Jim Rome Asked David Stern About the NBA Lottery Being Fixed and Stern Responded, “Have you stopped beating your wife?” [UPDATE: Audio]

All, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, NBA Draft Jason McIntyre June 13th. 2012, 2:06pm

David Stern is sick of being asked about whether or not the NBA draft lottery is rigged.

It’s a legitimate question, of course – more than a handful of people I’ve talked to asked, “hmmm, wonder if Benson agreed to buy the hapless, talentless Hornets under the agreement that Stern deliver him a franchise player who could stir fan interest?” – but the NBA commish has had enough with the questions.

Undaunted, Jim Rome asked Stern about the lottery this afternoon. In a mocking tone, Stern shot back, “have you stopped beating your wife?” as if to say that’s how much credibility the question has. It doesn’t appear as if Rome has ever had any such incident. The 1985 draft, though … conspiracy theories linger.

We’ll post the audio as soon as it is available.

[UPDATE: Here's the audio. Great exchange.]

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121 Responses to “Jim Rome Asked David Stern About the NBA Lottery Being Fixed and Stern Responded, “Have you stopped beating your wife?” [UPDATE: Audio]”

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ms621 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:09 PM
It’s a legitimate question, of course –
Sure. In the same way that wondering if FDR staged Pearl Harbor in order to give him an excuse to enter World War II is legitimate.
more than a handful of people I’ve talked to
SSS.
/pours one out for Nick P.
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Grizz Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:11 PM
franchise player who could stir fan interest?”
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a unibrow fan. But a franchise player? I don’t know.
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ButtersBC Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:13 PM
Sure. In the same way that wondering if FDR staged Pearl Harbor in order to give him an excuse to enter World War II is legitimate
Did seem a little convienent that the carriers were out to sea that morning, no?
/Adjusts foil hat
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cursedcleveland.com Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:13 PM
Is asking President Obama whether he was born in America a “fair” question??
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:14 PM
In a mocking tone, Stern shot back, “have you stopped beating your wife?”
This one’s going to grow some of them media legs things and at least two groups will come out calling for his job.
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Stop The Bus And Let My Brother Jack Off Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:14 PM
Stern’s a real…clownhat!
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ms621 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:15 PM
This one’s going to grow some of them media legs things and at least two groups will come out calling for his job.
Is one of them NAMBLA?
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cleet Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Agree completely.
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Nada Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:16 PM
/ Goes to high-five Stern
// Whiffs
/// Stoops down, lowers hand, hand-fives Stern
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ButtersBC Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:16 PM
Is asking President Obama whether he was born in America a “fair” question??
It was until it was answered the first time but then Donald Trump just kept on asking it
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geoffreyvs hired a PR firm to get his son's coach fired; now I'm running for Senate! Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:17 PM
Sure. In the same way that wondering if FDR staged Pearl Harbor in order to give him an excuse to enter World War II is legitimate.
9/11 Truthers are another even more extreme example.
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Tim Ryan Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:18 PM
This one’s going to grow some of them media legs things and at least two groups will come out calling for his job.
When that happens, I will implore those groups to choke on Rikishi’s ass.
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volduck Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:19 PM
I’d have gone with “clown question” myself.
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Grizz Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:19 PM
Donald Trump just kept on asking it
Remember when Donald was the republican front runner and he sent people to Hawaii to investigate Obizzle’s birth records. They were said to have found “some very interesting things” — what were those?
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Babar 2.0 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:19 PM
Why is this a legitimate question? They outsource the drawing to another company (Ernst and Young, I believe). Do you really think Stern pokes his head in and says “New Orleans” and the puts his index finger to his nose with a wink?
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starkweather Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Stern slippin’. Isn’t he a lawyer? Jim Rome might be able to retire on the slander settlement
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Babar 2.0 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Remember when Donald was the republican front runner and he sent people to Hawaii to investigate Obizzle’s birth records. They were said to have found “some very interesting things” — what were those?
An all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii and cash.
