There were some eye-opening remarks from Bryant Gumbel on the most recent episode of HBO's Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel. According to a transcript posted by a television columnist named Seth Frelich, Gumbel said the following in his closing monologue last week :
"Finally, tonight, the Winter Games..... Count me among those who don’t like them and won’t watch them ... Because they’re so trying, maybe over the next three weeks we should all try too.
Like, try not to be incredulous when someone attempts to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard of skating or skiing.....
""So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention."" Try not to point out that something’s not really a sport if a pseudo-athlete waits in what’s called a kiss-and-cry area, while some panel of subjective judges decides who won ... So if only to hasten the arrival of the day they’re done, when we can move on to March Madness — for God’s sake, let the games begin."
is there a more condescending sports p-ick on t.v.?...other than maybe jim rome?...
this strikes me funny because i still can`t figure out whether gumbel is a very "white" black guy or a moderately" black" white guy......
he makes wayne brady seem ghetto....
actually,i haven`t watched them either...but,i can`t even imagine the shitstorm that would occur if these remarks were tweeked and aimed at a minority....
how is this guy a bigger celebrity than his much more talented brother?
"Finally, tonight, the Winter Games..... Count me among those who don’t like them and won’t watch them ... Because they’re so trying, maybe over the next three weeks we should all try too.
Like, try not to be incredulous when someone attempts to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard of skating or skiing.....
""So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention."" Try not to point out that something’s not really a sport if a pseudo-athlete waits in what’s called a kiss-and-cry area, while some panel of subjective judges decides who won ... So if only to hasten the arrival of the day they’re done, when we can move on to March Madness — for God’s sake, let the games begin."
is there a more condescending sports p-ick on t.v.?...other than maybe jim rome?...
this strikes me funny because i still can`t figure out whether gumbel is a very "white" black guy or a moderately" black" white guy......
he makes wayne brady seem ghetto....
actually,i haven`t watched them either...but,i can`t even imagine the shitstorm that would occur if these remarks were tweeked and aimed at a minority....
how is this guy a bigger celebrity than his much more talented brother?
