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ESPN Fires Rob Parker (RG3 "Cornball Brother" commenter)
Pro Football Talk - NBC Sports ^ | January 9, 2013 | Michael David Smith

Posted on 01/09/2013 9:14:24 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg

Rob Parker, the commentator who created controversy when he questioned whether Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III is a “cornball brother” because he has a white fiancee, has been fired by ESPN.

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So why did Parker’s discipline change from a 30-day suspension to termination? ESPN isn’t saying, but it may be that the network was unhappy with a recent interview Parker gave in which he said that ESPN knew what he was going to say on the air before he said it. In that interview, Parker also seemed to backtrack on his previous apology, complaining that people took his “cornball brother” statement out of context.

(Excerpt) Read more at profootballtalk.nbcsports.com ...


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KEYWORDS: cornball; espn; football; griffin; parker; racebaiting
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Maybe he confused him with Cornbread Maxwell.


21 posted on 01/09/2013 10:10:53 AM PST by Bruinator ("For socialism is not merely the labour question, it is before all things an atheistic question")
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To: Colonel_Flagg
I agree, sadly I heard yesterday that he needs surgery and perhaps a 9-12 month recovery before he can play again. I hope that's wrong.

I've been very impressed with a 3 rookie QB senstaions this year. They all seem to be cut from very high quality cloth. Alfred Morris is the Skins rookie Running Back machine...he's cut from the same cloth.

22 posted on 01/09/2013 10:10:53 AM PST by pgkdan ( "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Colonel_Flagg
I agree, sadly I heard yesterday that he needs surgery and perhaps a 9-12 month recovery before he can play again. I hope that's wrong.

I've been very impressed with all 3 rookie QB senstaions this year. They all seem to be cut from very high quality cloth. Alfred Morris is the Skins rookie Running Back machine...he's cut from the same cloth.

23 posted on 01/09/2013 10:11:06 AM PST by pgkdan ( "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Colonel_Flagg
ESPN fired the angry Negro guy?

Why that's racist and justifies Negro Rage, doncha know?

24 posted on 01/09/2013 10:11:53 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

I had not herd it either, but you can read about it: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cornball+brother


25 posted on 01/09/2013 10:14:18 AM PST by rightly_dividing (Left behind; 4 Americans in Libya)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Cornball is just this particular race baitor’s version of “uncle Tom.”

RG III is simply not toeing the racially correct line.


26 posted on 01/09/2013 10:15:05 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: rightly_dividing; editor-surveyor

Thank you, hard to keep up with all the Ebonics perculating through our language.


27 posted on 01/09/2013 10:23:46 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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28 posted on 01/09/2013 10:26:26 AM PST by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day. The Edge of the world is Square and water pours over it!)
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To: Absolutely Nobama; Thunder90; 4everontheRight; ABG(anybody but Gore); Abbeville Conservative; ...

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29 posted on 01/09/2013 10:40:23 AM PST by Perdogg (Mark Levin - It's called the Bill of Rights not Bill of Needs)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

According to one report I’ve seen, Griffin will probably be out for 9-12 months after surgery. That would mean he’d at least miss training camp and the pre-season, if not the entire 2013 regular season.


30 posted on 01/09/2013 10:45:01 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers ("I'm not anti-anything, I just wanna be free." - Mike Muir)
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To: editor-surveyor

Near as I can tell, Russell Wilson doesn’t toe the race-hustlers’ line either. How did he manage to pass under their radar?


31 posted on 01/09/2013 10:47:37 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers ("I'm not anti-anything, I just wanna be free." - Mike Muir)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

If there’s anything from which to take heart, it’s that Adrian Peterson missed only one game (the last game of 2011) after his similar injury, also on the Redskins’ field.

Of course, Adrian Peterson borders on the superhuman so I wonder if anyone can recover as quickly as he did.


32 posted on 01/09/2013 10:59:29 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: Bruinator
Maybe he confused him with Cornbread Maxwell.

I knew a guy named Cornbread Red..he was a honkey tho.

33 posted on 01/09/2013 12:09:46 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

What a shame... /S

What were the idiots at ESPN thinking to begin with, hiring a “blackness commentator?” Pretty sure the fans don’t care what color skin an athlete has, just what color uniform they wear.


34 posted on 01/09/2013 12:53:41 PM PST by Hoffer Rand (There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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