detnews.com - 12/23/2008
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Detroit News staff Lions coach Rod Marinelli responded angrily Monday to a controversial question posed by Detroit News columnist Rob Parker in Sunday's postgame press conference following a 42-7 loss to the Saints at Ford Field. Parker on Sunday asked Marinelli if he wished his daughter had ...
mlive.com - 12/22/2008
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mlive.com —
Detroit Lions head coach Rod Marinelli said today
that he wants no part of any type of...
apology from Detroit News columnist Rob Parker. After Detroit's 42-7 loss to the Saints on Sunday, Parker spent several minutes grilling Marinelli about the performance of his defensive coordinator -- and ...
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Lions' Marinelli won't accept Parker 'apology'
theworldofisaac.com - 12/22/2008
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theworldofisaac.com —
Rod Marinelli deserves a lot of heat for
the way the Lions have performed this year. 0-15...
speaks for itself. As the weeks have progressed, Lions post game press conferences have gotten testy. Reporters have pushed the envelope as far as they can. And then Rob Parker dropped this bomb on Rod ...
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Rob Parker embarrasses himself
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Rob Parker, Rod Marinelli both in hot water with bosses
Sports stories from Newsday —
Rob Parker's boss doesn't sound happy about the Parker-Rod Marinelli incident Sunday.
From the Detroit News:
Detroit News Managing Editor Don Nauss said the question about Marinelli's family posed by Parker was both inappropriate and unprofessional.
"The News is taking this matter seriously and will deal with it promptly in an appropriate manner," Nauss said.
Time For Tuesday Linkage
Fang's Bites —
... later. Bob Raissman from the New York Daily News criticizes CBS' Steve Tasker for flip-flopping during the Jets-Seahawks game. Newsday's Neil Best recaps WFAN's Joe Benigno rant against the Jets. Neil has the entire rant in his blog. Neil says one in five people in New York watched Sunday Night Football. Neil writes that Giants president John Mara is not happy when one of the team's games is flexed to primetime. The Detroit News is not happy over Rob Parker's facetious question to Lions coach Rod Marinelli on Sunday. ...
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POST-GAME UGLINESS IN MOTOWN
profootballtalk.com 12/22/2008 — As if the situation on the football field in Detroit wasn’t ugly enough, things got even uglier after the game, when Rob Parker of the Detroit News crossed the line during the post-game press conference of Lions coach Rod Marinelli.
Parker was ...
Fire Rob Parker
prideofdetroit.com 12/22/2008 — During every postgame press conference no journalist has badgered Lions coach Rod Marinelli more than the Detroit News' Rob Parker. Parker has asked downright ridiculous questions at times in hopes of getting Marinelli to say something ...
Lions Can't Take A Joke —
America's White Boy
I guess when you're going "defeated" all year, your job has a 0% chance of going past this week, and you've been slung through the mud since Week 1, you don't have much of a sense of humor. Rob Parker, a columnist for the Detroit News, made a joke during a post-game press conference about ...
Idiot of the Day (12/2208) —
The Bad News Bloggers
Detroit News columnist Rob Parker is my vote for "Idiot of the Day" after the Detroit Lions press conference yesterday following the Lions' 15th loss of the season. Parker, who has made some appearances on ESPN's 1st and 10 with with the idiot himself, Skip Bayless, ripped Detroit head coach Rod ...
PARKER BACKS OFF FROM MARINELLI QUESTION —
ProFootballTalk.com
Rob Parker of the Detroit News has found himself in a real pickle. Widely and intensely criticized after crossing the line during a post-game press conference, Parker claims that his offensive question to Lions coach Rod Marinelli represented an “attempt at humor.”
So where’s ...
Rob Parker Crosses the Line —
Bleacher Report - NFL
Rob Parker, Sports Columnist for the Detroit News, crossed an ethical line during Sunday’s Detroit Lions post game press conference. Many of us long time Detroit Sports fans already knew that Parker likes to make himself a part of the story, ...
