Bad cameo in horror flick (MARIOTTI IS BARRY APOPLECTIC AT MICHAEL JORDAN'S SELLOUT)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | July 29, 2007 | BY JAY MARIOTTI Sun-Times Columnist

[Chi-townChief]

The recent NBA scandal raises some questions as to how legit Jordan's numbers are.

[Jeff Chandler]

The recent NBA scandal raises some questions as to how legit Jordan's numbers are.

Well, he did take full advantage of the Dr. J Rule: If it looks spectacular, it isn't traveling.

[Chi-townChief]

Yeah, I never quite understood how so many of the NBA moves are illegal in college ball.

[wagglebee]

Which prompts a question: Who should appear on the video board after No. 756, a milestone finally upon us after a wait that has anesthetized the national psyche? Tim Donaghy? Michael Vick? Greg Anderson, his personal trainer, on a satellite beam from jail as federal inmate No. 93389-011?

OJ?

[hometoroost]

OJ - good call. He finished his career in San Fran.

[hometoroost]

Much of what is done in the NBA is illegal there too. It’s just not called that’s one of many reasons I stopped watching.

[Chi-townChief]

You almost have to go with Pete Rose, MLB Hits Leader/Bookie.

[wagglebee]

I thought he finished his career on Nicole’s porch.

[Nachum]

I am not a fan of Barry Bonds, but all of this nonsense about his numbers is exactly that- nonsense. If you want to indict Barry Bonds, you have to indict all of baseball for turning a blind eye to the virtual explosion of steroid use by many of its players. Oh sure, it's entirely normal for Roger Clemens to come back in his late thirties and pitch better than he did in his late 20's.

Right.

McGuire, Sosa, half the Yankees, and probably half the rest of baseball too indulged and now were angry about it? Most fans aren't cheering because Barry Bonds has been a mean old SOB most of his career. He is mean to the fans, mean to the reporters, and is just down right nasty to his own team. Heck, there were lots of nasty players back in the day. Ty Cobb comes to mind. Who cares about this record? Barry Bonds will NEVER be "The Babe". Babe Ruth single handedly took this country and put it on his shoulders during some of our toughest years. Barry Bonds is a midget, standing on the shoulders of The Babe, going for a short ride.

[wagglebee]

Maybe some of the Tour de France guys.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Jordan should have stayed retired after he hit that game-winning playoff shot against Utah. To me, that signaled the death of the NBA right there.

The league needs to be bulldozed and started again. Naismith is spinning in his grave.

[mockingbyrd]

LOL! OJ should do just fine.

[BallyBill]

I wonder if every pitcher Barry Bonds faced was “clean”?

[Bob]

Well, he did take full advantage of the Dr. J Rule: If it looks spectacular, it isn't traveling.

Did I get the rule wrong? I though the traveling rule was one step allowed per $10 million of salary. :=)

[Mr. Jeeves]

The primary talent of the author of this piece, like that of so many other sportswriters, lies in calling attention to himself through his prose.

Whose opinion of Bonds deserves to be given more weight - fellow superstar athlete Michael Jordan's or some third-rate hack's?

[PackerBronco]

I’d say have Floyd Landis do the promo for 755 and Ben Johnson for 756.

[KevinDavis]

That was the last time I really followed the NBA.. I now just follow the NFL....

[em2vn]

It does raise on question. How many years after Jordan retired did this referee begin to work games in the NBA. That’s about the only question it raises.
Geez, I bet you saw the smoking gun from the grassy knoll.

[Chi-townChief]

Not at all; but if you were following the thread here, you’d see the NBA being fishy for quite some time, long before the current mess.

[Chi-townChief]

LOL