Phil Mushnick Wants to Know Why Olympic Gymnasts Are So Short and Have “Virtually No Breasts”

All, Media Gossip/Musings, Olympics Jason McIntyre August 6th. 2012, 10:48am

Phil Mushnick, who a decade ago had a relevant sports media column, increasingly seems to be making embarrassing reaches in an effort to regain past glory. I’m not sure how he wasn’t suspended or fired earlier this year after suggesting the Brooklyn Nets call themselves the “New York N—–” because of Jay-Z’s connection to the team. Does the copy desk let some of this garbage through because they dislike Mushnick? Or is he just desperate for clicks?

This weekend, Mushnick asked the following questions about female gymnasts at the Olympics – mind you, girls that range from 16-21 years old:

1) Why, in their mid-teens to early 20s, are they almost all tiny?
2) Why are they so under-developed? Virtually no breasts, no hips, no natural physiological — or just plain logical — progression.
3) Why do so many have squeaky voices, the voices of 10- to 12-year-olds?
4) Why do so many have chalky, pallid complexions, as if just pulled from a freezer?

Why is Phil Mushnick still such an angry old man? Why is Phil Mushnick a shell of what he used to be? [NY Post]

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36 Responses to “Phil Mushnick Wants to Know Why Olympic Gymnasts Are So Short and Have “Virtually No Breasts””

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molemaninthemorning Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 10:52 AM
I bet he understands the tiebreak scenarios, though.
/they’re underdeveloped because gymnastics destroys your body and shortens your life
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njensen79 Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Can’t believe I am doing this, but the guy does have a point. He asked those questions because as explained earlier and later in the column that their training prevents their bodies from developing naturally. This is selective editing and ironically you are doing what you accuse him of doing.
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Walking Underwear Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 10:58 AM
any chance he’s being passive aggressive, railing against what this sport does to them developmentally?
not a mushnick defender, just a devil’s advocate
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Coach Mike Woodson, Atlanta Hawks Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Or is he just desperate for clicks?
If this guy was no longer relevant, then why would you post about him, if only to grab some clicks for yourself?
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cracker jack Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Or is he just desperate for clicks?
/stifles laughter
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Mantis Toboggan Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
I saw Nastia Liukin on the Today Show last week (I was in the doctor’s office, don’t judge me), and damn does she look great. That sex would make your face melt.
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St. Bear Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Ha!
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Razor Shines Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Part of it is what gymnastics does to your body and what you have to do to your body to be Olympic caliber at gymnastics. The flip side is that girls who develop like Kate Upton have bodies that don’t allow for world class gymnastics. Somewhere up the chain, they don’t advance to the next level. They aren’t all no hip/no breasts as well. But I agree those girls are the exception (Sacramone).
Why are all Male swimmers hairless with long torsos!
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molemaninthemorning Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:08 AM
So to recap the TBL Olympic coverage: criticizing someone for trolling for attention by selectively editing, and complaining about technical issues.
Nobody may read the comments, but by osmosis they seem to have taken over the posts.
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St. Bear Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:08 AM
Why are all basketball players tall?
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bk Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:09 AM
Why are all Male swimmers hairless with long torsos!
Because they shave their bodies like gay strippers.
//coop just perked up
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Badger Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Or is he just desperate for clicks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqcLcXPL3S0
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Mantis Toboggan Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Why are all sprinters bla….
/nevermind
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ohheelyeah Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:14 AM
Or is he just desperate for clicks?
ಠ_ಠ
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ohheelyeah Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Can’t believe I am doing this, but the guy does have a point. He asked those questions because as explained earlier and later in the column that their training prevents their bodies from developing naturally. This is selective editing and ironically you are doing what you accuse him of doing.
/pours one out for njensen79
//banhammer’d
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dikembemutomballs Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:17 AM
I was thinking the Maroney girl last night was looking pretty good…Just found out she’s 16….
/Just got Rob Lowe’d
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St. Bear Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Why are all weightlifters strong?
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kaiserwilhelmreems is commenting too quickly Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Why are all weightlifters strong?
why are their weights so heavy?
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garmy Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:22 AM
This article is a textual dong.
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St. Bear Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Why are all sprinters so fasr?
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St. Bear Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Or fast. Let’s go with fast.
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Tim Ryan Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Obligatory. No byline photo is as appropriate as this one: http://thebiglead.fantasysportsven.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/mushnick-better-than-you.jpg
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nyght Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Why are water polo players wet all of the time?
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Sir Spicious Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Or is he just desperate for clicks?
this is like the awesomest thing ever.
/SHUT MUSHNICK DOWN!
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Mushnick was never relevant.
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Walking Underwear Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:50 AM
interesting darrel. what writers do you consider relevant?
/not a trap
//to me relevant means they affect change or are must-reads even for folks of whatever industry the writer covers
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The Stigs American Cousin Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:56 AM
I’m pretty sure it is because their families were ravaged by gay Boy Scout leaders. Or their was fluoride in the water.
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NinoBrown Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:56 AM
Why do the equestrian events have horses in them?
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The Stigs American Cousin Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Why do the equestrian events have horses in them?
Because the riders looked silly prancing around banging coconuts together.
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Walking Underwear Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
brave sir robin!
/pours one out
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 12:26 PM
interesting darrel. what writers do you consider relevant?
/not a trap
//to me relevant means they affect change or are must-reads even for folks of whatever industry the writer covers
Reading the Post in the 80′s, the relevant writers from there, to me, were Dick Young, Izenberg, Maury Allen, Peter Vecsey, Kevin Kernan with the Mets. Those are off the top of my head. Lupica with the Daily News, George Vecsey with the Times. Mushnick always came off to me as a dude who had a job because he had naked pics of Murdoch hidden somewhere.
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 12:30 PM
…..Fred Kerber with the Knicks. Wallace Matthews when he did boxing
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Walking Underwear Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 12:31 PM
ok so relevant to you mean no-nonsense, good info, well written, informative
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
that and/or the definition you gave earlier. Even in the media critic industry, I don’t think he carried the cache’ of someone like a Rudy Martzke on a national scale, and he wasn’t as good as Raissman from the News on a local one. He just had much more bombast than either of them.
/Newspaper nerd. Used to read 3 of them a day.
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808 Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 12:54 PM
how do marathon runners run for so long?
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roger from oz Says:
August 6th, 2012 at 4:21 PM
why can’t Phil get a boner? Because he’s a fat old man.