Bob Costas Thinks You're A Loser [Bob Costas Disappoints Us]

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Bob Costas Hates You
Published 3/14/2008 by DanShanoff.com at Dan Shanoff
Apparently, Bob Costas loathes me, too. I could write something about how staggeringly wrong-headed Costas' opinion was, but after 2 months of promoting his book, Will Leitch has the best talking points down.

BOB COSTAS KINDLY INVITED TO LICK MY BALLS
Published 3/14/2008 at With Leather
... Will Leitch of Deadspin already gave this the thoughtful, disappointed essay that should serve as the representative response from the blogosphere, but I'd like to step up and represent those of us that are mean-spirited and edgy.  Because Costas no longer has a right to call anything stupid.  He delivered his screed from a position of complete ignorance, using analogies that even the tired dinosaurs and laughingstocks of old media have, for the most part, gotten past. ...

Around the Internets
Published 3/14/2008 by CJG at What Would Oakley Do?
... In more blogger-navel-gazing news, Bob Costas has apparently come out against everyone like me who writes about sports for passion rather than for profit and everyone like you who recieves their information about sports from sources other than their local newspaper and the Big Costas himself. Will over at Deadspin explores Costas' hatred for the blogosphere and parries his poorly planned attack. ...

Sandy Clough And Bob Costas Should Get Married
Published 3/14/2008 by Joe <milehighhockey@yahoo.com> at Mile High Hockey
... Anyway, Will Leitch at Deadspin has registered his own disappointed response to The Short One.  It's worth reading, but it's been said by most of us before.  If you're interested in something a little harsher and with more invectives, try ...

High Five
Published 3/14/2008 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
A quick look around the interweb while hurdling Bob Costas A more intelligent take on Bob Costas' comments. [ Deadspin ] Tom Brady is going to be so pissed. [ ...

Blog Patrol: Apparently A Prick Midget Hates Bloggers
Published 3/14/2008 at FanIQ Blog
Will Leitch of Deadspin crushes Bob Costas for his take on bloggers. Suck it Costas. [Deadspin] Clay Buchholz likes to meet women by having them paraded in front of him. Naturally that's how he met his classy Penthouse Pet girlfriend. [With Leather] The Arena Football League goes global! Sort of. [It's Still Football] A blogger seeks a job in the Yankees' bullpen. [Bugs and Cranks] The Super Bowl of curling is here. Let's get a hilarious preview. [Food Court Lunch] Derek Jeter is ...

The Show: Girl-on-girl
Published 3/14/2008 by DCScrap at on 205th
Angelique Boyer is quite stunning. ( Double Viking ) Sienna Miller has a nice dumper. ( DrunkenStepfather ) These tech girls can work on my computer. ( Attuworld ) A potential Hometown Hottie. ( HGOMS ) Spitzer's 'Kristen' in some girl-on-girl action. ( Gawker ) Ashley Dupre’s Mom is a MILF! ( CO-ED Magazine ) An Emmanuelle Chriqui quickie. ( Popoholic ) Celebrities and their animated character twins. ( CityRag ) Today is Steak and BJ day. (YesButNoButYes) Britney’s full length Break the Ice video. ( Cele|bitchy ) Get to know a Philadelphia Soulmate. ( The Third I ) Fuck ...

This Week's Links (3/10-3/14)
Published 3/14/2008 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
Arkansas beat Vanderbilt!? Impossible. SI's Luke Winn refers to this blog as "esteemed". Questionable, but appreciated. This is what I was talking about in the live-blog. I can't do better than AA's title- "Digger Phelps Has No Idea What's Going On". That is even an understatement. Dusty Baker is going to ruin Joey Votto. It's not funny. Okay, maybe a little. Bob Costas hates bloggers. BPro Unfiltered headline: "Braves, Angels Have Most Heart". Scientific evidence follows. Hasheem Thabeet ...

Five weekend games to pay attention to ...
Published 3/14/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... Lakers at Hornets (8:00PM, tonight): I’ll let the blogger pros -- yeah, you heard me Costas -- handle this one. Check out ...

Another Sad Day For The Guys Who Hate Bloggers
Published 3/17/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... Mr. Smith, of course, is a dear friend on bloggers everywhere, and will be sorely missed. Sadly, we’ll now have to check Smith off the list of a seemingly growing number of dinosaur media types who have lashed out at folks like us over the past year. The list includes: Bob Costas ...

Morning Constitutional: Pick UCLA
Published 3/18/2008 at The Sporting Blog
... | Deadspin Because Bob Costas' opinions matter more than anyone else's on the planet, you will read his opinions on the opinions he gave last week . You know, the ones where he came off as the most insufferable human on the planet. > ...

