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08-03-2004, 08:59 AM

LioNiNoiL_a t_N e t s c a p E_D 0 T_N e T <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>> Dibble is a co-host on the Dan Patrick show. One day last
>> week while Dan was off, Dibble was discussing the Tour de
>> France and Lance Armstrong, and he claimed that riding a
>> hundred miles was easy.
>
>Friday, July 23, 2004
>Uninformed Commentary Disturbing
>by Keith Strudler for The Poughkeepsie Journal
>
>ESPN's Rob Dibble again showed his obtuse grasp of sports this week with
>his sophomoric analysis of cycling, reminding us why Bobby Valentine
>called Dibble "the reason people switch off ESPN."

Actually, Dibble's not the reason.

Colin Cowherd is the reason. I never used to switch
off ESPN because of personalities, but Cowherd doesn't
have one. He's a whale's blowhole with a tape machine
playing through it. And his non-sports commentaries are,
literally, sophomoric. Crap any 16-year-old knows.

>As co-host of Dan Patrick's radio show, Dibble told listeners that
>cycling was not a sport and that he too could have competed in the Tour
>de France had he started training at the age of four.

As a mile-marker, maybe.

>His comments placed him on the same moronic plane as Skip Bayless this
>week, filling in for Jim Rome on his national radio broadcast. Bayless
>entertained his audience with e-mail comparing Diana Taurasi to a horse,
>exactly what we should expect from a self-congratulatory hack whose
>claim to fame is libelous commentary on Troy Aikman's sexuality.

Yes. Bayless has for a long time been a solid reason to
turn the page and check the lacrosse scores.

>I enjoy over-the-top radio as much as anyone, and I have long defended
>guys like Mike Russo and Sid Rosenberg as loud but knowledgeable
>entertainers. But Dibble and Bayless's brand of entertainment, loud but
>offensive, hurdles Spinal Tap's fine line between clever and stupid, the
>trademark of these pseudo-journalists.

Dibble's generally tolerable and entertaining, as long as
the person running the show beats him with a stick from
time to time. But this time he put his fat foot in his fat
mouth and refused to back off despite mountains of evidence.
So I filled in on the stick, because Dan Patrick was out.

--Blair
"I wonder if he can read..."

08-04-2004, 08:52 AM

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> LioNiNoiL_a t_N e t s c a p E_D 0 T_N e T <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>>Dibble is a co-host on the Dan Patrick show. One day last
>>>week while Dan was off, Dibble was discussing the Tour de
>>>France and Lance Armstrong, and he claimed that riding a
>>>hundred miles was easy.
>>
>>Friday, July 23, 2004
>>Uninformed Commentary Disturbing
>>by Keith Strudler for The Poughkeepsie Journal
>>
>>ESPN's Rob Dibble again showed his obtuse grasp of sports this week with
>>his sophomoric analysis of cycling, reminding us why Bobby Valentine
>>called Dibble "the reason people switch off ESPN."
>
>
> Actually, Dibble's not the reason.
>
> Colin Cowherd is the reason. I never used to switch
> off ESPN because of personalities, but Cowherd doesn't
> have one. He's a whale's blowhole with a tape machine
> playing through it. And his non-sports commentaries are,
> literally, sophomoric. Crap any 16-year-old knows.

Hmm. Must be possessed by the soul of Howard Cosell.

-km

--
the black rose
proud to be owned by a yorkie
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

08-04-2004, 08:52 AM

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> LioNiNoiL_a t_N e t s c a p E_D 0 T_N e T <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>>Dibble is a co-host on the Dan Patrick show. One day last
>>>week while Dan was off, Dibble was discussing the Tour de
>>>France and Lance Armstrong, and he claimed that riding a
>>>hundred miles was easy.
>>
>>Friday, July 23, 2004
>>Uninformed Commentary Disturbing
>>by Keith Strudler for The Poughkeepsie Journal
>>
>>ESPN's Rob Dibble again showed his obtuse grasp of sports this week with
>>his sophomoric analysis of cycling, reminding us why Bobby Valentine
>>called Dibble "the reason people switch off ESPN."
>
>
> Actually, Dibble's not the reason.
>
> Colin Cowherd is the reason. I never used to switch
> off ESPN because of personalities, but Cowherd doesn't
> have one. He's a whale's blowhole with a tape machine
> playing through it. And his non-sports commentaries are,
> literally, sophomoric. Crap any 16-year-old knows.

Hmm. Must be possessed by the soul of Howard Cosell.

-km

--
the black rose
proud to be owned by a yorkie
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

08-04-2004, 08:52 AM

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> LioNiNoiL_a t_N e t s c a p E_D 0 T_N e T <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>>Dibble is a co-host on the Dan Patrick show. One day last
>>>week while Dan was off, Dibble was discussing the Tour de
>>>France and Lance Armstrong, and he claimed that riding a
>>>hundred miles was easy.
>>
>>Friday, July 23, 2004
>>Uninformed Commentary Disturbing
>>by Keith Strudler for The Poughkeepsie Journal
>>
>>ESPN's Rob Dibble again showed his obtuse grasp of sports this week with
>>his sophomoric analysis of cycling, reminding us why Bobby Valentine
>>called Dibble "the reason people switch off ESPN."
>
>
> Actually, Dibble's not the reason.
>
> Colin Cowherd is the reason. I never used to switch
> off ESPN because of personalities, but Cowherd doesn't
> have one. He's a whale's blowhole with a tape machine
> playing through it. And his non-sports commentaries are,
> literally, sophomoric. Crap any 16-year-old knows.

