Speaking of politco SAS, he popped up on CNN yesterday to let America know that those testy black players in the NFL who claimed they wouldn't play for a Rush Limbaugh-owned St. Louis Rams are damned liars.

"If he has the money, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it, and those black ballplayers that are saying that, I'm here on national television telling you they're lying through their stinking teeth."

I'm assuming all-caps emphasis is on "LYING" and "STINKING TEETH."

On radio, however, Stephen A. is more self-deprecating.

According to one reader, SAS's first radio appearance (a quickie two hour slot between 10-12 co-hosted with Something Called Dan Schwartzman) went something like this when the Limbaugh issue came up:

DS: I'm not done with you yet on this issue!
SS: I'm not done with you either! Don't make me throw this Blackberry at you! (loud but in a joking manner).
DS: You'll never throw that at me. A brother would never throw a Blackberry because he would then have to replace it. (
SS: You're right. (just a notch above crickets.)

They're like the new Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.

Stephen A. still hasn't landed the print gig he covets in order to return to full-blown multi-media platform punditry, and with the Philly Inquirer on the verge of vanishing, he'll probably have to look elsewhere. I hear Comcast is hiring.

But that's just what the Philadelphia Inquirer did, while conveniently failing to acknowledge that 800-pound gorilla peeking out from behind the paper target. (You know, the one that's punching his wife in the face.)

Myers' wife eventually dropped the charges against her husband, but as the writers and editors know, that doesn't mean that the incident didn't happen. It did. People standing outside the bar saw it. His wife had a golf ball-sized welt on the left side of her face. Yet, those facts are overlooked so there's more room for witty back-and-forth like this:

He grabbed the handgun, held it sideways and began firing.

"That's how the gangsters do it," he said.

"You've been watching too many movies," I said.

"This is a lot of fun for me," Myers said. "I just like shooting."

Really. You don't say?

UPDATE: USA Today reveals the true Brett Myers: charity worker, pig-headed (but sensitive!), and self-aware: "I know there are people out there that think I'm a jerk. There are people out there who think I'm a wife-beater. That will never change," says Myers, alluding to a 2006 incident in which he was arrested and charged in Boston with assaulting his wife, Kim. "But you know what, I really don't care what people think about me. … If people don't like me, they can deal with it. This is who I am." [USA TODAY]

Myers Shoots for Success [Philly.com]