<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Did a Writer Lose His NFL Beat Because of a Tweet About the Owner of the Cleveland Browns?</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:34:08 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: ATL_Badger</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560373</link> <dc:creator>ATL_Badger</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:55:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560373</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;She had a thing for older married guys which didn’t help&lt;/em&gt;So in hindsight, it was good that he brought a red flag to your attention./unless you married her //if you did, disregard]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>She had a thing for older married guys which didn’t help</em></p><p>So in hindsight, it was good that he brought a red flag to your attention.</p><p>/unless you married her<br /> //if you did, disregard</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: DrGu</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560372</link> <dc:creator>DrGu</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:54:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560372</guid> <description><![CDATA[She had a thing for older married guys which didn&#039;t help/but you are right //but only that night]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She had a thing for older married guys which didn&#8217;t help</p><p>/but you are right<br /> //but only that night</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ATL_Badger</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560371</link> <dc:creator>ATL_Badger</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:54:47 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560371</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;though it must be said that lerner probably gropes children. im not saying he does, just that he fits the profile. never said he actually did it, but would i be surprised? not especially. &lt;/em&gt;i shit you not... i looked him up on wikipedia a few hours ago and thought EXACTLY the same thing... his picture screams &quot;i might grope your grandkid when you&#039;re not looking&quot;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>though it must be said that lerner probably gropes children. im not saying he does, just that he fits the profile. never said he actually did it, but would i be surprised? not especially. </em></p><p>i shit you not&#8230; i looked him up on wikipedia a few hours ago and thought EXACTLY the same thing&#8230; his picture screams &#8220;i might grope your grandkid when you&#8217;re not looking&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560370</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:53:39 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560370</guid> <description><![CDATA[and im not sure anyone really cares about local paper NFL beat writers...how many of them can you even name?though it must be said that lerner probably gropes children.  im not saying he does, just that he fits the profile.  never said he actually did it, but would i be surprised?  not especially.  im just saying he&#039;s the kind of guy that&#039;d go to chuck e&#039; cheeses and hang out in the ball pit with his pants off, that&#039;s all...]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>and im not sure anyone really cares about local paper NFL beat writers&#8230;how many of them can you even name?</p><p>though it must be said that lerner probably gropes children.  im not saying he does, just that he fits the profile.  never said he actually did it, but would i be surprised?  not especially.  im just saying he&#8217;s the kind of guy that&#8217;d go to chuck e&#8217; cheeses and hang out in the ball pit with his pants off, that&#8217;s all&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ATL_Badger</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560367</link> <dc:creator>ATL_Badger</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:52:29 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560367</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt; Mind you we were in college and she was hot but total c*ckblock that night.&lt;/em&gt;So you, 20 something guy, were cock blocked by the middle aged man with the weird smile pictured above? That doesn&#039;t seem to make sense. Although, it does make him look like scum./assuming you were 20 something at the time //if you weren&#039;t, disregard]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em> Mind you we were in college and she was hot but total c*ckblock that night.</em></p><p>So you, 20 something guy, were cock blocked by the middle aged man with the weird smile pictured above? That doesn&#8217;t seem to make sense. Although, it does make him look like scum.</p><p>/assuming you were 20 something at the time<br /> //if you weren&#8217;t, disregard</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560363</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:49:18 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560363</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Random Tony Grossi is scum incident- I worked in the Indians pressbox in the mid 90s. To impress a girl I brought her up to the pressbox. I went to the bathroom and come back to Grossi hitting on her. Mind you we were in college and she was hot but total c*ckblock that night.&lt;/blockquote&gt;this confirms it...tony grossi is homeless man&#039;s rick reilly.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Random Tony Grossi is scum incident- I worked in the Indians pressbox in the mid 90s. To impress a girl I brought her up to the pressbox. I went to the bathroom and come back to Grossi hitting on her. Mind you we were in college and she was hot but total c*ckblock that night.</p></blockquote><p>this confirms it&#8230;tony grossi is homeless man&#8217;s rick reilly.