Deadspin and the New York Post report today that the misogynistic illogic of Stephen A. Smith from yesterday's "First Take" debacle may well have been Smith's swan-song with the network.
And I'm not talking getting fired -- it sounds like he's leaving of his own accord, and has the new gig already planned out.
His radio gig with ESPN Radio is ending (date unknown), and he's going to Sirius XM, with Mad Dog Radio, to be the Black voice that former WFAN host Chris "Mad Dog" Russo said he couldn't find 2-3 months ago.
Oh gee, maybe defending Ray Rice sealed the deal on that one?
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Erin Gloria Ryan on Deadspin's women's sister-site Jezebel, with her take on the insanity.
"Misogyny isn't only endemic to a certain subset of NFL players and owners singled out by McManus and Doyal et al; it's something exhibited by a disturbing number of football media folk and fans as well."
The entire sport, and it's entire presentation, is misogyny.
From the power-over on the field (and Heaven-help-you if you aren't a God-fearing straight man in most parts of Football Nation America) to the blatant burlesque shows on the sidelines and halftime shows from high-school middle-America to the professional ranks to the advertisements for beer and erectile-dysfunction drugs, etc.
This is why Keith Olbermann exposing Damon Bruce's KNBR misogynistic rant was a very important moment in showing the reality of sports -- it is, to these people, a world fit only for those with a dick between their legs and enough power in society to put that dick wherever the fuck they want it.
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