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Nada Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:21 PM
“hmmm, wonder if Benson agreed to buy the hapless, talentless Hornets under the agreement that Stern deliver him a franchise player who could stir fan interest?”
June 26: Hornets trade No. 1 overall pick to Lakers for Gasol, two other players
June 27: Stern nixes trade, forces Hornets to trade No. 1 pick, Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman to Orlando for Dwight Howard
June 28: Dwight Howard retires; Stern rubs hands, cackles gleefully
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jekyll Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:21 PM
Has everyone here really never heard this question before? It’s the classic example of the “loaded question” fallacy. It’s not like Stern was being serious, and no one with half a brain would think twice about it.
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NinoBrown Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Sure. In the same way that wondering if FDR staged Pearl Harbor in order to give him an excuse to enter World War II is legitimate
I still like how the one Japanese Zero flew low past the woman hanging clothes, and the children playing baseball, and the kid eating apple pie and the farmer with the American flag in the background…
/stupid Michael Bay movies
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egustafs96 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Stern is an Erection. He was already a dick, he just turned into a bigger dick.
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ohheelyeah Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
more than a handful of people I’ve talked to
So, we’re talkin’ more than one handful’s worth? Like, two handfuls? Three? Shit, no way its more than three. More than THREE?! TREE??!!?! Get the fuck outta here!
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starkweather Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Do you really think Stern pokes his head in and says “New Orleans” and the puts his index finger to his nose with a wink?
No, he hands them a frozen, dog-eared envelope and says “this one.” It’s really easy for them to pick out the right envelope because it feels so much different than a ping pong ball. He doesn’t tell the accountants which team logo is in the envelope
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Babar 2.0 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Has everyone here really never heard this question before? It’s the classic example of the “loaded question” fallacy. It’s not like Stern was being serious, and no one with half a brain would think twice about it.
Agreed.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Stern is an Erection. He was already a dick, he just turned into a bigger dick.
Around these here parts, pictures are demanded or you can GTFO.
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Nada Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
In the same way that wondering if FDR staged Pearl Harbor in order to give him an excuse to enter World War II is legitimate
But would he ask Buzz Aldrin if the moon landing was staged?
/ Buzz responds
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Tim Ryan Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Has everyone here really never heard this question before? It’s the classic example of the “loaded question” fallacy. It’s not like Stern was being serious, and no one with half a brain would think twice about it.
Except for the two groups that Rex is lobbying to speak out about it.
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cursedcleveland.com Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
It was until it was answered the first time but then Donald Trump just kept on asking it
Which is what people are still doing when it comes to the “is the NBA rigged” stuff. It’s been answered a million times. And nobody will change their minds either way
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ButtersBC Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
They were said to have found “some very interesting things” — what were those?
Sushi made with Spam in it
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ms621 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
I still like how the one Japanese Zero flew low past the woman hanging clothes, and the children playing baseball, and the kid eating apple pie and the farmer with the American flag in the background…
/stupid Michael Bay movies
Our innocence was destroyed!!!
/parable of most Hollywood war movies
//apparently our innocence was intact while stealing Native American land in the previous centuries.
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Nada Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
/stupid Michael Bay movies
Redundant
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
They outsource the drawing to another company (Ernst and Young, I believe).
Exactly. Another good example is Suzanne Somers hiring a Physician to endorse the healthful effects of the Ab-Roller.
(psst…he was really a Dentist)
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Der Kaiser Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Has everyone here really never heard this question before? It’s the classic example of the “loaded question” fallacy. It’s not like Stern was being serious, and no one with half a brain would think twice about it.
https://twitter.com/SportsLawGuy/status/212972732869128192
Gabe Feldman agrees with you. I gotta be honest, I didn’t know it was a law-related question.
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Watsonian Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Stern is an Erection. He was already a dick, he just turned into a bigger dick.
So, he’s s grower, not a shower?
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PeerLessPrices Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Wow. Way to take it overboard, Sterny. Ease up
/basks in my maturity
//farts
///hehe
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Jim Rome trending worldwide. Dust up with David Stern and the (allegedly) not-rigged lottery
Someone accused the lottery of NOT being rigged? How dare they!
