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Smee
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Jeollanam-do
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 Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:38 pm Post subject: ESPN takes announcer off air for questionable "gay" |
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Brian Kinchen, a color commentator, will not work his regularly scheduled game this weekend, Josh Krulewitz, ESPN's vice president of public relations told The Des Moines Register.
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During the game Saturday, Kinchen was explaining the need for receivers to make catches with their hands because they are "tender" and can "caress" the ball. He then paused and said, "that's kind of gay, but hey ..."
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/10/31/espn.commentator.ap/index.html
edit: fixed up my dumb-ass spelling.
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| I wonder if he realizes that as much as 5 to 10% of all football players (like the rest of the general population) are gay? |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject: Re: ESPN takes announcer off air for quiestionable "gay |
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Brian Kinchen, a color commentator, will not work his regularly scheduled game this weekend, Josh Krulewitz, ESPN's vice president of public relations told The Des Moines Register.
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During the game Saturday, Kinchen was explaining the need for receivers to make catches with their hands because they are "tender" and can "caress" the ball. He then paused and said, "that's kind of gay, but hey ..."
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/10/31/espn.commentator.ap/index.html |
I saw that clip a while ago, and while I think he should be fired for being a useless twit, it wasn't really derogatory toward gay people? I've heard that heteros can be "tender" and there have been reports of "caressing" but I hadn't heard that footballs were male. |
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