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Canes analyst Thomas fired for comments during brawl
ESPN.com ^
| 16 October 2006
| AP
Posted on 10/16/2006 5:00:27 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
MIAMI -- Former Miami player Lamar Thomas lost his TV analyst job Monday over comments he made during a sideline-clearing brawl involving the Hurricanes and Florida International.
"We were disappointed in the incident that happened on the field and regret the way it was handled in the broadcast booth," Comcast Sports SouthEast general manager Mark Fuhrman said. "We do not support or condone the inappropriate comments made by color analyst Lamar Thomas and have taken the necessary steps to prevent a similar situation from ever occurring again."
CSS, a regional cable network that hired Thomas before the season, also decided to edit out his comments before the game is replayed later this week. The network, which is available in 5.5 million homes, will replay the game twice Wednesday.
Thomas made his comments as dozens of Miami and FIU players stormed the Orange Bowl field and fought during the third quarter of their teams' game Saturday night, an incident that led to the suspension of at least 31 players and forced officials from both schools to publicly apologize for the melee.
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KEYWORDS: collegefootball
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To: Ciexyz
"His comments were inappropriate."
Not in the NBA.
(I know this was football)
To: ChiMark
To call this "ghetto trash" is an insult to both ghettos and trash.
To: MikefromOhio
Drudge had a link to the video of it on his website last night. The guy sounded like a thug gangster and nothing like a sports commentator. Therefore I assume the next stop for him is ESPN.
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:18:49 PM PDT
by
DaBroasta
(Help stop the hate--vote Republican)
To: lawnguy
Comcast Sports SouthEast general manager Mark Fuhrman said. "
Not the cop who framed OJ.
To: dangus
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:19:44 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
To: MikefromOhio
They should just change the name of the game to thugball, at least as it pertains to Florida.
Not sure I want to see these guys suspended, i.e., idled. Do you know how many additional gas station stickups that'll result in? Let's try to keep them occupied practicing their thuggery on the field! ;-)
To: MikefromOhio
I wonder why Miami-FL reminds me of the movie "The Longest Yard"?
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:20:51 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax , you earn it , you keep it!)
To: ChiMark
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:21:07 PM PDT
by
sport
To: MikefromOhio
Lamars comments didnt make him sound like the brightest bulb in the ceiling fan. Is it me or did it sound like he was speaking jive?
Cut me som' slac' jak! Chump don wan no help, chump don git no help. Jive ass dude don got no brains anyhow.
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:22:29 PM PDT
by
Caramelgal
(Too annoyed right now for a tagline. Check back later.)
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To: UNGN
I bet Furhman set Thomas up the lip.
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:23:53 PM PDT
by
azhenfud
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: lawnguy
Wow, there's a name from the past!!
Is this the same Mark from the OJ past?..... I thought he was out in Seattle doing the daily talk radio show 'The Mark Furhman Show'
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:25:18 PM PDT
by
deport
(The Governor, The Foghorn, The Dingaling, The Joker, some other fellar...... The Governor Wins)
To: Caramelgal
well let me just say that it wasn't exactly perfect spoken English :)
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:26:27 PM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(Prayers to the Lidle family)
To: Caramelgal
Excuse me stewardess, but I speak jive! ;^)
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:30:06 PM PDT
by
ABG(anybody but Gore)
("By the time I'm finished with you, you're gonna wish you felt this good again" - Jack Bauer)
To: billhilly
... because the guy would probably jump over the desk and beat the shit out of the old skinny guy the first time he thought he was being dissed.ROTFL--I can almost visualize that. Him and Imanass getting embroiled in a verbal stupor that turns violent--now that's entertainment.
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:32:25 PM PDT
by
DaBroasta
(Help stop the hate--vote Republican)
To: deport
Is this the same Mark from the OJ past?..... I thought he was out in Seattle doing the daily talk radio show 'The Mark Furhman Show' I'm sure it's not the same one, I was just being a smart alec ;)
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:33:14 PM PDT
by
lawnguy
(Give me some of your tots!!!)
To: OldFriend
His commentary was totally unacceptable. A punk.
See ya.
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:36:48 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
To: MikefromOhio
To: lawnguy
Either way you are correct about it being a name from the past.........
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:38:23 PM PDT
by
deport
(The Governor, The Foghorn, The Dingaling, The Joker, some other fellar...... The Governor Wins)
To: saganite
What were his comments?Furhman was upset Lamar failed to use the N word often enough during the brawl.
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posted on
10/16/2006 5:40:09 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(Peace is not an option)
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