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: DrGu</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560362</link> <dc:creator>DrGu</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:47:08 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560362</guid> <description><![CDATA[Random Tony Grossi is scum incident- I worked in the Indians pressbox in the mid 90s. To impress a girl I brought her up to the pressbox. I went to the bathroom and come back to Grossi hitting on her. Mind you we were in college and she was hot but total c*ckblock that night.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Random Tony Grossi is scum incident- I worked in the Indians pressbox in the mid 90s. To impress a girl I brought her up to the pressbox. I went to the bathroom and come back to Grossi hitting on her. Mind you we were in college and she was hot but total c*ckblock that night.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560361</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:46:31 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560361</guid> <description><![CDATA[fair enough.  now excuse me, im going to write an email to the PD requesting grossi be tarred and feathered./high fives mangini]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>fair enough.  now excuse me, im going to write an email to the PD requesting grossi be tarred and feathered.</p><p>/high fives mangini</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: scripty</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560357</link> <dc:creator>scripty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:35:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560357</guid> <description><![CDATA[my sports p.r. background maybe has made me weak on the topic.  I admit you can tell his leanings but my history is one never knows all the backroom battles on what gets published, etc.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>my sports p.r. background maybe has made me weak on the topic.  I admit you can tell his leanings but my history is one never knows all the backroom battles on what gets published, etc.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560346</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:19:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560346</guid> <description><![CDATA[scripty...his crusade against mangini was entirely due to him being salty he couldn&#039;t stroll down to country club crennel, have a lemonade, maybe some sex, and get enough quotables for the next day&#039;s column.  he hated him as a journalist and nobody cares about journalists&#039; feelings.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>scripty&#8230;his crusade against mangini was entirely due to him being salty he couldn&#8217;t stroll down to country club crennel, have a lemonade, maybe some sex, and get enough quotables for the next day&#8217;s column.  he hated him as a journalist and nobody cares about journalists&#8217; feelings.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: volduck</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560334</link> <dc:creator>volduck</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:11:46 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560334</guid> <description><![CDATA[Damn - should been Woody Paige.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Damn &#8211; should been Woody Paige.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: scripty</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560253</link> <dc:creator>scripty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:08:11 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560253</guid> <description><![CDATA[I cut Grossi some slack.  How many ways can you spin a team that fires it&#039;s GM and Coach every 3 years and wins 4 games.If you go to his &quot;Hey Tony&quot; column online, it has about 15 more Q&amp;A&#039;s than what is in the Sunday paper.  Uusually a few good nuggetts in there.  But he&#039;s a bit snarky at times but he has to deal with a ton of knuckleheads.  But it did him in at the end.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I cut Grossi some slack.  How many ways can you spin a team that fires it&#8217;s GM and Coach every 3 years and wins 4 games.</p><p>If you go to his &#8220;Hey Tony&#8221; column online, it has about 15 more Q&amp;A&#8217;s than what is in the Sunday paper.  Uusually a few good nuggetts in there.  But he&#8217;s a bit snarky at times but he has to deal with a ton of knuckleheads.  But it did him in at the end.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: T-Bone: Bear Pounder</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560225</link> <dc:creator>T-Bone: Bear Pounder</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:55:12 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560225</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;HOLY SHIT IT’S ABOUT FUCKING TIME.grossi is HORRIBLE.&lt;/blockquote&gt;I came late to the party as well Spence but completely agree.  No originality at all from him and MK -- they could be the same person for all I know.  Same stories, same takes, nothing breaking and very conservative.  This was certainly out of character for Grossi -- I assume he went off after some scotch one night.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>HOLY SHIT IT’S ABOUT FUCKING TIME.</p><p>grossi is HORRIBLE.</p></blockquote><p>I came late to the party as well Spence but completely agree.  No originality at all from him and MK &#8212; they could be the same person for all I know.  Same stories, same takes, nothing breaking and very conservative.  This was certainly out of character for Grossi &#8212; I assume he went off after some scotch one night.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: spencer096</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560207</link> <dc:creator>spencer096</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:46:12 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560207</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;code&gt;Tony Grossi has covered the Cleveland Browns for the Cleveland Plain Dealer since 1984, but according to Cleveland Scene, he might have just lost that position because of a tweet about the team’s owner, Randy Lerner.