/JMU School of Journalism’d
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:29 PM
Except for the two groups that Rex is lobbying to speak out about it.
If PETA and PWHCBLTWP (People Who Hate Cancer But Love to Wear Pink) don’t rail against it, why should I even bother donating?
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NinoBrown Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Rome should have just kept calling Stern “Howard” until the commish threatened to fight him.
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starkweather Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
The Business of Wrestling takes The Biggest Stage, But It’s Not The Wrestling You Think
Confounding. I would understand more if it were the business of chicken legs but not the chicken legs I think.
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Nada Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Cell phone: *chirp*
David Stern: Hello?
TBL: Hi, Commissioner Stern, this is The Big Lead. I was wondering if the NBA is gonna keep rigging its drafts –
David Stern: What? Who is this?
TBL: Uh, The Bi — uh, USA Today Media Group.
David Stern: How did you get this number? And have you stopped beating your wife?!
TBL: Damn, Gossip Girls is coming on! Sorry, dude, gotta go!
Cell phone: *click*
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Stern slippin’. Isn’t he a lawyer? Jim Rome might be able to retire on the slander settlement
Let’s see, which is a bigger tort liability…
1) The traditional loaded question example that is well known and not a literal question.
2) An accusation that a multi billion dollar league is fraudulently orchestrated based on zero evidence whatsover in the face of transparency of the issue.
Yeah I’m sure Stern is shitting himself in fear.
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RexKramerDangerSeeker Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Which is what people are still doing when it comes to the “is the NBA rigged” stuff. It’s been answered a million times. And nobody will change their minds either way
My Prof said it as “Does your boyfriend like it when you go down on him?”.
/no
//i mean…wait…no.
///wait!
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MP Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
//apparently our innocence was intact while stealing Native American land in the previous centuries.
Survival of the fittest.
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ohheelyeah Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:35 PM
So, let me get this straight: to show the absurdity of a question, the commissioner of a multi-billion dollar organization thought it would be a good idea to answer said question with a marginalizing, rhetorical question regarding the very real issue of spousal abuse? Sounds like a great dude.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:35 PM
I can’t listen to 12 minutes of that shit. At what time does the good stuff start in the audio?
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VladimirCrouton Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:35 PM
stealing Native American land in the previous centuries.
Grifting, not stealing.
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cursedcleveland.com Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:36 PM
So, let me get this straight: to show the absurdity of a question, the commissioner of a multi-billion dollar organization thought it would be a good idea to answer said question with a marginalizing, rhetorical question regarding the very real issue of spousal abuse? Sounds like a great dude.
YES, that’s absurd example used countless times. This came up often in college in many of my classes. It’s not about being a “great dude”
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ohheelyeah Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:37 PM
accusation ≠ question
/semantics
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SouvenirCity Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Obviously Stern’s referring to the loaded question fallacy and not actually implying Rome is a domestic abuser, but would Rome’s audience get the philosophy class reference? It wasn’t a loaded question to begin with, after all; that would be “When did the NBA start rigging the draft lottery?”
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ohheelyeah Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
YES, that’s absurd example used countless times. This came up often in college in many of my classes. It’s not about being a “great dude”
Yes, I know whats going on here. I get it. What I am really stating is that a man in his position shouldn’t get flustered to the point where he trots out such a dumb rhetorical question. He needs to be better than that, lest he forget that some of the players in his league are guilty of said offense, not to mention it should play really well with the WNBA.
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ms621 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Ooo, how do you do the not equal sign?
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Nada Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
stealing Native American land in the previous centuries.
Grifting, not stealing.
24 bucks for Manhattan still sounds like a pretty sweet deal.
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BFFredo Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:41 PM
How is it a legitimate question? There’s never been any proof of the NBA rigging the lottery — only innuendos, implied annoyance and conspiracy theories.
