Almost sounds like a David Carradine type of fetish minus the asphyxiation.ĭespite the revelation of Albert’s dark and embarrassing secret side, NBC rehired the broadcaster two years later. Now that is as kinky and disturbing as it gets. September 25, 1997: Marv Albert pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery charges and after more than 20 years of service as a sports announcer, was dismissed by NBC.Īlbert’s criminal record came to fruition after a longtime lover made public that Albert had taken her to the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Virginia, thrown her onto the bed, sunk his teeth into her 15 times, sodomized her and then forced her to perform oral sex – all while supposedly wearing white panties and a garter belt. “This goes back all the way to the Civil War when the slave owner would breed his big black to his big woman so that he could have a big black kid.”Īnd as we all know, racial slanders – particularly ones that mention the word slavery – are the cardinal sin of commentating. “The black is a better athlete to begin with because he's been bred to be that way,” he said. But the comments Jimmy made in a Washington D.C. The Greek is credited with weaving sports gambling into the public eye, relinquishing the industry from the illegal, underground stigma it was commonly associated with. January 16, 1988: Jimmy Snyder, better known as Jimmy the Greek, was fired by CBS after a 12-year stint on the network as an analyst following a racial comment he made to a reporter. Sapp and Irvin are only the latest additions to a lengthy list of talking boneheads that found themselves unemployed for stupidity or lewd behavior.
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Every accredited member of professional sports must have a tight tongue, and personal life, to avoid crucifixion by the mainstream media. The news on E! and TMZ isn’t targeting Britney Spears or Hollywood gossip these days, but instead the lives of sports celebrities.
Former NFLers Warren Sapp and Michael Irvin both made national news last week after one was arrested for domestic battery and the other was sued for alleged rape.Ī couple of class acts no doubt, but would you expect anything less from two University of Miami products? After all, “The U” is a breeding ground for upstanding citizens who go on to achieve great things in our society.īoth Sapp and Irvin are currently employed by the NFL Network, but the league’s all-football channel may not be dancing with these stars much longer.
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