Phil Mushnick
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Alex Rodriguez’s prominence after cheating past is telling sign of TV’s moral bankruptcy
Nothing demonstrates the moral bankruptcy of national TV than the repeated, two-network appearances of Alex Rodriguez.
Pointless sports blather is becoming too much for even our electronics to take
Can’t we just watch one damned game without all the idioctic nonsense? You know the answer: No!
The absurd usage of sideline reporters is nothing short of a self-backfiring manuever
If it weren’t so redundant — so worn out — it would be remarkable.
The WNBA’s national anthem buffoonery sends a clear and ignorant message
The WNBA has set its course on self-ruin as it rots from the inside out.
The NBA’s latest inappropriate promotion embodies the ridiculous state of sports
Some good questions answer themselves.
Sports are an easy gig when you drown out the questions about integrity
Take your pick. You wanna be Gus Johnson or Roger Goodell? Both gigs are easy and pay a fortune.
NBA team flaunted its ugly hypocrisy with the unjust firing of young announcer
Ever do something foolish when you were 15? Of course you did.
Sports broadcasts can’t stop telling fans what they really think of us
Good thing we’re all too stupid to know any better.
Bizarre Pope prop bets for MLB postseason only bring more questions
So much for the separation of church and home plate.
Our sports culture is being redefined — one disgusting lowlight after another
Saturday afternoon, within five minutes of landing on ABC/ESPN’s Texas-Tennessee game, I went searching the remote for a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) button.
Adding up sports’ swings and misses — including Nike’s plummeting stock
Before 2-plus-2 became a matter of opinion, I preferred single-digit numbers as stand-alone numbers. Last week provided witness to several numbered news items of sports business note.
NC State’s airheaded loss kicked off yet another embarrassing week of college and pro football
Confusion, chaos, carnage, corruption! Another week of what we still call, absent an accurate term, sports.
NFL pregame shows have become unwatchable — and here’s how to fix it
Nothing points to the 21st Century’s inability of TV to come up with fresher, better ideas than the Sunday NFL pregame shows. They remain “skip it” TV.
This longtime Giants fan is inescapably resigned to rooting for clowns
It’s tough to shake such boyhood affections and afflictions. So I remain, quietly and often under protest, a Giants fan.
The concerning preferred norm engulfing our sports
The media and dopey fans will still support replay rules because “they get it right!”
NFL experts’ prediction game an exercise in ignoring reality
When will the media learn that football is not played in a test tube, that it’s not Strat-O-Matic they played in their parents’ basements?
In Mets’ mess of a season, embattled president did make one savvy move
My favorite Met? Glad you asked.
Sports broadcasts provide no escape for viewers looking to avoid insult
It’s easy to blame television for all that lays us low and then lower. That’s the problem.
There’s an ESPN double standard when it comes to the offensive
But it’s clear by now that ESPN is another network that advocates unfair play as the preferred route to fair play.
Why is 12-year-old star girl Kinley Rasmus a LLWS aberration?
This week we were asked to be astonished by the batting and pitching successes of 12-year-old Kinley Rasmus, a girl, for the Little League World Series entrant from Alabama.