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To be honest, we don't listen to much sports talk radio. It's not out any particular inclination against it — at least, not entirely — and more because we live in New York. We don't have a car, which means we don't listen much to any kind of radio.
But certainly, in the world of sports talk radio, Rome is the biggest name. But since we don't listen to the radio, we mostly just know him as the guy who who got pushed by Jim Everett, which we'll never stop enjoying.
Regardless, anytime we're ever in a rental car during the day, it's either this guy or Rush Limbaugh, so we have heard him. You know, talkin' smack, or something.
So: Do you like the Jim Rome? Do you not like the Jim Rome?
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You, sir, are a disgrace to facial hair.
Cauliflower ear freaks me out. Get that shit fixed Jimmy.
I hate.....
.... lengthy pauses....
.... Rome should....
.... talk normally.
He's full of himself but I enjoy listening to him. Approve.
Disapprove, disapprove, disapprove. I'd like the opportunity to punch this soccer-hating midget in the face.
Self-promoting asswipe.
DO NOT WANT
To quote the Bard*, "[Jim Rome's show] is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Disapprove.
* My college roommate Jeff Bardley, whom we referred as "the Bard."
Et tu, Deadspin?
Disapprove.
+ Watch video
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Jim Rome is not, unfortunately, burning.
I approve of a cockpunching for Jim Rome.
I liked him better when he was in the Young Stallions.
Really, really disapprove.
Almost Baylessian in his hyperbole. No thank you.
least we forget that awe inspiring parity of the "smackoff", Kornheiser's "snackoff".
Disapprove based solely on the fact that his anti-soccer schtick is tiresome.
/get off my pitch
Can someone explain why the host of Blind Date is constantly on his show?
Jim Rome can suck my dick.
A very enthusiastic... eh. Most Friday mornings I drive around for a couple hours as part of work and will listen to him. A handful of really funny callers with the rest being just plain awful. He himself never really brings much as far as sports talk or "takes", but he does get a good interview out of guests.
maybe if it was Jim Ross instead
Who in the hell...
is clicking...
approve?
If Deadspin readers...
are going to act...
this retarded....
this might as well...
be the fanhouse.
Rack him!
Approve. Dude still has some good bits every once in a while.
Alright Chris
Caliendo's impression of Rome may be the only one he does that's truly funny. However, we're voting on Rome here...Disapprove.
Disapprove of telling men to bang their monkeys.
@Secret Identity: wingman
When he's doing interviews, he should repeat the names of the people he's interviewing more frequently. Until then, DISAPPROVE.
He's the Bill O'Reilly of sports talk. Which is to say disafuckingprove.
I cannot disapprove enough of this dickwad. I wish Rome really was burning.
They should send a Terminator back in time to abort his fetus. Disapprove.
@Drederick Tatum: beat...
me.....
to it....
@Phony Gwynn: Oh, he's burning alright, but in that flaming asshole kind of burning, but still burning nonetheless.
DISAPPROVE.
When I hear his oh-so-groundless rants being sputtered from that phony mind of his, I really do wish Rome was burning. Like with a match, and gasoline.
@metalmaniac: Sorry, I hadn't seen your comment before putting up mine. Still, the sentiment remains the same.
Disapprove. He's the nagging girlfriend/overbearing mother of sportstalk.
Chris...Chris...Chris...POW!
Looking at the photo, I think I'm having a cheesing flashback.
@blackheartededitor: Exactly.
Though he is not burning, Jim Rome is 100% flaming...Disapprove
Disapprove. He's like Chris Matthews, but for sports.
You just know he's this guy at a party:
"You know, you're a total douche, but you know I love you, even though you're a little bitch , but you're an alright guy though, you know, for such a complete asshole. Heyyy, I'm just bustin balls, we're havin' a good time, right, you dickface?"
HEY GUYS THIS IS JI
JIM ROME
i want to say no... but all i hear in my head is Jim Rome calling me "Danielle"... thus i am doomed to vote "yes". drives me nuts with his constant need to live on the opinion edge, but i find myself agreeing with him more than any other sport pontificator.
Ego. Big. But, in my opinion conducts some of the best interviews...I usually leave with an insight not known before...and I think that is his job...thus an approval.
At last, have we reached the bottom of the proverbial barrel?
Yes, he's a douchebag. A giant douchebag. But I clicked Approve, because one of my first memories of finally getting cable was watching Talk 2 and seeing Jim Everett go nuts. I will never, ever forget that.
So, again, a nostalgic approve. But he's still a douche.
I just don't dig him. But apparently the clones love him, and we saw what they did to the Jedis in Return of the Sith. So, there's that.
Disapprove...allegedly
I don't hate him, and occasionally you get a good interview out of him, but I'm also not as big a fan as I was say a few years ago. I'm ashamed of my former life.
Bordering on Mariotti levels of annoying schtick. Disapprove.
Jim Rome getting hit by a bus would be EPIC.
Actually, the only person I might disapprove more is sitting next to him in that photo.
@VTBen: +1. (We still do +1s here, right? Haven't seen any in a while.)
He can be annoying but the emails, texts and calls make the show. It's like a less funny audio version of the Deadspin comment section. In that respect he's ahead of his time.
Bonus points for having the guy who found the Brett Favre retirement screen-shots on his show and not acting like ESPN had the scoop.
Reluctantly Approve
Disapprove. His anti-soccer rants are fact-free and uncontaminated by human thought. If he would lie about a subject that I know something about (soccer), it's safe to assume he's lying about other things as well.
In punishment Jim Rome should be pelted with orange slices whenever he shows his sorry face in public.
He's not as touch as he thinks he is. What a pompus ass.
I am out!
He's okay. not good, just okay. Mariah's got her lambs, and rome has his clones. besides, the crumpling of emails is soothing to the ear.
His disapproval rating right now is 66.6%. How apropos.
In other news, someone get Nibbles another PBR.
@Secret Identity: Roger Lodge: [en.wikipedia.org]
He had a sports radio show in LA and does a lot of sports related stuff.
If he calls me "Jenny" one more time, we're going to have to go to a commercial break. Diapprove.
I'm saying Disapprove, but I still listen to the show when I can. Which is weird. I think I get a bigger kick out of his callers/e-mails than his pre-written "takes" and boring-as-snot interviews.
I listen daily, so he must be doing something right.
Is this possibly the prelude to the meltdown that will be the Bill Simmons poll?
Have a take, come strong, and don't suck, right Jim? You fail on the last two miserably. Disapprove.
Good night now!
I disapprove, but he sounds really tough, like me might come kick my ass. I'm scared.
At times I want to approve, and at times I want to stick a rusty nail in his eyes. I'm on the fence on this one.
"What is up?"
Not your approval ratings, Romey.
No likey.
After looking at the super-cool JR logo, I am going to have to make mine a double. Disapprove.