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'''Mike Freeman''', born [[October 13]], [[1961]] in [[Mount Holly Township, New Jersey|Mount Holly, New Jersey]] was a former African-American [[American football|football]] player and currently a sports columnist working for [[CBSSports.com|CBS Sportsline.com]]. He is known to cover [[National Football League|NFL]] football, [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[basketball]] and [[boxing]]. He has also written for [[The New York Times]], [[The Washington Post]], [[The Dallas Morning News]] and [[The Boston Globe]]. |
'''Mike Freeman''', born [[October 13]], [[1961]] in [[Mount Holly Township, New Jersey|Mount Holly, New Jersey]] was a former African-American [[American football|football]] player and currently a sports columnist working for [[CBSSports.com|CBS Sportsline.com]]. He is known to cover [[National Football League|NFL]] football, [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] [[basketball]] and [[boxing]]. He has also written for [[The New York Times]], [[The Washington Post]], [[The Dallas Morning News]] and [[The Boston Globe]]. |
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In [[January]] [[2004]], he admitted that he was lying on his resume about earning a degree in journalism and was fired from his job at the Indianapolis Star.[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A4937-2004Jan9?language=printer]. On Nov. 26, 2007 Freeman wrote an article entitled, "Give me Trojans-Buckeyes over a Missouri-West Virginia snoozefest" in which he mocked West Viriginia and Missouri, calling them "hicks and heehaws" and was making incest remarks. [http://www.sportsline.com/columns/story/10495965] This ensued a major uproar of such a magnitude that there were newstories done concerning the article [http://wchs8.com/newsroom/eyewitness/0711/071129_1a2ed287.shtml] [http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=482][http://ballhype.com/story/missouri_tigers_ohio_state_buckeyes_southern/] |
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There is even a report that Joe Manchin is going to sue Mike Freeman and CBS for his comments [http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2856]An online petition has been written by Damian M. Berry that is calling for Freeman's termination. [http://www.petitiononline.com/43121212] |
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Revision as of 17:38, 6 December 2007
Mike Freeman, born October 13, 1961 in Mount Holly, New Jersey was a former African-American football player and currently a sports columnist working for CBS Sportsline.com. He is known to cover NFL football, NBA basketball and boxing. He has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News and The Boston Globe. In January 2004, he admitted that he was lying on his resume about earning a degree in journalism and was fired from his job at the Indianapolis Star.[1]. On Nov. 26, 2007 Freeman wrote an article entitled, "Give me Trojans-Buckeyes over a Missouri-West Virginia snoozefest" in which he mocked West Viriginia and Missouri, calling them "hicks and heehaws" and was making incest remarks. [2] This ensued a major uproar of such a magnitude that there were newstories done concerning the article [3] [4][5] There is even a report that Joe Manchin is going to sue Mike Freeman and CBS for his comments [6]An online petition has been written by Damian M. Berry that is calling for Freeman's termination. [7]
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