Tony Kornheiser. I’ve pretty much had nothing good to say about the man since I was forced to endue his inane chatter on Monday Night Football. I was stoked when they replaced him with Jon Gruden.
And now I somehow like him even less.
Mr. Kornheiser is advocating vehicular assault, reckless endangerment, and quite possible vehicular homicide.
Kornheiser was discussing the addition of bicycle lanes to some streets in Washington, D.C., when he said on ESPN Radio 980 that he despises bicyclists and supports drivers intentionally running into them.
“And they all, my God, with their water bottles in the back, and their stupid hats, and their shiny shorts, they’re the same kind of disgusting posers that in a snowstorm come out with cross-country skis on your block,” Kornheiser said.
“Run them down.”
Kornheiser twice said, with disgust in his voice, that he thought Washington, D.C. was turning into Beijing. He did, however soften his tone ever so slightly by adding, “So you tap them. I’m not saying kill them.”
. . . Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France champion, didn’t find anything funny about it.
On Twitter Thursday morning, Armstrong ripped Kornheiser, saying, “Listening to Tony Kornheiser’s comments/rant on ESPN radio re: cyclists. Disgusting, ignorant, foolish. What a complete f-ing idiot.”
Armstrong also urged people to contact Kornheiser’s bosses on both the radio and Pardon the Interruption to register their complaints. “Not happy about Kornheiser’s comments? Let them know @ESPNRadio980, @ptishow, and here,” Armstrong tweeted, providing the link.
Read the rest: backporch.fanhouse.com/2010/03/18/lance-armstrong-rips-tony-kornheiser
Good on ya, Lance. Way to advocate. We all appreciate it.
http://backporch.fanhouse.com/2010/03/18/lance-armstrong-rips-tony-kornheiser/
scrollyscrollydowny
They say it’s just a joke… But what if the same guy advocated to shoot overweight SUV users that wear fat arsed Docker pants, no no no, not the driver, to soften my tone slightly à la Tony Kornheiser douche bag stylin’, but the right front tyre on a left curve on the freeway? As a “JOKE”…
I mean, it aint’ like a shootin’ the driver.
G
I just listened to today’s show, and i have to say…for somebody that doesn’t like cycling that guy sure did do a lot of back pedaling.I think Lancey Pants did a fine job representing cyclist. Even if he did admit that he actually does drink Mic Ultra.
And I posted that last comment on ESPN… I should be gettin’ a flamed about right now. Love those dumbarses, it’s like outsmarting 3 year olds.
:)
Letters sent, signed the smartgrowthamerica petition too.
What can I say, the guy is a complete ass. Guess he is so against a water bottle on the back ’cause a water boy is not needed. Replaced by a camelback, that must sting.
yeah, the posuers comment really does show what a douchebag he is. Art nailed that one.
http://www.espn980.com/audiovault/#
here ya go…..interesting.
# art Says:
The saddest part about this is that Tony’s target audience puts on official replica jerseys to watch football, yet he still uses the word “posers” to describe people who are actually out doing things.
+1
It should be legal to hunt stupid people for food.
…kase…ya but they say “you are what you eat” so that ain’t gonna be good…
..i listened to the ‘lance n’ tony’ broadcast & i’ll be honest…i think lance let the guy off WAY too easy…sincere apologies or not, i don’t believe konheiser really GETS what his “comedic” advocacy creates in the pablum minds of the masses…
…& prefacing the show w/ the reminder that “it’s a comedy & sports entertainment show, boys & girls” is just a cheap way of saying “hey, let me off the hook, please”…
…he’s aware that he fucked up, but then again he’s used to doing that…i’d like to see the guy start using 10 seconds at the end of each show to remind the great unwashed to “BE AWARE OF CYCLISTS OUT THERE FOLKS, THEY DESERVE YOUR ATTENTION & CONSIDERATION”…korn admitted he has a daughter who cycles to work at times…
…i’ve always believed that if the radio & television media in particular took up the slightest interest in simple, brief & constant reminders to the general public, cycling would be inherently safer…
This is the enemy.
http://rushthecourt.net/mag/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/tony-kornheiser-2.jpg
A man wearing an ASCOT is being “tough” over the airwaves, is that worse than an internet bully? I need to get a copy of my elbow xray, courtesy of an inattentive driver, to send to him. Hey look at all that metal inside a body what a hoot!
Chris, I’d like to put some metal in Kornholer’s body. Coupla 140 grain hollowpoints, a’ight?
in case y’all didn’t hear it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFGz2n2tX88
Yes, it is a hate crime. No different from: “go out and get ya a nigger.”
Just everyone who lives near him, follow him and hit him in the gut. Hard. Just do that. It’s worth one night in jail if you get popped.
Gun fire would be inappropriate, bro. Tone down on that shit. His words suck, his deeds suck, and he’s earned many hits. The fuck doesn’t realize the roads are not football fields. A car is not a line backer. It’s life and death, it’s REAL combat, not play on grass. I would be down with a kidnapping and a forced 70 mile bike ride for the fuck, but shoot ’em? That would make him a martyr among his idiots. Punch him in the gut!
“Martyr”, Litttlejar? You’re assuming anyone would find the remains, or recognize them as being human.
Just filed my complaint with the FCC, and I urge everyone else to as well:
http://www.fcc.gov/eb/oip/Compl.html
Instead of being FAT LAZY AMERICANS WE DO NEED TO RIDE BIKES MORE~!!
Who wants to start a fund to pay Mario Cippolini to come and kick his ass? I’d like to know what the Italian would do to the fuck when he finds out what he said. “He said WHAT?” – what is that in Italian?
Run them down, Mario!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4XxCZagAjk
littlejar is on to something… get Danny Macaskill to huck a 720-chainring-grind off his skull and land it fakie.
I’d contribute to that!!
Super Mario!!
The man could definitely be a complete arsehole at times but cycling is definitely poorer with his retirement.
What a Rock Star
Interesting that Korn-douche only aired the interview as recorded. Perhaps a condition of Lance-a-lot’s but still… beware of the mighty edit. Still, I see Korn-douche, I will drop to my knees… so I can give him a good square punch in the gut. He’s short!