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SEAN SALISBURY ABUSES NERD ON-AIR
Published 2/6/2008 at With Leather
I missed this while not watching ESPN or reading blogs last week, but during another go-round of "Four Downs," Sean Salisbury held the position that the Giants were better off with Jeremy Shockey, who he claimed is a better player than Kevin Boss.  John Clayton held a totally different position, saying that Shockey is only a better player than Boss when healthy.  In other words, they agreed. Of course, two people agreeing makes for bad ratings, so Salisbury lost his mind and started taunting his colleague John Clayton with sarcasm and high school-level insults.  Because nothing says ...

Blog-A-Roni: Salisbury Calls Clayton “Cryptkeeper”
Published 2/6/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Who says ESPN isn’t entertaining anymore (besides most sports fans)? WITH LEATHER digs up video of Sean Salisbury calling John Clayton “The Cryptkeeper“. (Real fun starts about 1:20 in) • DC SPORTS BOG knows that behind every great defensive coordinator, there’s a wife cutting his hair and telling him to kick Tom Brady’s ass. (Wonder what Brady’s barber’s rebuttal would be?) • Meanwhile, Brady’s Super Bowl loss must still really sting. After bowing out of the Pro Bowl, WAGGLE ROOM ...

John Clayton Is the Crypt Keeper
Published 2/7/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
Sean Salisbury picked on nerds growing up [With Leather] A nationwide lingerie football league is starting [Uncommon Sportsman] Kobe Bryant seems pretty happy to have Pau Gasol [We Are the Postmen] Redskins should have stuck with Gregg Williams [Scott Van Pelt Style] Catching up on the Rudy Gay dunk contest suggestions [The Sporting Blog] Danica Patrick shows off her beaver [Hotties in Cleats] College football: have a clean or respectable program? [Gutty Little Bruins] ...

Salisbury rips Clayton on-air: “Tales from the Crypt”
Published 2/7/2008 by Patrick Imig at The Big Lead
Last week during “4 Downs” on SportsCenter, Sean Salisbury took a rather cheap shot at his counterpart, John Clayton.   Clayton is the “crypt keeper” according to the angry one - and Jay Harris is quite amused.  Wow.  That’s just a low blow.   Dana Jacobsen has been reprimanded for the incident already, after announcing ”F*** the Crypt-keeper!” in front of a nation-wide audience.  I made that part up, actually.

Sean Salisbury Loses His Mind (But He's Right)
Published 2/7/2008 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
This actually went down last week, but here are Sean Salisbury and John Clayton debating who's better for the Giants rookie TE Kevin Boss or Jeremy Shockey. Clayton sort of changes the question around and Salisbury goes off on him. Good times at the 1:10 mark.... ...

Sean Salisbury Seems Like a Really Nice Person
Published 2/7/2008 at The Sporting Blog
By Chris Mottram This guy is such a mental midget. He's what, like 45 years-old, yet he's still picking on the geeks like he did back in junior high? Then again, I guess this kind of fiery back-and-forth is what happens when ESPN asks such hot-button questions as "Are the Giants better or worse without their starting tight end?" Might save time to simply go with "Jock vs. Nerd. Go!" next time around. Salisbury would win every time. Also, anytime we bring up Shockey, we are required -- by law, I believe -- to include this. Sean Salisbury Abuses Nerd on Air | With ...

Sean Salisbury, ease up
Published 2/8/2008 by NDub at Construda
The "Four Downs" bickering segment between ESPN's Sean Salisbury and John Clayton may have finally reached a low blow. We're used to these "debates" dwindling into gripe sessions and personal attacks. The most common is Clayton taking shots at Salisbury for riding the bench his entire career or Salisbury poking fun of Clayton for never playing the game, but we've got fireworks today. Instead of poking holes in Clayton's argument, Salisbury pokes fun of him, calling Clayton the "crypt keeper" and said "Tales From the Crypt." Yikes! Is there a resemblence ...

ESPN Drives Stake Through Salisbury’s TV Career
Published 2/27/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
Michael David Smith of AOL FANHOUSE reports that ESPN’s Sean Salisbury is setting sail from Bristol . The NFL analyst is parting ways with the Worldwide Leader after 12 years of service. But he didn’t leave without selling himself to potential employers. Salisbury’s statement:“I have grown as much as I can at ESPN and decided to expand my horizons. I have created a brand and it’s time to expand into other opportunities in TV , radio , Internet , publishing , movies and public speaking, among others. My resume speaks for itself as a football analyst, and I believe I can talk all sports with the best of them .” All ESPN ...

Sean Salisbury Vents On ESPN, The Cell Phone Incident And Being A "Ladies Man"
Published 6 days ago by Awful Announcing- (noreply@blogger.com) at Awful Announcing
It's no secret that I extremely despised Sean Salisbury as an analyst on ESPN. You never want to see someone lose their job, but with the way he handled himself at times, I certainly wasn't sad when it happened to him. After some trying times, Sean is trying to reinvent himself these days and in doing so actually talked to Deadspin at length about everything that has happened over the last two years. I'm sure you already read it, but it need a spot on this site.... On ESPN Not Renewing His Contract: "They gave me a platform . For a guy that was an average quarterback, to be a broadcaster for 12 ...