Announcer suspended for saying choke job?

[Nastradamus]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...asketball-game


I'm very confused by this. Is this offensive in some way that I don't understand? Isn't this a common phrase to use? I can't find any articles that explain why it merited a suspension, so I thought I'd ask around here.

[eaglesnut]

Classic announcer speak. Wonder whose panties got twisted.

Some CIA guy got choked out by Asian operatives in Singapore. Maybe some related oversensitivity. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/afbddb44-7...#axzz2KzVJrFJo

[Breed]

Yeah, that is weird.

[PopeyeJones]

And oddly enough, an excellent point right at the top of the comments section!

The school that fights relentlessly to preserve "Fighting Sioux" is offended by "choke job"?

[Frank Grimes]

http://www.realclearsports.com/lists..._the_wind.html

Costas was working with color man Bill Wilkerson, and as Costas recounted to Terry Pluto for the ABA history Loose Balls, “I turned to Wilkerson and said right on the air, ‘Bill, it would seem that the Spirits have this one well in hand. But you can bet that the last thing Coach Bob MacKinnon wants to see is a repeat of Friday night’s blow job.’”

Wilkerson’s jaw just dropped and his eyes got wide. Costas figured he was sure to get fired, but there was still a minute to go in the game, and the engineer signaled to him to keep talking, so he did, the Spirits won -- and nothing happened, no firing, no reprimand, nothing. To this day, there are people in St. Louis who go up to Costas and say, “Remember when you were first doing the Spirits games…” and then tell the story. After that beginning, there was nowhere to go but up.

If you ever have a chance pick up the book "Loose Balls". Funny read.

[PatsFan2003]

I think sports announcing was much more fun when it wasn't so PC.

"Yeah that's one fine looking woman all right, I mean *wow*"

[Iron Jaw]

I remember the days when Dizzy Dean and Pee Wee Reese were calling baseball games on the CBS Game of the Week. One of theirs sponsors was Falstaff. Right before commercial break, Dizzy would say, "Pee Wee, I think I'll have another Falstaff." And you would hear the noise of the can opening (back then, and actual beer opener was used...pre flip-top days).

Of course, these days that would be very taboo.

[Frank Grimes]

I remember watching a Cubs game in the early 80's. Some guy on the Cubs struck out the side and Harry Carry goes K K K.

When the ads were over and the next inning about to start Harry was mumbling about how K is the the letter for strike out and nothing more.

[Frank Grimes]

Remember Rick Barry saying watermellon grin

http://classicsportsmedia.blogspot.c...atermelon.html

[JackBauer]

Classic announcer speak. Wonder whose panties got twisted.

Some CIA guy got choked out by Asian operatives in Singapore. Maybe some related oversensitivity. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/afbddb44-7...#axzz2KzVJrFJo

That is an amazing article. Interesting bit in the comments:

- CIA signs up young technologist
- Said spy is sent inserted into a Singaporean research institute know to be working with the Chinse
- Spy uncovers information and sends it home
- CIA prepares to retrieve the agent without blowing his cover by him "finding" a job with a company that is an extended arm of theirs
- Before spy can complete his exit, the Chinese counterintelligence take him out of the game
- Chinese govt informs Singaporean govt of the facts and demands full compliance
- Singaporean research agency cuts off the family of dead spy
- Squabble ensures with family unaware of their son's real profession and local Singaporean keystone cops completely operating way out of their level
- Meanwhile US Embassy knows full well what really happened but can't exactly tell the family

[eaglesnut]

I thought it was. Could reasonably be corporate espionage. Interestingly enough there was an article in the WSJ yesterday about the US cracking down on corporate espionage, although it specifically mentioned the hacks into the NYTimes, Dupont and GE as the reason.

[Wounded Bear]

What the article didn't mention is that he mimicked holding a penis in his hand and motioned to his open mouth several times......at least that's how I imagine it.....that would make sense at least.

[Darrell Green Fan]

I think the real tragedy here is Ralston will be denied the opportunity to call the classic North Dakota/Nebraska-Omaha game. Because as everyone know you throw out the record books when these team get together, they just plain don't like each other.

[Wounded Bear]

I think the real tragedy here is Ralston will be denied the opportunity to call the classic North Dakota/Nebraska-Omaha game. Because as everyone know you throw out the record books when these team get together, they just plain don't like each other.

That is a shame.

Fvcking North Dakota.