Again, I go back to lotto night: if the Bobcats get the #1 pick, it’s cause he’s throwing MJ a bone. If the Kings get it, it’s to help the Maloofs. Whatever outcome came out of the hopper would have been seen by detractors as further “proof” of the rigged system.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
What I am really stating is that a man in his position shouldn’t get flustered to the point where he trots out such a dumb rhetorical question.
That’s not flustered. It’s the ultimate response in that situation, it makes his point better than any other question could. It’s a traditional response and it’s a logically unassailable one, if anything this response shows how smart he is.
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KC Resident Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
/peaks through the blinds.
Is the faux-rage over with yet?
/moves away from window and sits down. Will try again in a half hour.
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payaso Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Misunderstanding a loaded question is part and parcel of the dumbification of these United States.
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ohheelyeah Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
@ms – there’s no ALT code for it, so basically the quickest way is to google it (“not equal sign” or something like that usually provides it in the first 2 or 3 links)
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KC Resident Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Ooo, how do you do the not equal sign?
Uh oh.
/remembers when we were taught how to strike through and then the flashing made someone go insane.
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phillymantis915 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:45 PM
24 bucks for Manhattan still sounds like a pretty sweet deal.
The Louisana Purchase for $3 million wasn’t a bad deal either…
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:46 PM
The Louisana Purchase for $3 million wasn’t a bad deal either…
False. Got most of the midwest and plains that way.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:47 PM
24 bucks for Manhattan still sounds like a pretty sweet deal.
The Louisana Purchase for $3 million wasn’t a bad deal either…
I feel like cost relative to current worth of the property, Manhattan was a better deal. Could we figure this out? It’s $1 million just for a parking spot in NYC
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phillymantis915 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
False. Got most of the midwest and plains that way.
True, but did get New Orleans and Denver, so it’s a toss.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
In 2006 the total value of Manhattan property was $802.4 billion
I’m finding out that farmland in Iowa has quadrupled in value over the last 15 years or so. Anyone able to come up with a cost to buy Iowa?
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cursedcleveland.com Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:50 PM
I thought Stern was hilarious here (which I’ve never said about a guy named “Stern.” It was a fun exchange. I guarantee nobody is really taking in personally either way. And what does Stern care? he’s 69…how much longer will he be commish?
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jekyll Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:51 PM
Misunderstanding a loaded question is part and parcel of the dumbification of these United States.
Followed by outrage that the speaker didn’t account for his audience’s entitled sense of ignorance.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:51 PM
I’m finding out that farmland in Iowa has quadrupled in value over the last 15 years or so. Anyone able to come up with a cost to buy Iowa?
You could buy Iowa in exchange for telling them the trick on how to get two Twix bars for the price of one from the busted vending machine in my office.
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
I thought Stern was hilarious here (which I’ve never said about a guy named “Stern.”
BRAVO BRAVO
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ohheelyeah Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:52 PM
mole – I just feel like that sort of response was what Rome was trying to get out of him, actually. Not that he goaded him into using that particular question, but to get some juicy soundbite to which Stern delivered. If the “do you beat your wife” loaded question is the end-all be-all then fine, whatever. Still hard to justify using it in lieu of an equally (or as you attest, lesser) effective one.
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:53 PM
≠
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Yeah, Rome is the big winner here. I actually had forgotten about the “have you stopped beating your wife” example, but I also wasn’t writing a shoutrage post about it, either.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:55 PM
≠≠≠≠≠≠≠≠
oooh I can copy/paste too, assholes.
/no, really… how did you do that?
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
oooh I can copy/paste too, assholes.
/no, really… how did you do that?
Copy and pasting.
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
oooh I can copy/paste too, assholes.
/no, really… how did you do that?
well, I copied and then pasted. asshole.
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ms621 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:56 PM
I googled “not equal sign” and after seeing mentions of strange things such as “Unicode”, I grew flustered and closed the tab.
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starkweather Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Well, I’m the dumbass here for not having taken a class in justifying spousal abuse, I see. Good day to you all
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Scalia Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
I thought Stern was hilarious here (which I’ve never said about a guy named “Stern.”
