Barry Melrose Is Not a Fan of Newark
Hey, Barry Melrose is still around. Despite the fact that his ESPN appearances have dipped from twice a day to twice a month (NASCAR is now on ESPN, the NHL is not), Melrose is still doing things to stay relevant. Things such as insulting the entire metropolitan population of Newark.
In a video segment posted on ESPN.com last week, Melrose described the recently opened arena as a “beautiful new building” but added, “Don’t go outside if you have a wallet or anything else, because the area around the arena is just horrible.”
And…cue the apology.
“I was trying to be funny and I’m sorry it didn’t come through that way,” he said by phone from St. Louis. “No excuse. When I talk I don’t want to offend anybody. I love hockey and I want Newark to be a success. I certainly never wanted to hurt the feelings of the people of Newark or the people of New Jersey. There was no malice on my part.”
I don’t blame Melrose if he just assumed nobody watches those annoying videos that blast the ears of unsuspecting espn.com visitors. I would have thought Melrose could appear in a Vick jersey holding a choke chain and a rape stand and nobody would have noticed. I guess I was wrong.
2 Comments »
drive-by idiot on 07 Nov 2007 at 8:03 pm #
I don’t get it. How do those ESPN front page videos continue to blast “unsuspecting” ears?! I turn the sound off (slide the volume to “0″) on those videos on espn.go.com, so I only hear them when I want to hear them. Simple. Why is everyone bitching about this?!
Oh, yeah, and what Melrose says about the exterior surroundings of the arena in Newark, yeah, I agree.
/filing police report too much trouble
MR NEWARK on 10 Dec 2007 at 11:36 am #
Drive by idiot is a idiot ,njpac has had 5,000000 in attendance without a crime reported in over ten years, devils attendance is up over last year by almost 3000 per game the team also rose ticket prices by nearly 50 percent . I can see that most of the fans have a brain in the head and can look at the facts that downtown Newark has little or no crime it is a fact you can look it up !!