Hmm. Must be possessed by the soul of Howard Cosell.

-km

--
the black rose
proud to be owned by a yorkie
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

08-04-2004, 08:52 AM

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> LioNiNoiL_a t_N e t s c a p E_D 0 T_N e T <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>>Dibble is a co-host on the Dan Patrick show. One day last
>>>week while Dan was off, Dibble was discussing the Tour de
>>>France and Lance Armstrong, and he claimed that riding a
>>>hundred miles was easy.
>>
>>Friday, July 23, 2004
>>Uninformed Commentary Disturbing
>>by Keith Strudler for The Poughkeepsie Journal
>>
>>ESPN's Rob Dibble again showed his obtuse grasp of sports this week with
>>his sophomoric analysis of cycling, reminding us why Bobby Valentine
>>called Dibble "the reason people switch off ESPN."
>
>
> Actually, Dibble's not the reason.
>
> Colin Cowherd is the reason. I never used to switch
> off ESPN because of personalities, but Cowherd doesn't
> have one. He's a whale's blowhole with a tape machine
> playing through it. And his non-sports commentaries are,
> literally, sophomoric. Crap any 16-year-old knows.

Hmm. Must be possessed by the soul of Howard Cosell.

-km

--
the black rose
proud to be owned by a yorkie
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

08-04-2004, 08:52 AM

Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> LioNiNoiL_a t_N e t s c a p E_D 0 T_N e T <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>>Dibble is a co-host on the Dan Patrick show. One day last
>>>week while Dan was off, Dibble was discussing the Tour de
>>>France and Lance Armstrong, and he claimed that riding a
>>>hundred miles was easy.
>>
>>Friday, July 23, 2004
>>Uninformed Commentary Disturbing
>>by Keith Strudler for The Poughkeepsie Journal
>>
>>ESPN's Rob Dibble again showed his obtuse grasp of sports this week with
>>his sophomoric analysis of cycling, reminding us why Bobby Valentine
>>called Dibble "the reason people switch off ESPN."
>
>
> Actually, Dibble's not the reason.
>
> Colin Cowherd is the reason. I never used to switch
> off ESPN because of personalities, but Cowherd doesn't
> have one. He's a whale's blowhole with a tape machine
> playing through it. And his non-sports commentaries are,
> literally, sophomoric. Crap any 16-year-old knows.

Hmm. Must be possessed by the soul of Howard Cosell.

-km

--
the black rose
proud to be owned by a yorkie
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

08-04-2004, 04:23 PM

the black rose <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>> Colin Cowherd is the reason. I never used to switch
>> off ESPN because of personalities, but Cowherd doesn't
>> have one. He's a whale's blowhole with a tape machine
>> playing through it. And his non-sports commentaries are,
>> literally, sophomoric. Crap any 16-year-old knows.
>
>Hmm. Must be possessed by the soul of Howard Cosell.

Howard Cosell was Edward R. Murrow compared with Colin Cowherd.

--Blair
"And twice on Sunday."

08-04-2004, 04:23 PM

the black rose <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>> Colin Cowherd is the reason. I never used to switch
>> off ESPN because of personalities, but Cowherd doesn't
>> have one. He's a whale's blowhole with a tape machine
>> playing through it. And his non-sports commentaries are,
>> literally, sophomoric. Crap any 16-year-old knows.
>
>Hmm. Must be possessed by the soul of Howard Cosell.

Howard Cosell was Edward R. Murrow compared with Colin Cowherd.

--Blair
"And twice on Sunday."

08-04-2004, 04:23 PM

the black rose <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>> Colin Cowherd is the reason. I never used to switch
>> off ESPN because of personalities, but Cowherd doesn't
>> have one. He's a whale's blowhole with a tape machine
>> playing through it. And his non-sports commentaries are,
>> literally, sophomoric. Crap any 16-year-old knows.
>
>Hmm. Must be possessed by the soul of Howard Cosell.

Howard Cosell was Edward R. Murrow compared with Colin Cowherd.

--Blair
"And twice on Sunday."

08-04-2004, 04:23 PM

the black rose <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>> Colin Cowherd is the reason. I never used to switch
>> off ESPN because of personalities, but Cowherd doesn't
>> have one. He's a whale's blowhole with a tape machine
>> playing through it. And his non-sports commentaries are,
>> literally, sophomoric. Crap any 16-year-old knows.
>
>Hmm. Must be possessed by the soul of Howard Cosell.

Howard Cosell was Edward R. Murrow compared with Colin Cowherd.

--Blair
"And twice on Sunday."