Can't Get No Respect – Pt. II – The Blogosphere Strikes Back

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Posted on: November 30th, 2006

Scoop “Talent Questionable” Jackson drops the following in his latest article on A Web site in which he takes on the persona of the new NBA basketball (you’ll have to find the actual article yourself):

A Web site gave me a nickname. They call me the Orange Roundie. That’s what I learned to do on my downtime, between practices and games. On Oct. 23 they called me a winner. But before that …

They said I was “angry and powerful,” they called my mother “a kind and cultural space-cow.” They called me the p-word … pleather!

There are some things a ball can take, but being called “pleather” ain’t one of ‘em.

Since then, they’ve dropped their fixation with me. From time to time I check the Web site though, see if they’re still paying attention to me.

Hmmmmm… “A Web site”, eh Scoop? What web site would that be?

Just another reason that I don’t ever go to ESPN. Of course, if you follow that link, you’ll see that I also don’t go to NBA.com (except to check my HoopsAddict league there, and to confirm that their video section is still not as easy to use as YouTube). I’m pretty much a hater all around; but the hate truly consumes me when it comes to sites that don’t give credit to bloggers when that credit is obviously due. At least NBA.com and Yahoo don’t try to front like their down with bloggers that aren’t on their payroll.

Finally: how long is that article? It’s like diarrhea of the fingers.

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