thinking all year round, specially as a commentator.

 

[usedtobefast]

good on ya, bobke!

 

[JTPato]

Kudos to Bob Roll

Good on you Bob Roll for speaking out against these radio jocks who are inciting motorists to use violence against cyclists. Do they not know that motorists could also be charged with murder if they kill someone. Does this also mean that the radio jocks are then accessories? The doctor in California is now in jail for this type of action.
Is there not a law against inciting violence.

 

[Oldman]

Bob is right. Hopefully we've all had occasion to discuss this intelligently with some misinformed driver. If not; remind them that vehicular homicide will leave them in jail for awhile while their hot wife in the passenger seat will find a new lover...not that the driver will appreciate the consequences but you will see the wife's face light up with expectations.

 

[3rdWheel]

Kornheiser's radio persona must be different from his TV one because he doesn't come off like the comments attributed to him from radio on TV. That being said I have agree with Roll 100% and it's nice to finally say that about the guy.

 

[42x16ss]

A very well worded and mature response from Roll.

After being spat at twice and having half a Big Mac thrown at me by people in 3 different motor vehicles this week, it seems the same message still needs to be spread over here in Australia too

 

[azrider]

Tony Kornheiser is a dooosh.....

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...rmstrong-thinks-tony-kornheiser-is-an-idiot/1

 

[ChrisE]

Uh oh. There's alot of potential here for alot of the posters to be on the same side of an issue as LA. I'm sure some heads will explode over this dilemma.

Maybe the LA hate crowd will be pro-running down cyclists now.

 

[El Oso]

Damnit! Why does Lance have to actually tweet something that all cyclists can agree on. The sky must be falling.

Hopefully, Lance's ability to move the general public might actually get something moving on this.

Kornheiser is a doosh, hopefully ESPN suspends him again (although I actually thought he was right the last time ESPN suspended him)

 

[ridley]

Can someone just cuff Bobke's hands to his ankles or behind his back ... That will already make a world of difference

 

[Anonymous]

Uh oh. There's alot of potential here for alot of the posters to be on the same side of an issue as LA. I'm sure some heads will explode over this dilemma.

Maybe the LA hate crowd will be pro-running down cyclists now.

...I am sorry, but I cannot read your post because it is obscured by a blue bikini...

 

[knewcleardaze]

I don't know if Kornheiser's radio show is syndicated nationwide. He was a columnist for The Washington Post. I'm near Washington D.C. and have listened to his show a few times. He has nothing.
He has the requisite crony with a British accent, and several other encouragers
/posse who babble ad nauseam about nothing. They fawn over local sports reporters who call in to the show regularly. So and so is a "great writer, she's a wonderful reporter."
When I hear someone talking about stories in the local newspaper on the radio, and then mocking, or making dumb comments ,that says to me they are not clever enough to come up with their own material. I don't need to hear on the radio what I can get from my newspaper.
He strikes me as if he likes to think of himself as a provocateur. In my view, he fails miserably. He just comes across like a jerk.
I hope in his heart he is not genuinely happy when a cyclist is struck by a motor vehicle.

 

[Oncearunner8]

race radio

Oh hell! I think Race Radio's must be buying up duct-tape to prevent his head from exploding. I am sure he would agree that the KornHollyO is a jackass who should have not said run over cyclist. Let's see how the RR play's this out!

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

He's still around? I remember him writing for the Washington Post when I still lived in the DC area -- and I've been in Germany 19 years now!

Susan

 

[Race Radio]

Oh hell! I think Race Radio's must be buying up duct-tape to prevent his head from exploding. I am sure he would agree that the KornHollyO is a jackass who should have not said run over cyclist. Let's see how the RR play's this out!

Kornhole is an idiot, always has been.

It is nice to see Armstrong using his celebrity to raise awareness of something besides himself and Nike.

 

[Race Radio]

Kornhole called Wonderboy today to apologize/grovel for forgiveness. Lance is going to be on the show tomorrow......he is the Jesse Jackson of cycling, whenever you do something stupid you need to kiss his ring.

I hope Lance makes him sweat, give him "The Look"

 

[David Suro]

The American mainstream sports media has never had an understanding of cycling.

I remember watching a race on the TV about fifteen years ago. There was a four man break working in perfect harmony, taking even pulls. The commentator kept saying how the four in the front were, "continuously battling to take the lead from each other."

Thank goodness for Vs. channel and commentators who understand the sport.

Like him or not, it is good that LA is going to use his mass appeal with the American population to help bring awareness to the need for motorists to not "run us down".

 

[usedtobefast]

Lance will make him squirm, like the little worm he is.

 

[No Chain]

This guy is all about reaction! I sincerely hope LA calls him out for the douchebag he is and tells him to f-off. Maybe he will try to "run down" a cyclist who sports a Glock.

Anyone remember this assclown on MNF!?