Adios, John P. Lopez.
I'm confident they'll fill the void with more video clips of John McClain slobbering over Anna Megan Raley's chesticles.
Can I be one of your luxury hostesses? It never hurts to have a backup plan.Good luck, don't be a stranger![FROM JOHN: You know I won't be a stranger. Still waiting for that Kiss Cam opportunity. It couldn't possibly go as bad as the proposal went the other night. You Da Woman.]Posted by: Alyson F. at August 21, 2007 09:13 PM
Here's my favorite "comment" at the bottom of the page:"your inciteful writing will be missed by reflective sports enthusiasts,"
From the comments:I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
I like to think that might have been intentional. Kind of like Berkman's "writer of wrongs" quip.
Sources believe Smith's column has been in the cross-hairs for some time. "There was a time when the powers that be were just happy to have somebody that's on ESPN on the masthead," says a source who spoke on condition of anonymity. "But I think the new leadership has been asking itself for a while now whether or not the columns [he] was turning in were justifying his [reportedly generous] salary.
The good news is that no longer will Stephen A. Smith be weighed down by the burdens of, you know, sportswriting.