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Tiger Explains Why He Will Break Your Neck for Snapping His Photo Mid-Backswing

Posted: Mar 27th 2008 12:39PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Golf, ESPN, PGA

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First of all, I want to applaud ESPN's Dana Jacobson for making it through this interview without cracking up. Or worse, raising her fist and cursing Jesus for all his magnificence and splendor.

Second, I want to applaud Tiger Woods for making it through this interview without calling Jacobson a "jackass" or threatening to break her neck.

Seriously, I love the fact that Jacobson gives Woods an opportunity to apologize for his expletive-laden tirade at last weekend's CA Championship and he instead chooses to laugh it off. Like he's the only guy cursing on the PGA Tour.

Look, golf is a professional sport where athletes are competing at a pretty high level. If networks are worried about Eldrick dropping a few f-bombs, here's a radical idea: don't have a mike in his face from the time he steps on the first tee until he putts out on 18.

Just thinking outside the box here.


Previously on FanHouse
Is Tiger Woods PGA's Most Fined Golfer?
Tiger Woods Will Break Your Neck if You Snap a Photo in His Backswing

Bob Costas Visits ESPN's Mike and Mike, Makes Light of Dana Jacobson Roast Rant

Posted: Feb 14th 2008 6:45PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: ESPN

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You can always count on Bob Costas to say just the right thing, and he certainly did when he joined Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio this morning:

(Video via Awful Announcing)

Twenty seconds into the video, Costas said, "Maybe you would have been better off if I had replaced someone on the dais," clearly referring to the Mike and Mike roast, at which ESPN's Dana Jacobson went on a profane rant for which she was suspended a week.

And that's why I love Costas: He knows the Mike and Mike roast is a taboo subject, but he goes ahead and talks about it anyway. For a guy who's about as mainstream as it gets, Costas sure is cheeky.

Mickelson Refuses to Sign Autograph, Gives Super Bowl Tickets Instead

Posted: Feb 5th 2008 9:47PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Golf

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This is sufficiently awesome. It's sometimes fun to give Phil Mickelson the business, what with the man boobs and the freaky perma-smile, but there's no denying that he's the world's second-best golfer (no matter what Ian Poulter might say ... and then retract), and generally considered a swell guy.

And he's even sweller in the eyes of the Fockler family. Instead of following Mickelson during the final round of the FBR Open, Mickelson's caddie, Bones Mackay, gave John Fockler and his son, Drew, two tickets to the Super Bowl.

So not only did the Focklers get to see arguably the most exciting Super Bowl ever, they also were spared the pain of watching their favorite player turn a 63 into a 67 before losing the tournament to J.B. Holmes in a playoff. So everybody wins (well, except Phil) and Dana Jacobson didn't once drop an f-bomb. A pretty cool story all around.

ESPN First Take Host Dana Jacobson Returns

Posted: Jan 28th 2008 10:02AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: ESPN

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ESPN First Take host Dana Jacobson, who was suspended for a week for a profane rant at an ESPN-sponsored celebrity roast, returned to the air today and apologized for her actions.

"I want to once again say how truly sorry I am for my poor choices and bad judgment," Jacobson said. "I've taken responsibility for what I did say and do, and realize it was wrong. ... I have already learned a lot."

Although Jacobson didn't get into the details of what she said at the roast, the way she emphasized the words "what I did say" seemed to be a subtle suggestion that some of the reports that have come out in the past two weeks overstated exactly what Jacobson said. Specifically, the Catholic League has said Jacobson's rant was anti-Catholic, but the indications from people who attended the roast are that the rant was merely anti-Notre Dame.

Jacobson, who is at ESPN's First Take studio in Bristol and not at its Super Bowl headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz., concluded her statement by thanking, "most importantly, ESPN, for its unwavering support."

ESPN Anchor Dana Jacobson May Be Anti- Notre Dame, But She's Not Anti-Catholic

Posted: Jan 23rd 2008 1:40PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: ESPN

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This morning I wrote that ESPN anchor Dana Jacobson was suspended for a week for saying "F--- Jesus" at a celebrity roast early this month.

