Keith Olbermann is now the poster boy for left wing political news commentary, via his Countdown show which airs nightly on MSNBC. But it didn't used to be that way. Olbermann spent over 20 years as a sports broadcaster, including five as an anchor on ESPN's SportsCenter. So it was a little surprising when, as they showed
Chauncey Billups at the Gore-Obama rally in Michigan last night, Olbermann went flipping through his notes to try to figure out what team Billups plays for.
Here's a hint, Keith:
the rally's in Detroit. It's not like Billups has toiled away in obscurity either, the guy has played in the Eastern Conference Finals for the last six years. I guess Keith is much like the rest of us, in that at times, our real job is all-consuming and leaves us little time to pay attention to sports.
[
via Awful Announcing, obviously.]
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6-17-2008 @ 2:34PM
§ said...
Keith should be ashamed for not knowing what team Billups plays for
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6-17-2008 @ 5:45PM
idlegolfer said...
Olberman is a liberal jerk.
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6-17-2008 @ 4:08PM
PantsB said...
Could be a brain fart, or it could be the teleprompter had the wrong info and it threw him for a loop. Still pretty embarrassing.
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6-18-2008 @ 4:56PM
JC in OC said...
Keith is clueless without his shoe box at hand. You would know that if you've ever seen him anchor live coverage.
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