AccuScore Should Really Consider Changing Their Name
Published 3/18/2008 by KC Cal at The Play in California
... themselves: The AccuScore Super Computer has powered more than 10,000 simulations for every possible NCAA Tournament game for ESPN.com. Each game is simulated one play at a time and repeated 10,000 times. “Pretty fuckin’ sweet,” I thought to myself. In my mind, this super computer probably has calculated every single statistic, every single factor, every ranking, RPI, win loss, whatever, into their simulation. Not only that, but the process is repeated 10,000 times. Not even a Bob Costas blogger could pull out that kind of nerd capacity. This is probably the same computer ...

And Now, Something No One Cares About
Published 3/19/2008 by Avinash at Bears Necessity
... God I’m so awesome. I can use a six digit rank that doesn’t involve money to justify my existence. Bob Costas must think I’m less of a loser than you. ...

The Media Circus
Published 3/19/2008 at JoeSportsFan.com
... Hey, Bob: Those people, the ones you're calling "get-a-life losers?" THESE ARE YOUR VIEWERS. They are not this special mutant brand of human who has simply bubbled up from the nether since the Internet came around. They're people who, for years, have had no choice but to be talked to by you, with no voice of their own to respond…But -- with all due respect, sir, from a fellow Cardinals fan and a longtime admirer -- why are you the only one who gets to talk? – Will Leitch, Deadspin ...

ABC News Blogger: James As “Gorilla” On Cover?
Published 3/19/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... willing to go on the record and agree with her. She drags out a professor of art history at Marymount Manhattan College named Prof. Jack Rosenfeld, who calls the cover a “racially-charged” image. Shocking that she would have to plumb the depths of the university system to find a concurrent opinion. Obviously (?) these folks are blissfully unaware that their insane observos are what propagate racism, not extinguish it. We were hoping to get through the day without outing another out-of-touch person populating the main media , but Ms. Marikar really gave us no choice. ...

Bloggolalia: Covering the Bob Costas Comments
Published 3/20/2008 by MCBias at Moderately Cerebral Bias
I'm feeling under the weather today, so I'll try to be brief for once. By now, you've surely read about the Bob Costas statements. What dismays me about Bob Costas' comments is that all the people who should have paid him no mind were offended. It reminds me of school, where the teacher will admonish the class for not studying and doing poorly on the test...and the only people who are offended or react are the kids who got A's! They're not the ones who should take offense. This topic has come up several times in the sports bloggosphere, and there's a depressing sameness about it ...

Georgia 18, Alabama A&M 3
Published 3/21/2008 by T Kyle King <info@dawgsports.com> at Dawg Sports
... All right, I admit it; my Shakespeare allusion, unlike William Faulkner's, was a bit of a stretch, but, hey, I'm a weblogger, so surely this posting must be a tale told by an idiot, right? ...

No April Fools: ESPN Airs UF Spring Football Game
Published 3/28/2008 by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Lover of blogs everywhere , Barry Jackson of the MIAMI HERALD, does his best to bury the lead today in his sports media notes column by reporting on an interesting ESPN programming decision:“Largely because of Tim Tebow’s popularity, ...

The freedom of the blog
Published 3/29/2008 by Minneapolis Red Sox at Siberian Baseball
... A few weeks ago, Deadspin brought it to my attention that Bob Costas doesn't like me very much and thinks I'm an idiot. I'm firmly in the camp that thought Costas of all people "got it" and is now very disappointed that it appears he doesn't. ...

Morning Constitutional: Pick UCLA
Published 28 days ago at The Sporting Blog
... | Deadspin Because Bob Costas' opinions matter more than anyone else's on the planet, you will read his opinions on the opinions he gave last week . You know, the ones where he came off as the most insufferable human on the planet. > ...

Perdue Throws Blogs, Hackensack, Under The Bus
Published 23 days ago by Brooks at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... and Bob Costas . And for once and for all, we wish these high falutin’ mainstream guys would get it right: we’re living on mom’s service porch - not actually inside the apartment. We really need to give this opinon thing a try. Thanks for the heads-up, ...

A Blogger's Perspective
Published 10 days ago by Sarah at Strike Zones and End Zones
... , while many others have questioned the credibility of bloggers. Costas himself has even called bloggers "pathetic, get-a-life losers" . But it's quite clear that these old school media guys are afraid of what they don't understand. And even worse, they don't put forth the effort to understand. During the Costas Now live panel discussion of blogger impact, Bissinger accused bloggers of sloppy journalism while he himself misquoted and incorrectly referenced various bloggers' work. Costas read statements that he attributed to a blogger when, in fact, they were made by a blog's ...

For Your Edification... Buzz Bissinger Looks Like an Evil Ben Franklin
Published 10 days ago at JoeSportsFan.com
... In my humble opinion, Bob Costas is worse than Bissinger.  Costas knew exactly what Buzz would unleash on Leitch and still played the sly role of "objective moderator", even though he's made his strong comments on the blogosphere previously known.  He set up the ambush and turned his set into the lion's den.  Safe to say, this guy has lost a lot of respect for the smarmy, verbose little man.  If I see Mr. Costas down at Busch Stadium for a Cards game in the future, I'll be sure to let him know as much.  ...