GETTING TO KNOW REAL HACKSAW.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH Media Whether it's the stage name he uses on air, his high-speed sports wire that comes up with a bulletin at precisely 4:28 p.m. each day, or his taped interviews passed off as live chats, Lee ``Hacksaw'' Hamilton has managed to make a splendid career out of deceiving radio listeners for almost two decades at XTRA-AM (690). You accept that for what it is. Or you don't. Whether it's calling someone on the air a ``fat Jap,'' a ``faggot,'' repeating Charles Barkley's use of the ``N-word,'' or coming out with a statement last year like ``I think it's real hard to find an African-American that can come in and do sports talk across the board and be able to talk about a lot of different things,'' Hamilton has managed never to be fined, suspended or fired from the station. You can't accept that any longer. Finally, the Minnesota Vikings, and anyone with a brain living around Brainerd, Minn., didn't. Hamilton (not his real name, but that's not the point) said this week in the wake of deciding to quit his play-by-play job with the Vikings during an NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. investigation into his talk-show career that ``people who know Lee Hamilton know the real me.'' That's rich. People who have worked with him don't consider him racist as much as someone as landlocked landlocked adj. referring to a parcel of real property which has no access or egress (entry or exit) to a public street and cannot be reached except by crossing another's property. upstairs as they come, a derogatory comment waiting to spew, another indiscretion in·dis·cre·tion n. 1. Lack of discretion; injudiciousness. 2. An indiscreet act or remark. indiscretion Noun 1. the lack of discretion 2. from creating more publicity for the station. And this entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. Archie Bunker mentality has made him the self-proclaimed ``Franchise'' in an all-sports format that's had what little success it can have in the ratings books. After a while, we've found it best to just try to ignore the egomanical, attention-seeking ignoramus IGNORAMUS, practice. We are ignorant. This word, which in law means we are uninformed, is written on a bill by a grand jury, when they find that there is not sufficient evidence to authorize their finding it a true bill. , who unfortunately has kids already. He can speak for himself. We don't need to give him enough rope. You knew eventually he'd lynch himself. Unfortunately, it's not from the sports-talk show seat that would be more apropos ap·ro·pos adj. Being at once opportune and to the point. See Synonyms at relevant. adv. 1. At an appropriate time; opportunely. 2. . Maybe you can't fire someone over something he said or did years ago. The Vikings, unfortunatly, didn't do their homework when they hired him. Neither did USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , which tried to keep him employed this season even though it changed stations. But you can't allow this narrow-mindedness to continue from someone too stubborn to admit to it and then feel a half-hearted apology will clear the slate. There was a guy this week, a sound-effects operator for a Triple-A baseball team in Nashville, who was fired because he ignored warnings from management and played songs like David Bowie's ``China Girl'' and ``Kung Fu Fighting'' to try to distract Iowa's Choi Hee Seop, a South Korea native, whenever he came to bat. ``My job was to push the envelope, unbalance the other team and entertain the crowd,'' said the culprit, Brian Kirsch kirsch n. A colorless brandy made from the fermented juice of cherries. [French, short for German Kirschwasser; see kirschwasser. . ``I don't regret anything I did.'' Kirsch lives in Hamilton's clueless clue·less adj. Lacking understanding or knowledge. clueless Adjective Slang helpless or stupid Adj. 1. world, too, thinking they're provocative when really they're about as far from reality as can be. It's probably just best to say we're satisfied living on this side and wish those over there a nice, safe existence. --A flicker of hope: Naw, the continued apathetic ap·a·thet·ic adj. Lacking interest or concern; indifferent. ap  a·thet media coverage of
the WNBA's Sparks, who are overwhelming favorites to win their
first title when they start the playoffs this weekend against four-time
defending champion Houston, doesn't seem to irritate Ann Meyers any
more.
``Why is the media so intent on bringing it down? Because women can compete and make a living doing this? Why is that so bad?'' she asked more-than-rhetorically the other day. She was talking on her cell phone as she navigated through traffic, trying not to let her voice rise above the rim as she began to think aloud. ``So the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= makes more dunks. Does that make it more exciting?'' From another seat in the car, Meyers' 14-year-old son, D.J., shouted out: ``Yes.'' You see what even she's up against. Meyers, who did six Sparks telecasts for Fox Sports Net and has the Sparks-Comets Game 1 assignment for NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. on Saturday at 1 p.m., understands the front-running L.A. mentality on many levels. But what the former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX All-American and spouse of the late Dodgers great Don Drysdale doesn't get is why the skeptics continue to make decisions about news judgment in light of the team's success this year. ``The Sparks have been a marquee team for five years, but maybe when they didn't win it the first year, the media kind of pooh-poohed it,'' she said. ``My frustration has always been that I'm working at NBC and my local affiliate doesn't cover them. I can't believe it. I know baseball is going on, but when the Sparks play, they can't cover them with a 10- or 15-second piece? What does it take for the guys on TV to put up the scores? What do they want the Sparks to do, kill every team or just squeek by?'' The questions just never end, do they? Michelle Tafoya, who does play by play on ESPN's coverage, grew up in L.A. as well and knows the territory. ``You go to Houston and it's front-page news because that team is so beloved,'' said Tafoya. ``If L.A. were to finally win the title, I think all of the sudden interest would be kindled kin·dle 1 v. kin·dled, kin·dling, kin·dles v.tr. 1. a. To build or fuel (a fire). b. To set fire to; ignite. 2. with even nonfans who find they have something successful to support and can get behind. Winning always means everything in pro sports, and no where more so than Hollywood. ``A team with one of the biggest stars in the league that has so many great stories coached by someone like Michael Cooper ... that oughta cross some barriers with the men. It surprises me there's not more support in L.A. But then, with so many things vying for attention, maybe it shouldn't surprise me.'' SOUND BYTES WHAT SMOKES --Longtime L.A. sportscaster Mike Walden says it was not a Super Dave Osborne-kind of stunt that caused him to break two vertebrae Vertebrae Bones in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions of the body that make up the vertebral column. Vertebrae have a central foramen (hole), and their superposition makes up the vertebral canal that encloses the spinal cord. in his neck and end up in the hospital for the last two weeks after surgery that could have left him paralyzed par·a·lyze tr.v. par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing, par·a·lyz·es 1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic. 2. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear. . ``I had been playing tennis for five straight days, so I was sore, but I rolled out of bed to grab something and before I knew it I was flat on my back,'' said Walden. ``Even Super Dave wouldn't have pulled a stunt like that.'' He expects to be released from Valley Presbyterian Hospital on Saturday to continue at least six months of recovery at his Tarzana home. WHAT CHOKES --One of the most entertaining telecasts of the Dodgers this season was Fox Sports Net 2's coverage of Wednesday night's Dodgers-Expos game. Not just Shawn Green hitting three home runs but watching 14-year-old Lauren Cane of Chatsworth react to Green giving her one of his batting gloves after homer No. 2. Vin Scully's narrative of her expressions from then on were priceless. And you know her family at home was watching her and her sister Reagan sitting there enjoying themselves in the dugout seats? Uh, no. ``We have Time Warner cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. ,'' Cain told a Dodgers employee during the game. --More grief for TW hostages: FSN (Full-Service Network) A communications network that provides shopping, movies on demand and access to databases and a variety of interactive services. 2 has added two more Dodgers telecasts, including Tuesday from Florida and Sept. 14 at San Francisco. CAPTION(S): box Box: SOUND BYTES (see text) |
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