Sun 19 Feb 2012
Lil Wayne, ESPN, and Saturday Night Live Take on Jeremy Lin and Linsanity
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Oh, man! Even Weezy was forced to weigh in on Jeremy Lin and Linsanity fever. In the latest webisode of Weezy’s Sports Corner, the basketball junkie ran through some NBA highlights, including his “slime” JR Smith getting traded to the Knicks. While he supports NY’s new acquisition, Weezy doesn’t show love for the city’s new shining star, J.Lin. The main reason is because Lin and the Knicks smashed Kobe and the Lakers in their last match up.
“Ever Since Jeremy Lin Beat My Lakers, I Hate Him. So I Call Him Lin Laden.”
I guess Weezy gets a pass because his reason is purely sports-related and not like some of these f*cks in the sports journalism world. Yesterday, we were shocked to see ESPN run a head line that read “Chink In The Armor” , which was based around Lin’s mediocre performance in the Knicks recent loss to the Hornets, which ended their win streak. The sports outlet did remove the story, fire the writer, Max Bretos, and apologize for their actions. A few weeks back, Fox Sports writer Jason Whitlock, sent out this racist a$$ tweet as well. I say f*ck the both of them.
However, we do have to show love to Saturday Night Live. Last night, they kicked off the show with a great skit that shed light on the double standard Lin is facing when it comes to his race. While there’s been plenty of questionable and racially charged commentary about the kid, most of it seems to be getting swept under the rug. If they were making these kind of comments about a new black or white player, do you think it would be a bigger deal?
Watch the skit after the jump and let us know what you think! Plus, fired ESPN reporter Max Bretos apologizes for his actions via Twitter and more bonus articles.
Dude, Lin even scored a Time Magazine cover!
Watch the rest of Weezy’s Sports Corner Below.
WEEZYS SPORTS CORNER COLLEGE BASKET BALL 2/18/12 from DERICK G on Vimeo.
WEEZYS SPORTS CORNER NFL 2/18/12 from DERICK G on Vimeo.
WEEEZYS SPORTS CORNER MLB 2/18/12 from DERICK G on Vimeo.
WEEEZYS SPORTS CORNER MLB 2/18/12 from DERICK G on Vimeo.
WEEZYS SPORTS CORNER OUTRO 2/18/12 from DERICK G on Vimeo.
As recent headlines broke out that ESPN fired an employee and suspended Max Bretos for 30 days, Bretos took it to his Twitter to apologize to the ones he offended.
You can catch more details on ESPN’s decision to fire the reporter and suspend Bretos here.
(BONUS): President Obama is watching Lin (ESPN) | Dining Lin: Third And Long Becomes “Third And Lin” (Gothamist) | What does Jeremy Lin’s bracelet mean? (USA Today) | How the Knicks can keep Jeremy Lin (ESPN)
February 19th, 2012 at 1:43 pm
Shut the fuck up wayne!!
If you check the post about a week ago I said Lin is the next Steve Nash and that he needs to get those turnovers under control and now thats all people are saying is that he turn the ball over alot..
He’s a great player but he just cant give the ball away that much.. He has to get that under control.His plus minus right now snt very good but his overalll stats look great, go figure..
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February 19th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
What a typical white guy response to say that because his wife is Asian, he can’t have a racist bone in his body.
Nothing white guys love preaching more than ‘if i stick my dick in it, i cant be racist towards it’.
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February 19th, 2012 at 5:01 pm
You may want to correct the blog entry. Max Bretos wasn’t the headliner writer who was fired. He was the on air anchor that used the phrase in an interview with Walt Frazier and he’s been suspended for 30 days.
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February 19th, 2012 at 5:24 pm
wayne looks like ghonorea.
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Bank0o Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 7:31 pm
whoa that shit was funny!! lol
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February 19th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Fuck Max Bretos. What if the title was something like “Shumpert’s passing was niggardly.” You think it would have gotten on the front page of ESPN? Only a fool would let something like “chink in the armor” in reference to Lin slip by and judging by the longevity of his career, I think it’d be safe to say he wasn’t. He should have just told the truth and said, “It was a joke that I personally thought was funny but later realized was offensive to a huge population of the world.” I’m glad ESPN fired his ass. And what a typical thing for him to say, “Oh I’m not racist, my wife is Asian.” “Oh, I’m not racist, I have a black friend.” Shut the fuck up.
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Spythe Reply:
February 19th, 2012 at 10:22 pm
The really sad thing is morons like this are always in high positions(high enough to actually reach masses). I was waiting for the half ass apology they all give “Oh I fuck an Asian chick so I’m not racist”, while they probably sit at home and make off ass jokes about her family. I find it hard to believe that something like this “slipped”
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Miss Info Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 1:56 am
yes, I actually think that the editor is more to blame than the writer. Because the editor is supposed to be the supervisor, the arbiter of the outlet’s voice. Hmm.
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February 20th, 2012 at 12:38 am
The SNL satire was spot on
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February 20th, 2012 at 1:48 am
I’m with you on the espn title but the Whitlock tweet was pretty funny I can’t even lie.
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February 20th, 2012 at 7:27 am
kno what it is .if its not black or white its not normal in america.its like a rob and big way of thinking.kinda like the white guy is the smart one and the black guy is the tuff guy and if any colar trys something than hell breaks lose.its about att. its like the celebration ,miss spell of whites and blacks making up and it builds this racist energy towards other colars.fact.like ppl can feel energy, not for nothing but theirs more asain and latinio ppl in the world if they want to they can start some energy of their own but its not even like that.like ppl can sense the energy.like i kno what ppl ride off of.me i ride off of me.its like making fun of ppl jokes are cool but when its like us vs you in this energy you can see but feel its kinda evil.not all ppl think like that but on tv i sense it or if u go to a game or malls w.e
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February 20th, 2012 at 8:29 am
i knew jr smith was blood
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February 20th, 2012 at 8:38 am
Wayne’s bandwagon jumping from team to team ass gets no passes.
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February 20th, 2012 at 9:48 am
LOL @ “a couple inches of pain.” Sorry, but it was funny.
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February 20th, 2012 at 10:46 am
Jlin scored teh time magazine cover, this is getting extraordinary
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February 20th, 2012 at 5:38 pm
I’m very late on the whole Jeremy Lin obsession, but after watching him play against Dallas yesterday, there is no doubt that this dude is the real thing. He is seriously one of the most incredible players the League has seen in a long time. Even Magic Johnson cosigned this dude’s amazing ability. Very rare for the hype behind something to actually be warranted, but it 4 sure is in this case
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February 22nd, 2012 at 8:47 am
so he loves the lakers…yet he partied with the MAVS (who swept the lakers last year) at LIV when they won the championship….c’mon man!
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