You’ve obviously never seen “Rookie of the Year”
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tonystarkssowhatchasayhuh Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 2:59 PM
it’s rigged. the whole damn thing is rigged. david stern is the puppeteer and sh!t’s gonna go his way or people are gonna get killed. kinda like when the celtics had almost all the lottery balls in their favor and were gonna draft duncan #1 but word got to stern that timmy d wanted no part of going to play in “racist” boston (i put that in quotes because despite boston’s checkered history i dare you to show me a major city that isn’t a bit racist) so stern fixed the draft and the rest is history
/ although i guess we’re ok with that, the past 4 yrs have been delightful
/// despite some disappointing end of seasons in 3 of the past 4 yrs
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:00 PM
s-weath – no need to call yourself a dumbass for that. to be fair, we all had courses in humorizing spousal abuse, not justifying it.
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Well, I’m the dumbass here for not having taken a class in justifying spousal abuse, I see. Good day to you all
You don’t need a class for that, you just need a hand.
/What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?
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ms621 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:02 PM
to be fair, we all had courses in humorizing spousal abuse, not justifying it.
Professor Kramden FTW.
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Nada Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:02 PM
I’m finding out that farmland in Iowa has quadrupled in value over the last 15 years or so. Anyone able to come up with a cost to buy Iowa?
I think two gallons of Tide and a pocketful of pseudoephedrine should do the trick.
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Vincent Vega Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Good to see I don’t loathe Rome any less over time. He, without a doubt, is the most annoying broadcaster in the history of he world. Makes Mike and Mike look like paradise.
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GloriousMullet Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
/What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?
Choke on it?
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:03 PM
/What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?
stop falling down the stairs?
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jthussler Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:04 PM
Enjoy seeing TBL say David Stern is showing bad judgment because the majority of people on the web / radio listening wouldn’t get his reference. Yes, blame someone because the majority of people are retarded.
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KC Resident Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:04 PM
/What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?
Nothing you haven’t already told her twice.
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Nada Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:04 PM
/What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?
This is a trick question, right?
– Brett Myers
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rittyrich Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:06 PM
I think this topic encapsulates why the commenters are often at odds with Jason & TBL in general. The tone he wants from Stern is one that plays down to the least common denominator of a huge audience. That provides no wiggle room for advancement or meaningful discourse.
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Nada Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:07 PM
The Louisana Purchase for $3 million wasn’t a bad deal either…
Pfff. You can barely buy off a public official in Louisiana for $3 million these days.
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rittyrich Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
I’m finding out that farmland in Iowa has quadrupled in value over the last 15 years or so. Anyone able to come up with a cost to buy Iowa?
Government subsidies man. Corn everywhere. Also a factor in America’s obesity problem.
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starkweather Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
s-weath – no need to call yourself a dumbass for that.
Then what should I say it about?
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Vincent Vega Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:08 PM
Rome is an ass. Did he expect Stern would admit that the lottery was rigged? Stern won that exchange IMO.
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Nada Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:09 PM
That provides no wiggle room for advancement or meaningful discourse.
Who comes to TBL for meaningful discourse? We come for the cleavage shots and Kate Upton dancing gifs.
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Nada Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Since no one has correctly answered it yet …
/What do you tell a woman with two black eyes?
“I SAID, get back in the truck, bitch!”
/ Southerner’d
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ms621 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:10 PM
Mole, this seems like it’s in your wheelhouse.
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rittyrich Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:11 PM
Who comes to TBL for meaningful discourse? We come for the cleavage shots and Kate Upton dancing gifs.
I do. Sometimes. Actually. In the comments section usually. Kate Upton and cleavage can be found at a secret corner of the Internet called Google.
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Scalia Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
It doesn’t appear as if Rome has ever had any such incident.
Holy shit, I missed this…..Did Coach Mac think, at least at first, that this was literal? Has he never heard this boilerplate response?
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jekyll Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
Well, I’m the dumbass here for not having taken a class in justifying spousal abuse, I see.
