Comments on: Sports Illustrated fires freelancer for being human http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/03/tom-bowles/ Musing & misadventures of a writer, comedian, and local treasure Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:17:00 -0500 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Stacey http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/03/tom-bowles/#comment-5941 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:50:57 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4253#comment-5941 I believe SI did the right thing in FIRING someone who was so humanly arrogant to not admit fault when called on a violation (cheering in the press box)….this story would have gone nowhere if Mr. Bowles had simply sad “my bad” instead of twittering away his SI job in response to a challenge. I’m sure there were other reporters cheering but how many would have arrogantly defended their obviously human violation when challenged. – you reap what you tweet

]]> By: Brad http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/03/tom-bowles/#comment-5940 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:15:35 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4253#comment-5940 Kevin – It’s interesting because a lot of media alum went to Syracuse as they have one of, if not the best Communications / Journalism programs in the country. Yet you never hear Sean McDonough or Mike Tirico fawning over Syracuse.

]]> By: Colleen http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/03/tom-bowles/#comment-5939 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:39:48 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4253#comment-5939 He was probably clapping because it was a rookie; not expected to win, but won because he was a very very lucky boy. This is rediculous and I’ll bet a nice lawsuit will garner a hefty sum.

]]> By: Kevin Marshall http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/03/tom-bowles/#comment-5938 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:27:21 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4253#comment-5938 Hal – Agreed, but I’m biased against Buck because I think he’s just a terrible broadcaster.

]]> By: Hal Jordan http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/03/tom-bowles/#comment-5937 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:25:00 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4253#comment-5937 Joe Buck practically started chanting “Let’s go, Cards” during the 2006 World Series. If there was any justice in the world, he would be fired. Out of a cannon. Into the sun.

]]> By: Kevin Marshall http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/03/tom-bowles/#comment-5936 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:28:00 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4253#comment-5936 Brad - Exactly. I actually started writing about ESPN as an example, but oh boy where the Hell do we even start? Duke, sideline reporters with endorsement deals, et al. It’s to the point where you almost want to just give them the pass of saying “it’s entertainment and we should treat it as such” just to keep from going crazy.

]]> By: Brad http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/03/tom-bowles/#comment-5935 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:25:33 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4253#comment-5935 This is a tough line as I knew Bowles through a friend, and he was genuinely a good guy and passionate about the sport. Like Kevin said, it seems to me he was cheering the moment and not the driver himself. If he was wearing an Earnhardt jersey I would understand SI’s position. Rules are rules, but in this case SI went too far.

It’s sad because ESPN is so far up Duke’s butt it’s comical. Watching the Duke / Clemson game last night, they showed Duke Senior montages between commercial breaks that almost made me sick.

]]> By: Dallas http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/03/tom-bowles/#comment-5934 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:18:46 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4253#comment-5934 I have been to a few sports blogging conferences because I run a sports site. I always found it fascinating when I heard the beat writers talk because they said they really didn’t care who won, they just wanted a good story. Seemed impossible to believe but I guess if you do it for a number of years thats the way it goes. I know a guy that started the first real Mets blog a number of years ago is now the MLB beat writer for the Yankees! Generally sports bloggers are very passionate about their team and as more of them are getting credentialed it made for some interesting discussion on how that will change how they cover the team.

]]> By: Chuck Miller http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/03/tom-bowles/#comment-5933 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:09:21 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4253#comment-5933 Let’s say that a reporter doesn’t like a team for some reason. Maybe he parked in the wrong spot at the arena and his car got towed, so he decides to take out his frustrations by ripping the team a new one on their game loss that night. The minute a reader believes that a reporter has lost his objectivity in covering a sporting event, then that’s the moment when the reader feels that his or her team or favorite player isn’t getting the respect deserved or earned. It takes into question the objectivity of the story being written.

Don’t get me wrong. Reporters have their favorite players and teams, and by the same token they have people who have for some reason rubbed them the wrong way. We’re expecting that reporter to give us a fair and unvarnished overview of the sporting event, and we don’t want it to ever appear to be a puff piece, a fan gush, a brickbat or a burial.

]]> By: Anne http://www.kevinmarshallonline.com/blog/2011/03/03/tom-bowles/#comment-5932 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:17:06 +0000 http://blog.timesunion.com/marshall/?p=4253#comment-5932 The PTI guys on ESPN frequently cheer for specific teams and no one seems to care. And it’s Nascar, that isn’t even a sport. Who cares? So he clapped. Maybe he was clapping because the damn thing was finally over!

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