“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey

I was listening to sports radio KJR this morning and so called sports jock Dave Mahler give his opinion about Ken Griffey Jr. and should he walk away from the game and retire right now.

First of all who in the hell is Dave Mahler to tell me Jr. should retire. He is a motor mouth so called sports jock who is so hung up on himself, that at times he talks in the third person. I do not need him to tell me Jr. should walk away from baseball.

KJR also has two other motor mouth so called sports jocks in Steve Sandmayer( who is TERRIBLE) and Mitch Levy who have been BLASTING Jr. on a daily basis. This is unfair.

Yes Grif is not hitting. But guess what? The whole Seattle Mariner team is not hitting!! So why is the media in Seattle only discussing Jr? For instance our new player at second Chone Figgens is not hitting along with many others.

How bout our Mariner manager who seems to me is not standing up for his players. I have seen terrible calls at home plate by the umpire and our manager is standing at the foot of the dugout like the Statue Of Liberty. No emotion what so ever. Has he EVER been thrown out of a game standing up for his players? NO. I think he has never been thown out standing up for his team. Why isn’t Dave Mahler or any other sports media in Seattle talking about that?

The talk is only about Jr and should he retire or was Jr. sleep in the dugout or Seattle Times writer Steve Kelly writing two articles saying the same thing. And that is Jr. should retire etc. It is all Jr. all the time. This is very very unfair.

In ending, why doesn’t Dave Mahler retire or walk away to Salt Lake City or a sport radio station in Montana!!!! And take Steve Kelly and Larry LaRue with him.

In my opinion, Jr. should leave on his own terms. Their would not be a Seattle Mariner team to discuss if it was not for Jr. I hope he does not retire now and at least stay the rest of the season and then retire so we can have a great Ken Griffey Day at Safeco Field.

The sports media in Seattle needs to chill out on Jr. And focus in on the rest of team and the manager who are doing NOTHING!!! Leave Jr. alone!!!!!

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I was looking for sports stories on the net for my next story on “Sports Inner City Online” and then all of a sudden BAM!! I saw this story about the most miserable sports cities in the United States.

And guess what city is #1? The city I am in right now. My hometown of Seattle, Washington. But guess what readers? I was not really shocked.

Because I am STILL miserable about our Seattle Sonics leaving town a few years ago for a dust town in OKC. The Sonics was in Seattle for FOURTY-ONE YEARS!!!! And Clay Bennett took his toy and left town.

But guess what after months and months of thought I have came to the point where I can’t blame Bennett for leaving Seattle because the Key Arena needs to be re-modeled and he did not see it happening soon so he took the team and left.

Our current governor and the former Mayor of Seattle Greg Nickels did nothing to help keep the Sonics in town. Nothing. It was like they did not care. Oh yeah, concern was shown for the Mariners and Seahawks, but not the Sonics.

Every time I see future superstar Kevin Durent I get upset because we here in Seattle are not getting a chance to watch him grow up as a NBA player and a man. It is truly sad.

So again, it is not a surprise my town of Seattle is #1 most miserable sports city in America. Because as a sports fan, I am miserable. As a Seahawk fan, Mariner fan and a former fan of our Seattle Sonics.

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“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey

As a African American I was tremendously upset at listening to 710ESPN and sportsradio KJR here in Seattle in the unfair treatment of Seattle Mariner outfielder Milton Bradley.

Bradley left the team the other day after taking call third strikes on two plate appearances. The Mariners manager then took him out the game.

Milton has recently asked the Mariners for help in dealing with something in his life. The Mariners have agreed to help him. Which is great. Why? Because I think Milton Bradley needs help. This is obvious to anyone who knows the history of him.

He has been on eight teams in his career so far. I think for the first time, Bradley has reached out for help. Now we as fans do not know what the problems are. It could be depression. A drinking problem or maybe a family member he is tight with has died or is dying. It could be a relationship problem. And finally it could be he is reaching out to get help with his temper. We do not know what he asked the Mariners to help him with.

On 710ESPN and sportsradio KJR whose on air staff is all white, the spent all day and night blasting Bradley until the cows came home. And so did the callers. It was sad and depressing folks to hear sports jocks and callers beat up on Bradley.

These guys have zero compassion for Bradley. None. They continued to dwell on the negative concerning Bradley. Even after the word came out that Bradley asked the Mariners for help, the host and callers continued blasting Bradley.

Well Sports Inner City Online will have Bradley’s back and give him support. We will not blast him like the local sports radio hosts in Seattle and not blast him like most of the callers on sports radio.

Yes I wrote a negative piece on Milton a few months back saying I think he needs to chill out with the negative comments in the media. But in reality it was to support Bradley because I know the media in Seattle will make his comments more than what they really are.

Yes Bradley has had problem. We as sports fans know that. But one thing is for sure. Milton Bradley is reaching out for help for what ever problem he has. And that takes a man to do that. I think we should stand behind Milton and wish him the best. Again, we at “Sports Inner City Online” and “Music Inner City News Magazine” (www.musicinnercity.com) will stand behind Milton and hope he can get the help he wants.

P.S. I want to send a shout out to Looney of “Fox Sports Radio” who is fair to minority folks over the air. I like his viewpoints on sports much more than the host of the program Looney is on, “J.T. The Brick”

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I do not think my home town of Seattle, Washington get enough ink in the media and over the air regarding all the talent from here doing well in the NBA.

S.I. did a great story on all the player from Seattle and suburbs who are in the NBA a few months ago.

That article I am sure made more sports fans aware of the basketball talent coming from the city of Seattle.

Having said that, a big shout out to the Atlanta Hawks Jamal Crawford who won the NBA “Sixth Man” award and to the Houston Rockets Aaron Brooks who won “Most Improved” for thr 2009-10 season.

Crawford went to Rainier Beach High and Brooks went to Franklin High. The schools are rivals here in Seattle and Jason Terry of the Mavericks also went to Franklin. And the Celtics Nate Robinson went to Rainier Beach and Brandon Roy went to Garfield High. There are about 13 players in the NBA from Seattle area and suburbs.

We hope to do interviews many of the Seattle NBA players this summer so look out for that.

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“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey

Seattle’s own Aaron Brooks of the Houston Rockets won the 2010 “Most Improved Player” in the NBA.

Brook’s grew up here in Seattle and attended Franklin High School where Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks also attended.

In a week or so, the “6th Man Of The Year” award will be named and it looks like  another Seattle resident, Jamal Crawford of the Atlanta Hawks will win the award.

Seattle players are doing very well in the NBA. The national media is giving our city a lot of publicity FINALLY lately for having so many players in the NBA.

We will let you know here at S.I.C Online if Crawford will win the “6th Man Award” when it is announced.

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