Having talked to one source familiar with the situation and exchanged e-mails with another, I would like to clarify that I think that, to the extent that Jacobson used the F-word and the word "Jesus" together, it was about Touchdown Jesus, the mural depicting Jesus with his hands raised at Notre Dame Stadium. Jacobson was roasting former Notre Dame football player and current ESPN Radio host Mike Golic at the time.

Does that distinction matter? Some people seem to think so. I think Jacobson is getting a raw deal here regardless. Her comments weren't on the air, like those of Kelly Tilghman or Don Imus. She was speaking at a roast. Have you ever seen the Pamela Anderson roast? These things are designed to be offensive.

But, if you insist on being offended, you should only be offended if you're a Notre Dame fan and you consider Touchdown Jesus sacred. That's the one Dana Jacobson made a couple of raunchy comments about. Sorry, No Photos

ESPN Suspends Dana Jacobson One Week for Saying 'F--- Jesus' at Roast

Posted: Jan 23rd 2008 9:01AM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: ESPN

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ESPN First Take co-host Dana Jacobson has been suspended for one week for her comments during a celebrity roast celebrating ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning.

The suspension, first reported in the Chicago Tribune, comes after Jacobson reportedly said "F*** Notre Dame," "F*** Touchdown Jesus," and "F*** Jesus" in an attempt to talk trash to Mike and Mike co-host Mike Golic, a former Notre Dame football player.

An ESPN spokesman e-mailed me the following statements:
FROM ESPN
"Her actions and comments were inapprorpriate and we have dealt with it."

FROM DANA
"I am very sorry. My remarks about Notre Dame were foolish and insensitive. I respect all religions and did not mean anything derogatory by my poorly chosen words. I also deeply regret the embarrassment I have caused ESPN and Mike and Mike. My actions at the roast were inappropriate and in no way represent who I really am. I have personally apologized to many of the people involved. I won't make excuses for my behavior but do hope that I can be forgiven for such a poor lack of judgment."
I hope so, too. The context is everything here: She didn't say this on the air, she said it at a celebrity roast, an event at which people are supposed to go out of their way to be outrageous. She should be welcomed back on the air when her suspension is over.

UPDATE: ESPN Anchor Dana Jacobson May Be Anti-Notre Dame But She's Not Anti-Catholic Sorry, No Photos

Catholic League Accuses ESPN's Dana Jacobson of Saying 'F--- Jesus'

Posted: Jan 22nd 2008 10:09PM by Michael David Smith (author feed)
Filed under: ESPN

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On January 11, ESPN First Take host Dana Jacobson attended a roast for Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic of Mike and Mike in the Morning fame. What she said there has been the subject of much controversy.

Citing "some news and sports websites" as its source, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights says that Jacobson said, "F*** Notre Dame," "F*** Touchdown Jesus," and finally "F*** Jesus." The Catholic League says Jacobson has e-mailed the following apology: "My remarks about Notre Dame were foolish and insensitive. I respect all religions and did not mean anything derogatory by my poorly chosen words."

That apology would seem to both confirm that Jacobson said the words attributed to her and satisfy those who think she should apologize for those words. But if you think it's over there, you don't know anything about the Catholic League. They're going to make an issue out of this, and I have no doubt that Jacobson will have to make a more public apology.

But I really, really hope ESPN doesn't do anything more than reprimand Jacobson and tell her to apologize publicly. Jacobson does excellent work on First Take (as I've written before, her interview with Pacman Jones in August was nothing short of brilliant), and it would be ridiculous if a few poorly chosen words at a roast overshadowed her fine career.

Ultimately, it was a celebrity roast. Such events are supposed to be ribald. If Jacobson crossed a line, she did so without intent to offend, and she has already apologized. That should be the end of it.

UPDATE: ESPN Suspends Dana Jacobson One Week for Saying 'F--- Jesus' at Roast

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