Given the constraints of not being allowed to openly buck the caste system if they want to remain gainfully (and lucratively) employed, which sports media personalities bother you the least?
I can think of three that aren't too bad.
1. Troy Aikman -- He gives white players credit for good plays as readily as he does black ones. Also criticizes both white and black players when it's deserved. (A friend of mine from Texas was told by one of his friends from Dallas that when he played for the Cowboys, Aikman didn't hang around with any of his black teammates, that he was strictly a country music kind of guy.)
2. Todd Christenson -- I never minded hearing him call a game, for the same reasons as Aikman. He always seemed willing to give a white athlete credit when it was deserved. He seems to have pretty much disappeared the past couple of years though.
3. Dan Patrick -- He seems to me the least relentlessly politically correct of any of the ESPN media celebrities. I listen to his afternoon sports talk show on occasion and he usually takes the side of common sense without saying anything that will get him in trouble.
Any other nominees?
I can think of three that aren't too bad.
1. Troy Aikman -- He gives white players credit for good plays as readily as he does black ones. Also criticizes both white and black players when it's deserved. (A friend of mine from Texas was told by one of his friends from Dallas that when he played for the Cowboys, Aikman didn't hang around with any of his black teammates, that he was strictly a country music kind of guy.)
2. Todd Christenson -- I never minded hearing him call a game, for the same reasons as Aikman. He always seemed willing to give a white athlete credit when it was deserved. He seems to have pretty much disappeared the past couple of years though.
3. Dan Patrick -- He seems to me the least relentlessly politically correct of any of the ESPN media celebrities. I listen to his afternoon sports talk show on occasion and he usually takes the side of common sense without saying anything that will get him in trouble.
Any other nominees?
