ESPN Protected a Child Predator

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Wednesday November 30, 2011 · 5:09 PM PST

2011/11/30 · 17:09

I realize Daily Kos mainly deals with political matters but at times the bigger issues we fight for bubble up in other areas, as in the case here, where we have ESPN (aka 'The Worldwide Leader in Sports') covering up for the powerful.

BACKGROUND: Asst basketball coach, Bernie Fine, was fired for allegedly molesting ball boys for the Syracuse Orangemen:

It’s an abrupt, unceremonious end to a 35-year career, but considering Outside the Lines’ bombshell report this morning – namely, the recorded phone call purportedly between Fine accuser Bobby Davis and Fine’s wife Laurie – probably a necessary one.
Fine was placed on leave, but once this tape emerged, Fine couldn’t be affiliated with the university at all. Consider: not only is Fine accused of molestation, not only did Fine’s wife seemingly admit to knowing about it in the recorded call, but Davis is saying he and Fine’s wife had a sexual relationship. This is one of the most bizarre, and potentially ugliest, scandals we’ve seen. And Syracuse, before it gets any worse – and before head coach Jim Boeheim, who fiercely defended Fine when the story broke, releases a statement tonight – decided it’s already seen enough.

Yes, ESPN reported this on their show called ''Outside the Lines" this past weekend, yet they've been sitting on this tape since 2002, and god only knows how many children may have been hurt between then and now.

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Tuesday November 15, 2011 · 6:58 PM PST

2011/11/15 · 18:58

I never could get into protest music that was played with an acoustic guitar or sang in perfect vocal harmonies. I know, I'm shallow as hell, but for me the instruments had to sound as angry as the lyrics. Luckily I grew up when I did, during the 'post-Punk' 1980's when bands like Black Flag and NWA ripped my speaker cones apart. God, so much of those times I hated, but I sure as hell miss listening to the local radio station, WXCI, during the era.....(I'll have to Google the station to see if it made it this long....or maybe I'll just leave it a mystery.....oh I don't know)

Anyway, go plug your laptop into a set of speakers and crank the songs listed below to 11.

UPDATE: Please leave your favorite Gen X era protest songs in the comments (YouTube video, that is). Thank you to those that already have!

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Tuesday November 08, 2011 · 7:21 PM PST

2011/11/08 · 19:21

Just a quick diary to say bye to a great Gen X artist, Heavy D, who passed on today at age 44.

From TMZ:

Law enforcement tell TMZ ... Heavy D had just returned from shopping and walked up some stairs when he began having trouble breathing. Adam Mills, a designer who was in the building and knew Heavy D, found him leaning against a railing and clearly in distress. Adam tells us he cradled Heavy D in his lap as others called 911. Adam says Heavy D was conscious and said to him, "I can't breathe, I can't breathe." When paramedics took Heavy D to the hospital he had a pulse. People in the building are saying he died of a heart attack, but we have not been able to confirm that. Law enforcement sources tell us ... no foul play was involved and so far they only know the cause of death was "medical."

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Sunday October 23, 2011 · 7:14 PM PDT

2011/10/23 · 19:14

One of the most influential movements within Hip Hop (and music, for that matter) during the late 80s/early 90s was led by a collection of artists known as the Native Tongues.

Their music is beyond heady, as it's full impact may still not be known for decades, when the geniuses of tomorrow discover some of these precious albums in their parents' collections. Although we are already fortunate to have enjoyed those who have spawned from this musical movement; artists like Mos Def, Common and The Roots are indebted to the pavement the Native Tongues put down for them.

WARNING: YOUR MIND MAY BLOW BELOW THE FOLD.

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Tuesday September 27, 2011 · 7:11 PM PDT

2011/09/27 · 19:11

Welcome to a wrap-up of Gen X news over the last week followed by some music we once bought cassettes of. This diary is very cutty-pasty, so forgive me for being lazy, but with most of these items any commentary by me is less-than-necessary.

It looks like Rolling Stone has finally given Nirvana's Nevermind album a 5 Star rating. If I'm not mistaken, when it orginally came out they only gave it 3 Stars.

When Nevermind exploded into earshot in the autumn of 1991, it was startling: a grenade detonating in your car radio. It sounded like the end of something (the 1980s? hair metal?), or maybe the beginning of something ("alternative rock"? "Generation X"?). Today, the album has become so encrusted with myth, that it's hard to wrap your ears around it, to really hear it. In 2005, the Library of Congress added Nevermind to its roll call of the world's most significant recordings. It's a museum piece, a record that merits a display in the Smithsonian. And, of course, a doorstopper 20th-anniversary box set.

Gen X women have lots of pressure to remain youthful looking, so says the LA Times(considering I drag a razor over the hair I find on my chest I'll be a hypocrite if I criticize).

Makeup artist Gucci Westman has worked on a number of this generation's beautiful faces, including Jennifer Aniston, Halle Berry, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Gwyneth Paltrow.
She advocates women aging gracefully. "You want to look [like] someone who others aspire to be rather than a show pony," says Westman, who is 40. "You want to look like yourself, but more enhanced."

Let's hope he stays retired and doesn't pull a Brett Favre.

DALLAS — Mike Modano walked away from the NHL on Friday with tears, signing an honorary one-day contract so he could retire after 21 seasons as a member of the Dallas Stars.
The 41-year-old native of Livonia, Mich., broke down in tears several times during his final news conference in Dallas. He retires as the NHL’s all-time leading scorer among American-born players in goals (561) and points (1,374).

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Wednesday September 21, 2011 · 12:41 PM PDT

2011/09/21 · 12:41

Thanks to those that dropped by last night's Gen X diary, especially to the ones who left some music of our past in the comments.

Sad to learn REM has ended it. And so ends another band synonymous with Gen X. Bah! In 20 years it's unlikely I'll remember where I was when I learned they broke up, but still, the impact they had on Gen X music is immeasurable.

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Tuesday September 20, 2011 · 8:37 PM PDT

2011/09/20 · 20:37

I suppose with the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's album Nevermind getting media attention once more, I'm becoming a bit nostalgic for that brief period of time when GenXers mattered. It's hard to know the bookends or this era but I gather it began with the rise of hip hop in the 1980's and, in my mind, it ended with the death of Bradley Nowell from the band, Sublime.

Sooooo below the squiggly symbol you'll find some Gen X goodness that will hopefully make you smile or make you say "I'm sorry I never heard that til now" or make you think 'I hate that crap'.

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Monday September 17, 2007 · 7:28 PM PDT

2007/09/17 · 19:28

Operation Yellow Elephant (OYE), is a non-partisan organization founded to encourage our President's strongest supporters to enlist in The Military, if eligible. After all, if The President cannot persuade even his strongest supporters that Our Country Needs Them [Personally!], then how can he persuade the entire world to support U.S. policy in Iraq and elsewhere? Unfortunately for OYE, and Our Country, we've been unable to motivate any College or Young Republicans to put their ass where their mouth is and to Be A Man! Enlist! This is where we are asking for your help. . .

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Wednesday July 11, 2007 · 3:17 PM PDT

2007/07/11 · 15:17

Cross-posted on Operation Yellow Elephant (O.Y.E.)

Operation Yellow Elephant, is a non-partisan organization founded to encourage our President's strongest supporters to enlist in The Military if eligible. After all, if The President cannot persuade even his strongest supporters that Our Country Needs Them [Personally!], then how can he persuade the entire country to support U.S. policy in Iraq and elsewhere? As a newly added contributor to O.Y.E. it has quickly become apparent to me what a toilsome challenge it is to attract pro-war College and Young Republicans to consider serving in Our Nation's Armed Forces.

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