&lt;/code&gt;HOLY SHIT IT&#039;S ABOUT FUCKING TIME.grossi is HORRIBLE.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><code>Tony Grossi has covered the Cleveland Browns for the Cleveland Plain Dealer since 1984, but according to Cleveland Scene, he might have just lost that position because of a tweet about the team’s owner, Randy Lerner.</code></p><p>HOLY SHIT IT&#8217;S ABOUT FUCKING TIME.</p><p>grossi is HORRIBLE.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: scripty</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560204</link> <dc:creator>scripty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:45:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560204</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Browns beat for the largest paper in the NE Ohio is one of the best beat jobs in the country.  Covering his hometown Browns for one of the top 10 most rabid NFL fanbases.  To blow it like this would be amazing.Good god, I think of all the crappy assignments he had to slug through to get that beat, then watch the 2nd Coming of the team since &#039;99 and all that bad football, having to finally have a good GM capable pf drafting talent.Such carelessness.  Tony will get a job covering the NFL somewhere soon as he is well connected... but what an egregious error.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Browns beat for the largest paper in the NE Ohio is one of the best beat jobs in the country.  Covering his hometown Browns for one of the top 10 most rabid NFL fanbases.  To blow it like this would be amazing.</p><p>Good god, I think of all the crappy assignments he had to slug through to get that beat, then watch the 2nd Coming of the team since &#8217;99 and all that bad football, having to finally have a good GM capable pf drafting talent.</p><p>Such carelessness.  Tony will get a job covering the NFL somewhere soon as he is well connected&#8230; but what an egregious error.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: sportsgal116</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560155</link> <dc:creator>sportsgal116</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:30:08 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560155</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Baby bear playing with a bucket!&lt;/blockquote&gt;That was adorable!  Send more!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Baby bear playing with a bucket!</p></blockquote><p>That was adorable!  Send more!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: arkbadger</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560149</link> <dc:creator>arkbadger</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:27:25 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560149</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Once Spring comes around and I can fish again I’ll go back to just doing it when I fish.&lt;/blockquote&gt;if it wasn&#039;t for hunting and fishing and golfing I would never dip and not smoke nearly as much weed.  unfortunately (or furtunatly, for me at least) I would say that 75% of my free time is used on those activities.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Once Spring comes around and I can fish again I’ll go back to just doing it when I fish.</p></blockquote><p>if it wasn&#8217;t for hunting and fishing and golfing I would never dip and not smoke nearly as much weed.  unfortunately (or furtunatly, for me at least) I would say that 75% of my free time is used on those activities.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Hope Solo Mio</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560146</link> <dc:creator>Hope Solo Mio</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:26:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560146</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJS698KKffM&amp;feature=player_embedded&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; Baby bear playing with a bucket!&lt;/a&gt;]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJS698KKffM&amp;feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow"> Baby bear playing with a bucket!</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: arkbadger</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560141</link> <dc:creator>arkbadger</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:25:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560141</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Grizzly just went from $3.00 to $3.50 a tin in my area. Now that really made me grind my gears!&lt;/blockquote&gt;damn, you&#039;re getting ripped off, Grizzly is rank.  got to find those tobacco superstores, that is where the cheapness is.  usually at least $1 less, depending on brand.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Grizzly just went from $3.00 to $3.50 a tin in my area. Now that really made me grind my gears!</p></blockquote><p>damn, you&#8217;re getting ripped off, Grizzly is rank.  got to find those tobacco superstores, that is where the cheapness is.  usually at least $1 less, depending on brand.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: KingGrizz</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/01/25/did-a-writer-lose-his-nfl-beat-because-of-a-tweet-about-the-owner-of-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-2/#comment-1560140</link> <dc:creator>KingGrizz</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:24:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=154858#comment-1560140</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;em&gt;Don’t mess with my rationale dude.&lt;/em&gt;Dualy noted.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Don’t mess with my rationale dude.</em></p><p>Dualy noted.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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