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Published 11/27/2007 by 100% Injury Rate at 100% Injury Rate
Now that's a burger. 100-lbs to be exact. I'm sure you're wondering why I put a burger up here instead of something about the MNF game. Well, I didn't really watch it. Excellent call by me. That said though, the punt that got stuck in the muck was awesome. On to the links. Mike Wilbon didn't show a lot of sympathy to Sean Taylor yesterday on PTI. [Mr. Irrelevant] ESPN's list of the top 25 college football players of all time is already a total disaster. [We Suck at Sports] The experts say Eli has turned the corner. ...

Kicking A Man While He’s Down.
Published 11/27/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... Taylor’s rap sheet is of no consequence here and not even worth being part of the AP copy, yet it picked up — I heard ESPN commentators mention it during various shows, and from what I’m reading, Michael Wilbon damn near said Taylor brought it on himself during PTI. You get no breaks if you are a black athlete with any type of history — even if you are in danger of dying — and surprise, surprise; Taylor has had difficulty with the press. This is an illustrative demonstration of the Associated Press’ power in terms of wire copy — what its ...

Michael Wilbon On Sean Taylor Shooting: "It's Not Surprising"
Published 11/27/2007 by Sportz Assassin at FanHouse
Filed under: Redskins, NFC East, NFL Media Watch, Washington, DC, ESPN Hat tip: Mr Irrelevant. Well, thanks for being an a sensative man, Michael Wilbon. In his latest Chat House session, he was asked various questions about the Sean Taylor shooting. His responses were a little surprising: I know how I feel about Taylor, and this latest news isn't surprising in the least, not to me. Whether this incident is or isn't random, Taylor grew up in a violent world, embraced ...

The November 27 Hot Link Orgy
Published 11/27/2007 by chris at Blog of Hilarity
... –Speaking of Sean Taylor, I wasn’t the only one who was rough in mocking him on his deathbed. So was ESPN’s Mike Wilbon. [Mr. Irrelevant] ...

R.I.P. Sean Taylor [RIP Sean Taylor]
Published 11/27/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... Taylor "did not make it through the night;" his femoral artery had been severed, and the bleeding "could not be stopped, just curbed." Michael Wilbon wrote yesterday that, "Taylor grew up in a violent world, embraced it, claimed it, loved to run in it and refused to divorce himself from it. He ain't the first and won't be the last." Taylor was shot after leaving the bed of his fiancee with his 18-month-old daughter just down the hall. ...

Sean Taylor (1983 - 2007)
Published 11/27/2007 by theoriginaljd at Six Pack Sports Report
... about Sean Taylor that you'd like to share send me an email at theoriginaljd@sixpacksportsreport.com ESPN: Redskin's Taylor Dies From Injury In Shooting My Brain Says Rage: In Memory of Sean Taylor Deadspin: R.I.P. Sean Taylor Epic Carnival: Sean Taylor 1983-2007 Washington Post: Sean Taylor Dies In Miami Mister Irrelevant: Special Spot In Hell For Michael Wilbon YouTube: Sean Taylor Hits

R.I.P. Sean Taylor
Published 11/27/2007 by NDub at Construda
... especially strikes close to all of us here at Construda. We're in our mid 20s and can't imagine leaving behind family and friends. Taylor, unlike us, had a 1-year-old child, too. It's just a tragic situation. And we also wonder how the U. of Miami is handling another death of one of its football players. Some names that pop into our head at the moment: the unsolved murder of Bryan Pata and car seperate car accident deaths of Al Blades and Chris Campbell . Special Spot in Hell Reserved for Wilbon (Mr. Irrelevant) What Sean Taylor means to Black ...

Mike Wilbon Could Be Losing Some Supporters In DC Soon
Published 11/27/2007 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
... one -- not a single one among 35 you interviewed -- has a bad thing to say about him.Now I know people only look at the bad and of course my homerism might be coming out in these posts, but it was pretty obvious Sean Taylor had taken a turn for the good. I thought this was pretty evident to much of the Country in fact. While his past wasn't a secret, Wilbon's comments (at a time when the man was fighting for his life) were irresponsible and unfortunate. Special Spot in Hell Reserved for Wilbon (Mister Irrelevant) Chat House (Washington ...

More Taylor Memorials
Published 11/27/2007 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
... feeding frenzy like this. Clearly there's a demand for information--I've been consuming it as much as the next D.C.'er--but it still makes you want to go in the other direction, pronto, which I'm about to do. My Brain Says Rage: "That's what Sean was to Redskins fans, an almost magical wrecking crew on a Hall of Fame track. Now we are left with only the memories and dreams of what could have been." Mister Irrelevant: "It's a horrible, awful, infuriating tragedy." Mister Irrelevant Also: "Special Spot in Hell Reserved for Wilbon" Kissing Suzy Kolber: ...

Published 11/28/2007 by thecincinattikid at Sedition in Red Sox Nation
Tonight, I find myself defending Mike Wilbon for the first time in this space. In general, I think Wilbon is full of himself, a shameless homer, rabidly anti-Notre Dame and a tool. That said, I do not share the opinion of Mr. Irrelevant, the loser blogger who condemned Wilbon to an eternity in the infernal region. ...

When all else fails, blame the Internet like Lou Holtz
Published 11/28/2007 by PostmanR at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
... I want to believe us as media consumers are smart enough to realize a comment some random dude leaves on a blog post filled with rumor and speculation is just that: rumor and speculation. All the Internet has done has brought rumors that have flown for years via word of mouth to a printed, publicly accessible forum. There are people out there doing awesome work; it’s an exciting time to be a sports blogger. But I’m just worried if people like Holtz and Mike Wilbon — who put the attack on blogs yesterday during his Sean Taylor coverage –  ...