It seems the entire sports world is simply aghast at Pete Rose’s statement yesterday that he did, in fact, bet on his own team. It came during a radio interview with Keith Olbermann and Dan Patrick on ESPN. Keith, for the record, isn’t convinced that the statement was all that bad for Rose. Read on, it’ll make for some interesting watercooler conversations!
Every reporter should have a story written about him, or failing that, have about 100 stories written about a story he generated. It’s the best reminder you can get of how easily assumptions, misunderstandings, and sloppiness can creep into the coverage of almost anything, from the weather forecast to a Pope’s funeral. Case in point: Pete Rose, who rather matter-of-factly admitted “I bet on the Reds every night” to Dan Patrick and me on ESPN Radio Wednesday afternoon. To Pete, it was a simple correction of [...]
Tags: Pete Rose, Baseball, Betting, Keither Olbermann, Dan Patrick, ESPN
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