Nice job illustrating the defensiveness of the masses when they are confronted with their own ignorance.
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:12 PM
Hey, Phil, what do you say to happy hour after work?
I say Sheryl’s gonna have another black eye to explain to the neighbors!
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Grizz Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:13 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question
Some nice reading — (i got what Stern was trying to do, but didn’t get the reference)
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molemaninthemorning Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Mole, this seems like it’s in your wheelhouse.
Dude has herpes and genital warts, good for him.
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:16 PM
Then what should I say it about?
maybe just call yourself an ass clown or assclown. just no need to take it all the way to dumbass.
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johndewar Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:17 PM
I don’t really have an opinion on this exchange other than that Jim Rome is a cavernous asshole, so anything Stern said to Rome that was insulting to Rome, personally, is fine by me.
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:17 PM
Dude has herpes and genital warts, good for him.
gross. his STD’s have STD’s.
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Scalia Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:18 PM
@FredTheGur you do realize how classless of a response that is, right? on a national radio show? dragging a dude’s wife into it?
Oh man … he really did think it was literal.
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ms621 Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:19 PM
gross. his STD’s have STD’s.
It’s cool though, that story said he was the most sensitive male porn actor in the business.
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KC Resident Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
@FredTheGur you do realize how classless of a response that is, right? on a national radio show? dragging a dude’s wife into it?
Oh man … he really did think it was literal.
I was giving him the benefit of the doubt and thought he was making a funny. Oh, my. I was wrong.
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mizerle06 is sarah phillips Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
It’s cool though, that story said he was the most sensitive male porn actor in the business.
I would hope so. I assume chicks make him double-rubber when they take him to pound town. gotta be tough to feel anything through all that latex.
oh, that’s not what you meant?
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Grizz Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Oh man … he really did think it was literal.
No way!?
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starkweather Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:25 PM
maybe just call yourself an ass clown or assclown. just no need to take it all the way to dumbass.
As long as I am not a dolt I suppose it is ok
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Scalia Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:31 PM
It’s a good thing Stern never came back with the pot calling the kettle black or else J-Mac would have been more embarrased, saying, “It doesn’t appear as if pots have the ability to speak.”
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
LOL @ David Stern being painted as a proponent of spousal abuse.
Bigger LOL @ me sympathizing with David Stern
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Jake Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:38 PM
Answering the question like a 13 yr old chick doesn’t really help diffuse this, Davey.
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Urinal Mint Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 3:54 PM
Stern taking a page right outta the Cold Call Monday playbook.
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 4:08 PM
It’s a good thing Stern never came back with the pot calling the kettle black or else J-Mac would have been more embarrased, saying, “It doesn’t appear as if pots have the ability to speak.”
Cold Call Monday
J-Mac: “What’s up with this rigged lottery?”
Stern: “I will explode if someone asks me that question again.”
J-Mac: “Humans can’t really explode, you idiot. Can I see your cock?”
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Nada Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 4:35 PM
Is asking President Obama whether he was born in America a “fair” question??
Yes. So is asking W. how much coke he snorted back in the day.
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jthussler Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 4:35 PM
Cold Call Monday
J-Mac: “What’s up with this rigged lottery?”
Stern: “I will explode if someone asks me that question again.”
J-Mac: “Humans can’t really explode, you idiot. Can I see your cock?”
LOL
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I'm a Horse Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 4:42 PM
Loud Noises!!!
Seriously though, I heard the end of Rome’s show, and even Rome said he understood Stern’s reference. He was more upset about Stern saying he was doing it to get a rise out of him.
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GloriousMullet Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 4:46 PM
Cold Call Monday
J-Mac: “What’s up with this rigged lottery?”
Stern: “I will explode if someone asks me that question again.”
J-Mac: “Humans can’t really explode, you idiot. Can I see your cock?”
Phenominal
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rjboydMN Says:
June 13th, 2012 at 11:51 PM
Rome is a fucking puke. He’s on my top 5 list of guys I’d like to punch in the ‘nads