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How Can We Live In A Sports World Without George Solomon?

After 21 months of gentle tsk-tsking and slight, bemused wags of the finger, ESPN ombudsman George Solomon said goodbye in his last column yesterday. Surely, he dramatically changed the landscape of ESPN and ... uh ... well ... all right, maybe it was a mostly inconsequential and tame column that never took any real strong stances, but at least he tired .... oh, fine, OK, maybe once Sean Salisbury clicked on his column, but only because he thought it was porn. That's some impact, anyway! More »

1:15 PM on Thu Mar 29 2007
By Leitch
3,318 views, 44 comments

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George Solomon's Blind Rage

ESPN "ombudsman" George Solomon announced yesterday that he's leaving his "post" at ESPN at the end of this month. No word yet on who will replace him — our suggestions are Harold Reynolds, George Grande and A.J. Daulerio — but the fine folks at Hurricanes Are For Drinking take a look back at some of his most heroic, activist stands against the network that kind of employs him but not really. Hop in the wayback machine of fury and relive these fiery rants: More »

2:00 PM on Tue Mar 6 2007
By Leitch
3,195 views, 51 comments

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Blogdome: An Open Letter To George Solomon

• We thought the most recent column from ESPN ombudsman George Solomon was among the more critical and reasonable ones he's written. Here's a dissenting (and somewhat convincing) view. [Fan's Attic]
• How this year's baseball season is like the 2001-02 NBA season, and how the Mets are like the Nets. [High And Inside]
• The scoop on Ross Rebagliati's ridiculous lawsuit. [Out OF Left Field]
• Honestly, that bird really was the most entertaining part of that Red Sox game a couple of nights ago. [Ump Bump]
• Which one of these pretty women was not arrested for prostitution? Careful with your answers. [I Dislike Your Favorite Team]
• Excellent new blog about following baseball around the world. [Global Baseball]
• The best in trash talk .. time to turn up the volume ... YOU GOT JACKED! [Kissing Suzy Kolber]

2:15 PM on Thu Aug 3 2006
By Leitch
60 views, 12 comments

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Fun With ESPN's Ombudsman

We repeat: We find it hysterical that ESPN has hired an ombudsman — former Washington Post editor George Solomon — to tell it when it's operating outside the boundaries of journalistic ethics. We mean, it's ESPN: Duh. Anyway, Solomon does his monthly tilting at windmills this morning, and as always, you imagine ESPN head honcho Mark Shapiro nodding in mock agreement and then going out and doing the exact opposite of what Solomon suggests. More »

10:59 AM on Wed Aug 10 2005
By Leitch
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