Joe HendersonApril 14, 2022
6min0
Tony Dungy's critics value retweets and likes more than facts.
Tag: Keith Olbermann
Joe HendersonApril 14, 2022
Associated PressMarch 13, 2017
7min268
Rachel Maddow can trace the mood of her audience by looking at the ratings. Her MSNBC show’s viewership sank like a stone in the weeks following Donald Trump‘s election, as depressed liberals avoided politics, and bottomed out over the holidays. Slowly, they re-emerged, becoming active and interested again. Maddow’s audience has grown to the point […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 25, 2016
4min1399
https://twitter.com/ESQPolitics/status/780069471960506368While people in Miami and around the nation mourned the news that 24-year-old Marlins pitching star Jose Fernandez had been killed in a boating accident, Matt Gaetz was stirring up a storm on social media. “To all who will kneel during the anthem today — just remember how Jose Fernandez risked his life just for the chance […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 29, 2016
9min185
At the start of the year, I made 12 predictions for 2016 in Jacksonville politics. A fourth of the way through, revisiting them is useful. Some I got right. Some I got wrong. Some are still in progress. Predictions 1 and 2 revolved around the Human Rights Ordinance expansion, which was the issue du jour. […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 30, 2015
25min311
There’s no doubt 2015 was an amazing year in Jacksonville politics. A new mayor, 11 new members of City Council, and intrigue in Corrine Brown’s redistricting saga were among a few top-level highlights. While we have a reasonable sense of what happened in Jacksonville politics in 2015, the next question is what happens in 2016. Hence, a […]
Mitch PerryMay 1, 2015
5min152
If you were growing weary of reading Jameis Winston vs. Marcus Mariota every day in your local sports pages for the past four months, Buc fans, congrats. Now you’ll just be reading about Winston every day up until football season begins. Let’s just hope for all concerned it’s only in the sports pages. Thursday night […]
Mitch PerryFebruary 25, 20156min231
Uh oh. He did it again. Keith Olbermann is on paid suspension for the rest of this week, after a few angry tweets to a Penn State supporter got him in hot water with his ESPN bosses. While the tweeter sent Olbermann a link about the university’s $13 million fundraising for pediatric cancer research, Keith […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 30, 20156min273
Presidential elections only come around once every four years, and the Oscars don’t pull in the numbers nearly like they used to, so the Super Bowl has become truly the premiere American event over the past few decades. And that event is much longer than the 3 1/2 hours that the game is actually played on […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 28, 20146min166
This is a first for me, but I am going to include the name Keith Olbermann in a column. I am forced to because riding along the other day, I heard a tape of his comments about why everyone was making such a fuss about Derek Jeter, the New York Yankee star who is retiring […]