Michael Wilbon can KMA

[Destino]

I'll stick up for Wilbon. It is his very personal observation of the DC sports landscape. Most of us grew up reading his columns about DC sports in the Post.

Agree or not, he definitely has enough Washington DC street creed to file an opinion on the matter.

The moment he decided to trash this town and essentially disown and distance himself from it his "street cred" vanished. That's how theses things work. Think of it like this, would a Redskins fan complaining about some aspect of the team be received the same way as a fan from some other team coming here and doing the same? Of course not. Wilbon made it clear that he lives here but he doesn't consider this his town and went a step further to slam Washington DC.

So you know what? **** him. He can get his ***** ass right on out of here. Maybe LA has an opening for an ugly bama with a look better suited for radio. After all they value sports above all else right?

[hammerva]

It is a fact that unless you are a hardcore Skins fans then DC is a weak sports town. But it isn't the fans fault for the most part it is the media in this area bowing down and kissing the Dan Synder brass ring. The Nats have their first playoff game on Sunday and it will be a miracle if they get an hour of talk over the 2-2 Skins against the Falcons. The fact that ESPN 980 is covering the Nats playoffs when they have been on the O's bandwagon is a joke. Hopefully they don't interupt the broadcast to tell us what RG3 is having for dinner that day. The other franchise has its loyal followers but the media only cares when they win as well. And if 980 case most of the time insulting the Caps because heaven forbid he said something bad about an owner with over 10 years of suck. That being said Wilbon has always been an ass and working with the 4 letter network only heightens it.

[MLSKINS]

The moment he decided to trash this town and essentially disown and distance himself from it his "street cred" vanished. That's how theses things work. Think of it like this, would a Redskins fan complaining about some aspect of the team be received the same way as a fan from some other team coming here and doing the same? Of course not. Wilbon made it clear that he lives here but he doesn't consider this his town and went a step further to slam Washington DC.

So you know what? **** him. He can get his ***** ass right on out of here. Maybe LA has an opening for an ugly bama with a look better suited for radio. After all they value sports above all else right?

Bonus points for calling him a bamma...

#DMV

[I_Bleed_B&G]

All Wilbon has to do is come on extremeskins and see the best sports forum. This forum is so active with people posting constantly. Eagles, Giants, Cowboys forums suck in comparison. LOL

Wilbon GTFO of D.C... You trash the city that made you.

[Kosher Ham]

DC is and always will be home. It's where I grew up.

I lived in different places over the years, but DC is home. My brother was born in DC, but he grew up in Wisconsin (He is a Packers fan), My sisters in TN. . My family was military. I have lived over half my life in DC/MD burbs.

BTW- Thinking of moving back again permanantly.

[Taylor703]

How can people get bitter about him saying things like this when FedEx field has had opposing fans more audible than Redskins fans several times? Same thing with Nationals Park.

[Rocky21]

"I’ve been here 32 years, and I still barely call it home." No ****. You have hammered that point home to us time and time again. I would like to make a joke about he and Michael Jordan but I feel it wise to refrain.

I hope you all will remember this Wilbon quote.
“I wasn't surprised in the least when I heard the news Monday morning that Sean Taylor had been shot in his home by an intruder. Would it stun me if Taylor was specifically targeted? Not one bit.” – Michael Wilbon, Washington Post

And then one of the all time ***** slaps from an actual DC athlete and real DC sports reporter James Brown.
"But are those reasons enough for some to be so insensitive, so quick and I think so inaccurate in stereotyping Sean Taylor as a bad apple, or that the end he met with was not a surprise? A group of burglars break into HIS HOUSE and surprise to find him there and end his life? Now by all accounts as we've heard from all those who actually knew him well, Taylor did an awful lot of maturing over the last year and a half. For those who have been mature for a lot longer than that, exercising restraint in passing such callous and harmful judgment would seem to be in order..." – James Brown, CBS Sports

[PeterMP]

DC is and always will be home. It's where I grew up.

I lived in different places over the years, but DC is home. My brother was born in DC, but he grew up in Wisconsin (He is a Packers fan), My sisters in TN. . My family was military. I have lived over half my life in DC/MD burbs.

BTW- Thinking of moving back again permanantly.

The people that don't understand Wilbon's thoughts with respect to DC and being home didn't grow up somewhere else primarily and still have most of their family there.

I've now lived more of my life away from "home" then the years I actually lived there, but that's where I spent a good number of my memory forming years (e.g. ages 5-22) most of my siblings and my mom are there still. I'm married, have a job, and two kids, but I where I grew up is still home.

Maybe when both my parents have passed/my mom moves away and/or my kids grow up and if they stay in the area in start their own families, that'll change.

[skinfan2k]

Wilbon is an idiot. Washington DC is the most powerful city in the world. Why wouldn't politics be the #1 topic in DC? the 2nd most popular man in DC is the quarterback of the Redskins

[ixcuincle]

Let's see what happens

Once they start winning championships regularly and live up to the hype let's crown them the best, until then, they are good but not great

[GoSkins0721]

"I’ve been here 32 years, and I still barely call it home." No ****. You have hammered that point home to us time and time again. I would like to make a joke about he and Michael Jordan but I feel it wise to refrain.

I hope you all will remember this Wilbon quote.
“I wasn't surprised in the least when I heard the news Monday morning that Sean Taylor had been shot in his home by an intruder. Would it stun me if Taylor was specifically targeted? Not one bit.” – Michael Wilbon, Washington Post

And then one of the all time ***** slaps from an actual DC athlete and real DC sports reporter James Brown.
"But are those reasons enough for some to be so insensitive, so quick and I think so inaccurate in stereotyping Sean Taylor as a bad apple, or that the end he met with was not a surprise? A group of burglars break into HIS HOUSE and surprise to find him there and end his life? Now by all accounts as we've heard from all those who actually knew him well, Taylor did an awful lot of maturing over the last year and a half. For those who have been mature for a lot longer than that, exercising restraint in passing such callous and harmful judgment would seem to be in order..." – James Brown, CBS Sports

James Brown is a badass DC stud (even though went to DeMatha). Would love to see him go 1-on-1 with Wilbon on this. I think I know who would be a no-show.

He's not smart enough to figure out that politics is #1 in the Capital of the Free World?

Wilbon has that pissy-East-Coast-envy attitude. Bamma is right!

[Duckus]

Folks are destroying Wilbon's facebook post.

Awesome.

http://www.facebook.com/RealMichaelW...20273507986454

[Destino]

I liked this line from Bram Weinstein's response. "RFK didn't have passion? RFK was passion. It defined it."

Wilbon has really kicked a hornets nest to have an ESPN host and Post writer slamming him over it.

[wildbill1952]

You know how a member of the family or a friend calls you an S.O.B and you both laugh? But if a Dallas fan you don't know walks into a place when the Skins are having a a bad day, you want to dump you favorite frosty beverage on him? Same thing. If you like the guy (I like him because he's on record as being a Skins fan, a raity among SportsWriters) then you give him a "c'mon man" if you disagree and let it go. If you already dislike him, then anything he says is going to get under your skin.

Personally, when the Skins lose, I don;t want to talk about it. I hate Mondays. But when they win, there's nothing else I want to talk about.

[skinsmarydu]

I've been here a total of just 5 years and I call it home.

I hear that!! I left 28 years ago and still call it home. I'll never in a gazillion years say I'm FROM Atlanta. It's I'm from VA.