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Posted on 02/24/2026 12:13:22 PM PST by Rummyfan
What nonsense this all is.
The conventional wisdom within our illustrious sports media this morning seems to be that Eileen Gu, who skis for China, is an estimable American role model, whereas the USA men’s hockey team, which plays hockey for America, is an international disgrace.
Permit me, if you will, to offer a humble counterargument: In my estimation, Eileen Gu is a mercenary sports traitor who ought to be muttered about darkly, whereas the USA men’s hockey team is chock full of awesome, fun-loving, patriotic champions who deserve every last drop of their newfound national esteem.
The charge against the men’s team seems to be four-fold. First, that, having won the gold, its members declined to address the “tide of fascism in the United States” and instead said gauche hyper-nationalistic things, such as, “This is all about our country right now,” “I love the USA,” “I’m so proud to be American today,” “This is for every American,” “It’s the greatest country in the world,” and “Everyone better be wearing the red, white, and blue for as long as they can.” Second, that during a post-game phone call with a rollicking President Trump, the players didn’t band together on the spot to push back against his supposedly sexist jokes — or apologize later for their complicity. Third, that the team subsequently agreed to go to the White House to celebrate their victory — and, even worse, that it seems excited by that prospect. Fourth, that the FBI director, Kash Patel, went over to Italy to watch the game and then chugged beer with the team in the locker room. Together, the sporting press is keen to inform us, these decisions have “sullied” the USA’s victory and ruined the reputations of its architects for all time.
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Journalists are not politicians, and there is no need for them to be perfectly representative of the nation. But it might be a good thing for our culture if they weren’t all massive weirdos.
Sports reporters are generally more woke than regular reporters...
And stupid too
I am getting tired of the criticism of the United States.
Probably 99% of these “sports reporters” never played sports in their entire life....
There’s no such thing as sports “reporters.” There are only sports writers.
They write what they’re told to write. Or more accurately put, they write what they think their readers want to read, rather than what actually happened.
Otherwise, they would lose access to the personalities.
There weren’t any black, Hispanic, non-citizens or gay hockey players. Jusy red blooded white American males
. All white males is what have them in an uproar. All the other teams were the same way buy in America its bad to be a white male
Yep, Tiger Woods sexual escapades were an open secret for years, not one sports writer said a word fearing loss of access.
People forget they are Propaganda Parrots first (journalists) then sports journalists second. They, for the most part, sing to their masters tune just like all the other journalists.
I think you make a good point about most sports writers never playing the sport(s) they cover. That’s why I tend to listen to reporters who played the game such as Steve Young. No one knows how a player will react when there’s that one split second moment for the win or loss. Some of us can’t deal with the pressure. Only a “player” knows the feeling and learns how to deal with the pressure.
Yecccccchhh!
I stopped there, and figured I didn't need to go further, but I did go read the article!
I was tired of it 50 years ago.
Definitely!
It all begins with their creepy love of getting into the men's locker room....
The players don’t hate Trump enough.
So sports writers are as full of shit as Keith Olberman?
There are very few House districts with close votes.
Each of those GOP candidates should be in photo shoots tonight.
So sports writers are as full of shit as Keith Olberman?
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