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Let Taylor talk rest in peace, too | TheNewsTribune.com | Tacoma, WA
As the Washington Redskins continue their very public grieving over murdered teammate Sean Taylor, the distinction between mourning the dead and exploiting the dead is becoming ever more blurry. >Before attending the Dec. 3 funeral for the Pro Bowl free safety – an innocent victim in the botched burglary of his South Florida home – the Redskins paid their respects during a ...
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Douchebag Columnist John McGrath Accuses Skins of ‘Exploiting the Dead’
Mr. Irrelevant — ... John McGrath writes for The News Tribune out of Tacoma, and his column about the Redskins and Sean Taylor is terrible. I’ll excerpt only the most egregious parts in an attempt at brevity, but wow: ...

Welcome to Wild Card Weekend [Chris Cooley Likes It When You Ogle His Wife]
Deadspin — ... It goes on--and gets worse--from there, but I'm going to spare you the excessive block quoting and allow you to read the whole thing for yourselves. I guess the best thing you can say about the guy is that it takes pretty big balls to accuse Sean Taylor's closest friends of exploiting his death. That's reaching up to Mariotti levels of douchery. ...

Columnist Claims Washington Redskins Exploiting Sean Taylor's Death
FanHouse — ... John McGrath, a columnist for the News Tribune in Tacoma, Washington makes the argument that the Washington Redskins are exploiting Sean Taylor's death during their playoff run. Here's an excerpt: ...

Zorn's Maroon and Black Blowback
D.C. Sports Bog — ... semantics aside, if the greater Zorn family wore maroon and black to a game, you'd probably get the right idea about which team they were rooting for. What is burgundy, anyhow? But instead ot pointing that out, or even ignoring the color issue entirely, Tacoma columnist John McGrath chose to use this occasion to take a shot at Joe Gibbs. You remember McGrath, right? The guy who took a reasonable idea (that the Sean Taylor deification was getting a little creepy) and turned it into a controversial column accusing the Redskins of exploiting their ex-teammate. Here's from ...

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