Pittsburgh Sports Media Thread

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 9:57 am

Honestly he shouldn’t be employed past today.

Postby **Morkle** » Mon Jun 07, 2021 9:21 pm

Honestly dude just sounds like he’s letting his booze take the wheel again.

Postby **pens9192** » Tue Jun 08, 2021 2:33 pm

No surprise Paul is a PSU alum and has always been a big homer for them. He was also on the Second Mile board of directors. Here is his Twitter profile with his profile picture of him and Paterno together: https://twitter.com/Palexander44

Oh and did you know he sold cars at Cochran from 2015-2016..anyone buy a car from him? lol Its funny he married Shelley Duffey not too long ago and then got a job on radio again...

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Tue Jun 08, 2021 2:39 pm

id probably rather listen to alexander talk about PSU than try and enduring the car buying process with alexander. which is saying something about the car buying process and alexander's personality.

Postby **pens9192** » Tue Jun 08, 2021 5:03 pm

Yeah, his Facebook profile said he worked at Cochran Infiniti. No doubt if you mentioned PSU and you were alum he gave you a deal.

Postby **LITT** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:38 am

No surprise Paul is a PSU alum and has always been a big homer for them. He was also on the Second Mile board of directors. Here is his Twitter profile with his profile picture of him and Paterno together: https://twitter.com/Palexander44

Oh and did you know he sold cars at Cochran from 2015-2016..anyone buy a car from him? lol Its funny he married Shelley Duffey not too long ago and then got a job on radio again...

huh. TIL

Postby **Troy Loney** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:21 am

Local reporter making the Twitter rounds today

Postby **faftorial** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:23 am

**** the media, the leeches. It's obvious why he doesn't want to talk about it.

Postby **Morkle** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:26 am

Sports reporters have this major self-worth ego that's hilarious. DK is up there as a guy who thinks he's critical to people living.

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 12:07 pm

Sports reporters have this major self-worth ego that's hilarious. DK is up there as a guy who thinks he's critical to people living.

I imagine you have to have some teeth to be successful in that world. Especially in today’s environment where the opportunities to make a living in that arena are rapidly shrinking.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 12:20 pm

I don't remember all the details of why Tom Barrasso was vilified by the media when he played for the Penguins. But as I grew older and began to see how pompous the media was, I became more sympathetic towards Tom. And that sympathy has spilled over to other athletes as well. It's really hard to find a likable sports media personality anymore.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 12:42 pm

I don't remember all the details of why Tom Barrasso was vilified by the media when he played for the Penguins. But as I grew older and began to see how pompous the media was, I became more sympathetic towards Tom. And that sympathy has spilled over to other athletes as well. It's really hard to find a likable sports media personality anymore.

I've warmed a lot to Elliotte Friedman over the last few years.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:21 pm

I don't remember all the details of why Tom Barrasso was vilified by the media when he played for the Penguins. But as I grew older and began to see how pompous the media was, I became more sympathetic towards Tom. And that sympathy has spilled over to other athletes as well. It's really hard to find a likable sports media personality anymore.

Barrasso didn’t talk to the media because he was an dadhole to absolutely anyone and everyone he ever came into contact with. He was hated by teammates, fans, and media before being traded here. He was an dadhole to any teammate not named Mario Lemieux while in Pittsburgh. His extreme hate for the Pittsburgh media was born out of them not covering up his bar fight arrest in 94 and then not covering his acquittal as much as they covered the original arrest. Dude was just a born dadhole.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:56 pm

I don't remember all the details of why Tom Barrasso was vilified by the media when he played for the Penguins. But as I grew older and began to see how pompous the media was, I became more sympathetic towards Tom. And that sympathy has spilled over to other athletes as well. It's really hard to find a likable sports media personality anymore.
Barrasso didn’t talk to the media because he was an dadhole to absolutely anyone and everyone he ever came into contact with. He was hated by teammates, fans, and media before being traded here. He was an dadhole to any teammate not named Mario Lemieux while in Pittsburgh. His extreme hate for the Pittsburgh media was born out of them not covering up his bar fight arrest in 94 and then not covering his acquittal as much as they covered the original arrest. Dude was just a born dadhole.

Oh, in that case...thanks for the Cups, now off you go

Postby **pens9192** » Thu Jun 10, 2021 3:20 pm

Speaking of Tommy B, seems like he bounced around Europe coaching after he left Carolina including time at Metallurg Magnitogorsk and winning Italy's hockey championship in 2016 as head coach of Valpellice. He most recently was head coach of England's Sheffield Steelers hired in October 2018 but looks like they got a new coach in April 2019, doesn't say what happened to Tommy B after that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Barra ... ing_career

I guess not surprising he didn't stick around those coaching gigs for years and years lol

Postby **willeyeam** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:42 am

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:44 am

**** liberal roundabouts.

Postby **Kane** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:45 am

What a cro-magnon. "For cyclists"

Postby **dodint** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:46 am

Poor Point Breeze.

Postby **Morkle** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:52 am

Is she for real, is that a real thing she thinks? How did she far this fall down the hole? Why do smart people think this is the way to act and have a clear conscience in the end? Or was her finally get caught as a racist really just the jumping off point that this is who she truly is.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 9:59 am

She is proving to be an interesting test case on conservative media viability. I always thought np could become a full time poster and generate viral content and engagement.

Wendy has the local public persona and is clearly desperate to move up the ladder. But she’s not getting any traction. All she’s been able to do is get herself fired from 1020 for wanting protestors to get killed.

I think that first “pull up your pants” racist Facebook post was coded strongly enough that she could have ridden the “I’m cancelled” victim hood more. Instead, she got fired and then just went batshit

Postby **Morkle** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:24 am

Kinda really like this response:

Postby **Morkle** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 10:33 am

Also not a fan of Peduto - but he has responded:

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 11:21 am

Establishes her yinzer cred by stating she's lived in Point Breeze for 18 years. Bet she is undefeated in the streets like Pittsburgh Dad Jr.

Postby **iamjs** » Mon Jun 14, 2021 2:15 pm

Also not a fan of Peduto - but he has responded:

I'm not a fan of him either, but "roundabouts, yep" did make me laugh.