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Media Approval Ratings: Gregg Easterbrook

Will Leitch — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:05:52 EDT

When Gregg Easterbrook's old "Tuesday Morning Quarterback" initially appeared on ~~ESPN~~ Slate, way way way way back in the day, it seemed like a revelation, and we say that not only because of his consistently amusing (and depressing) "Arizona (CAUTION: MAY CONTAIN FOOTBALL-LIKE SUBSTANCE) Cardinals" crack.

Once it was tossed around from Football Outsiders to NFL.com back to ESPN.com, because of those famous "Kill Bill" comments — irony alert: "Kill Bill" didn't even make that much money! — it began to feel a bit more rote and tired. But we still read it every week ... or at least 50 percent of it, which is still a rather substantial amount.

Easterbrook is also famous for his criticism of the space program. Yeah! NASA sucks!

So: Do you like the Gregg Easterbrook? Do you not like the Gregg Easterbrook? Line 'em up.

We're not even sure what to say about Gregg...

Leitch — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:40:08 EDT

We're not even sure what to say about Gregg Easterbrook's newest column. The man has clearly lost it; we're actually a little worried about him. [ESPN]

The True Essence Of Every TMQ Column

Leitch — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:45:20 EST

This was so inevitable that we can't believe it took them so long: The gang at Kissing Suzy Kolber have finally gotten around to mocking Gregg Easterbrook. Some comedic highlights:

I Masturbate in a Classier Way Than You Do: Our Cheerleader of the Week is Tiffany of the Redskins. She says her favorite show is Battlestar Galactica! A cheerleader who also likes sci-fi? TMQ is impressed. TMQ is engorged. Now TMQ is manipulating his penis using only his powerful brain waves. TMQ has now spread his incredibly intelligent seed all over his keyboard. Tiffany, we salute you!

Sweet'n'Sour Play Of The Week: Philip Rivers of the Chargers play faked a run, and then threw a pass for a touchdown. The play-fake was sweet. The fact that the defense was comprised mainly of men who did not graduate from their respective colleges, and therefore do not understand the nuances of the play fake as TMQ does, was sour.

We, on the whole, enjoy Easterbrook's non-NFL writing more than his NFL work, which has become rather repetitive and, as the KSK column needles brilliantly, awfully proud of itself. But, so you know, Gregg Easterbrook has no problem with Jews. Everybody's cool on this now, right?

Tuesday Morning Pretentious Douchebaggery [Kissing Suzy Kolber]

Gregg Easterbrook Ready To Haunt Page 2 Again

Leitch — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:15:37 EDT

It has been two-and-a-half years since famed New Republic writer Gregg Easterbook and his "Tuesday Morning Quarterback" column were fired from ESPN for supposedly anti-Semitic sentiments in a piece he wrote for TNR. (Yeah, remember, he didn't actually write it for ESPN.) Though we always thought that while Easterbrook's comment was questionable at best, it hardly warranted the knee-jerk reaction, particularly from ESPN, which was still reeling from the Rush Limbaugh-Donovan McNabb fiasco. Besides, Easterbrook's mountain of excellent work, one would think, would more than speak for itself, and for his character. But not only did ESPN can Easterbrook, it actually erased him from its Web site entirely. He eventually took his column to NFL.com, where it never really fit in.

Well guess what, folks? According to sources, Easterbook's column will return to Page 2 tomorrow with his annual NFL Draft preview. The column is always one of our favorites of his, even if he never fails to dump on the Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Cardinals.

We think this might have something to do with a new regime over there at ESPN.com, or maybe 2 1/2 years was the initial sentence from Bristol. A bunch has changed since Easterbrook last haunted the pixels of Page 2; we're curious to see how he fits in now. But we welcome him back: We're tired of being the only site with cheerleader photos.

Tuesday Morning Quarterback [NFL.com]
The Easterbrook Kerfuffle [Opinion Journal]