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02-23-2010, 06:35 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Kornheiser says it like it is
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Anyone catch what he said about Hannah Storm? Hilarious, but it got him suspended two weeks.
I find him annoying for the most part, but props for telling it like it is about a co-worker.
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02-23-2010, 06:51 PM
|  | *******er Emeritus(does anyone remember that? No?) | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Houston, Texas | | | Hmm, I missed that - Google News brings up a lot of links about his suspension, but none of them actually say what he said.
What was the general gist of it?
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02-23-2010, 07:07 PM
|  | Hard rockin' stay-at-home dad | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The soggy state of Oregon | | | I think what Kornholer really wanted was to "tap it", and his comments were just sour grapes.
It's funny either way though. |
02-23-2010, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jrthebassguy  What was the general gist of it? | "Hannah Storm in a horrifying, horrifying outfit today. She's got on red go-go boots and a catholic school plaid skirt ... way too short for somebody in her 40s or maybe early 50s by now." [She's 47.] "She's got on her typically very, very tight shirt. She looks like she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body ... I know she's very good, and I'm not supposed to be critical of ESPN people, so I won't ... but Hannah Storm ... come on now! Stop! What are you doing? ... She's what I would call a Holden Caulfield fantasy at this point."
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02-23-2010, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by MJ5150 "Hannah Storm in a horrifying, horrifying outfit today. She's got on red go-go boots and a catholic school plaid skirt ... way too short for somebody in her 40s or maybe early 50s by now." [She's 47.] "She's got on her typically very, very tight shirt. She looks like she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body ... I know she's very good, and I'm not supposed to be critical of ESPN people, so I won't ... but Hannah Storm ... come on now! Stop! What are you doing? ... She's what I would call a Holden Caulfield fantasy at this point."
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That's it? Really? Well...who cares if she's 47. I totally would, and I'm half her age. 
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02-23-2010, 08:23 PM
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Yeah... I would.
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02-23-2010, 08:27 PM
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02-24-2010, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Philbiker | I don't watch sports really, especially not ESPN (except poker at 3 in the morning sometimes)...but at first glance she looks like a transvestite. |
02-24-2010, 01:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | This is awkward. At one level, I think Hannah Storm looks pretty good in that outfit myself. At another level, PTI is a free wheeling, trash-talking show, and I think Kornheiser should be able to tease another broadcaster (if he had dogged another man, no one would have said anything at all.) That said, gender is an issue, and a man passing judgement on a woman's appearance in a way that seems to judge her attractiveness/sexual desirability is a place that any man should avoid in a professional setting.
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02-24-2010, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese This is awkward. At one level, I think Hannah Storm looks pretty good in that outfit myself. At another level, PTI is a free wheeling, trash-talking show, and I think Kornheiser should be able to tease another broadcaster (if he had dogged another man, no one would have said anything at all.) That said, gender is an issue, and a man passing judgement on a woman's appearance in a way that seems to judge her attractiveness/sexual desirability is a place that any man should avoid in a professional setting. | Nope - Apparently they aren't very happy about his comments about Chris Berman either.
Looks to be more of a "don't criticize fellow ESPN celebrities" more than a "don't pick on women" thing.
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02-24-2010, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by aborgman Nope - Apparently they aren't very happy about his comments about Chris Berman either.
Looks to be more of a "don't criticize fellow ESPN celebrities" more than a "don't pick on women" thing. | From what I see, the comments about Hannah Storm are getting more notice. What I said about criticizing a woman's appearance stands, IMO.
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02-24-2010, 02:14 PM
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Kornheiser apologized for his comments the next day on his radio show.
"I'm a sarcastic, subversive guy...I'm a troll, look at me. I have no right to insult what anybody looks like or what anybody wears. That, I think, should go without saying," he said.
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02-24-2010, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese From what I see, the comments about Hannah Storm are getting more notice. | Yes - by the general public.
That doesn't mean they're the reason he got suspended.
I'm betting if he says the same thing about a female, NON-ESPN anchor... no suspension.
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02-24-2010, 04:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco | | | that guy gets paid to do color commentary.
suspending him is dumb. |
02-24-2010, 04:33 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | Meh, I've definitely done worse. |
02-24-2010, 04:37 PM
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