cowieharr

Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:38:42 -0800 (PST)
From:
"Media Microscope" http://www.radio-info.com/mods/board?Post=345517&Board=boston

Howie Carr just made what he called his "decree", his
"mandate" (his word), no gay messages on the chumpline prior to the
Superbowl.

This was in response to JayX (yers truly) bringing up
the Mike Vrabel incident

(See, Boston Globe, Saturday, January 29th, Page D6 -
Nick Cafardo)

Eagles linebacker Ike Reese said in a Sports
Illustrated article "...we were all down there
scrambling for it. Mike Vrabel had my (deleted on
advice of counsel) ... in his hand, and he was
squeezing them."


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Here's the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED article
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/players/01/25/pile0131/index.html

IKE REESE, Eagles Linebacker

"When we played the Patriots last year [Eagles running back] Brian Westbrook fumbled a punt, and we were all down there scrambling for it. [Patriots linebacker] Mike Vrabel had my testicles in his hand, and he was squeezing them. Where the football ends up depends on who has the strongest will or the strongest hands. Guys reach inside the face mask to gouge your eyes. But the biggest thing is the grabbing of the testicles. It is crazy."

MARCO RIVERA, Packers Guard

"I've had guys go for the privates, guys try to put their elbow in my neck, guys reaching inside my helmet. It's really violent down there, trying to get that ball. It's dangerous. In my third year at Penn State, there was a fumble in the end zone. I dived for it with my arms outstretched, and five guys landed on me. Blew out my shoulder. I had to have surgery. That was the closest I've come to scoring a touchdown."

Posted by: First Impressions / 2:44 PM 0 comments

http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/letters/letters.asp

COMPETITIVE VOID

Dan Kennedy’s look at Mike Barnicle’s troubles at the Boston Herald ["Don’t Quote Me," News and Features, January 7] is sadly amusing, but doesn’t state the obvious — that the "stealth bomber," Howie Carr, is no doubt capitalizing on Barnicle’s lazy writing habits and twisting the knife in the latter’s back. Not that there’s any sympathy here for Barnicle; both "writers" are different ends of the same stick.

Critics have complained that Carr, like Barnicle, is "mailing it in," using his "Chump Line" from the WRKO show as well as information from callers and faxers to develop his "column," and not putting in the elbow grease he did when the paper was his main focus. But territorial creature that he is, Carr is likely incensed that Barnicle was able to get into publisher Pat Purcell’s good graces and hop onboard. If there’s going to be a big-name lazy writer at the Herald, it is going to be Howie, and he will hold on to his turf like a pit bull on steroids.


Not only is Mike Barnicle not giving his second chance a second thought, the Herald itself is on life support and doesn’t seem to know what to do. That’s a pity, because every city needs at least two real dailies (Metro, now part of the Globe, is not viewed as competition).
Maybe the Boston Phoenix can come up with a daily edition? The void is definitely getting wider.

JAY X
Somewhere Out There, U.S.A.

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