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Sports Media Rips Joe Buck For Suggesting Injured Player Was Just Cold
Many media members took to social media to call out the longtime broadcaster for his update on Parham last night.

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5 months agoon

Last night’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers had one extremely scary moment.
Los Angeles Chargers Tight End Donald Parham suffered a non-contact injury in the first quarter that appeared to be a traumatic brain or spinal cord injury.
Here is a video of the injury, but be warned that it may be disturbing for some to watch.
INJURY ALERT 🚨- Donald Parham Jr. suffers a scary non-contact head injury vs. Chiefs. A traumatic brain or spinal cord injury is likely. Hoping for the best for him and his family. pic.twitter.com/FsCMXG2Bhe
— The Injury Guy (@thatinjuryguy) December 17, 2021
Parham was then taken out of the stadium on a stretcher with his arms still shaking while stabilized in an extremely hard to watch moment for the players and fans alike.
The announcers on the call attempted to give updates about Parham for the rest of the game, but Joe Buck tried to give another explanation for the injury.
LISTEN: Donald Parham Jr. is at the hospital with a brain/spine injury. Joe Buck says he'd never speculate on an injury, then speculates DP's arm tremors were bc "it's cold tonight, at least by Los Angeles standards."
— Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. (@ChrisNowinski1) December 17, 2021
Ladies and gents, meet rock bottom for sports broadcasting. pic.twitter.com/s3RbdE0ouO
“The last thing we would ever do is speculate about an injury, especially that type,” Buck said. “When you see his arms shaking and his hands shaking on his way out, that’s the part that’s most unnerving. I will just add this: It is very cold, at least by Los Angeles standards, down on the field. Hopefully that was the issue more than anything else,” said Buck.
Not only was this “update” extremely incorrect and uneducated, it is equally as dangerous. Buck addressing what most people watching at home knew was a serious head/neck injury as “being cold” just doesn’t address how dangerous the sport of football can be as a whole.
Many media members took to social media to call out the longtime broadcaster for his update on Parham last night.
“We won’t speculate on injuries. Allow us to speculate on an injury.”
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) December 17, 2021
I won't speculate about what announcers are thinking, but it’s possible Joe Buck’s “maybe he was cold” explanation for a traumatic brain injury was an attempt to prevent viewers from thinking about how bad the sport we love is for the human brain
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) December 17, 2021
Joe Buck: “We aren’t going to speculate about Donald Parham”
— Josh Hill (@jdavhill) December 17, 2021
Also Joe Buck: “But hey, it’s cold so maybe that’s why a guy who just suffered a head injury is shaking” pic.twitter.com/ciePUztRK8
Because the NFL can’t square it’s legal stance on CTE with its want to be more delicate with TBIs, I have to hear Joe Buck speculate about the weather causing a player on a stretcher to convulse.
— Diante Lee (@PFF_DLee) December 17, 2021
I’ll always love the game, but I’ll always hate the way people have to dance.
Parham was taken to the hospital where he is now in stable condition after the scary injury.
Was expecting Joe Buck's update on Parham to be that someone gave him a sweater.
— John Healy (@jphealy) December 17, 2021
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Peter King: ‘Tom Brady Needs To Study Cris Collinsworth’
“He’ll know that to be good, he has to get out of his comfort zone of all niceties and tell it like it is.”
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2 hours agoon
May 16, 2022By
BSM Staff
Peter King dedicated a not-insignificant portion of his “Football Morning in America” column this week to advice for Tom Brady. FOX announced last week that the Buccaneers’ quarterback will become the network’s lead NFL analyst upon his retirement.
Brady’s decision and his reported salary have been the source of much speculation and prediction amongst his soon-to-be colleagues.
King is optimistic that Tom Brady will be entertaining and informative when he makes his FOX debut. He did offer the GOAT a little bit of advice about what he should be doing in the months leading up to calling it quits on his playing days and starting his new career.
“I think what I’d do if I were Brady is study Cris Collinsworth—and honest to goodness, I don’t say that because I work for NBC,” he wrote. “I say it because Collinsworth knows how to talk X’s-and-O’s conversationally, he’s an easy listen, and he can criticize when the time comes.”
Interestingly, last week, Collinsworth says he hears from most former players that are getting ready to make the jump to broadcasting. He was surprised he never heard from Tom Brady before FOX announced their deal.
King had two other suggestions. The first was that Brady watch multiple games from start to finish so that he can hear what the give-and-take between a broadcaster and analyst sounds like. The other is that he has to commit to being interesting and not censoring himself. King has faith that Brady will be able to do that.
“He’ll know that to be good, he has to get out of his comfort zone of all niceties and tell it like it is. On that LeBron James show last year, Brady said, ‘Ninety percent of what I say is not what I’m thinking. There’s a part of me that doesn’t like conflict, so in the end I always just try to play it super-flat.’ That has to end once he’s on TV if he wants to be any good.”
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Nick Wright Critical Of ABC Crew As Giannis Antetokounmpo Struggles In Game 7
“He reminded his followers on Twitter that the two-time MVP has put together some amazing performances in this series.”
Published
7 hours agoon
May 16, 2022By
BSM Staff
Giannis Antetokounmpo started hot in Game 7 on Sunday. By the time the game ended though, the Boston Celtics were on their way to Miami for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals and the defending champions were headed back to Milwaukee.
The Celtics’ defense gave the Milwaukee Bucks fits in the second half. The ABC broadcast put a special spotlight on Antetokounmpo, who got multiple drives to the basket that he could not finish.
“The best has got to show up when the best is needed, and Giannis has been disappointing,” said Mark Jackson over a package of highlights of Giannis missing shots. “As great of a player as he is, given credit to the Celtics’ defense, but he has struggled offensively time and time again.”
Nick Wright of FS1 noticed and he didn’t appreciate it. He reminded his followers on Twitter that the two-time MVP has put together some amazing performances in this series.
Giannis had 44-20-6 in Game 6 to potentially win the series. The broadcast trying to turn the screws on him is ludicrous.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) May 15, 2022
Mike Been, Mark Jackson, and Jeff Van Gundy were not particularly hard on Giannis. The trio made the typical comments we hear when things aren’t going a great player’s way.
Wright did not harp on the issue beyond the single tweet. The outcome was not in doubt as the clock winded down. He gave credit to the Celtics rather than tweet about the Bucks or Giannis.
Congrats to the Celtics. They fought for the best possible seed all the way through, and it paid massive dividends.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) May 15, 2022
Tatum delivered an all time Game 6, going toe to toe with one of the greatest to ever play, and then they played the ultimate team game in Game 7.
They earned it.
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Stephanie McMahon: WWE Is A Better Advertising Investment Than Sports
“We can script the buzzer-beater moments, we can script the Hail Marys.”

Published
7 hours agoon
May 16, 2022
Everyone knows that professional wrestling is scripted. The storylines, the outcomes of matches, all of it is predetermined. But in the eyes of WWE, that’s what makes their product so different, and better than traditional sports.
WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon told Deadline that when it comes to pitching advertisers, sports entertainment allows room for a range of different approaches to make something work.
“We can script the buzzer-beater moments, we can script the Hail Marys,” she said. “We have a leg up on sports. … You may object to what we do, but you’re never going to be bored.”
McMahon added that WWE has a much easier process in dealing with sponsors. Everything is handled in-house.
“We own all of the IP,” she said. “When brands deal with us, they just deal with us. We create something together.”
WWE is coming off a positive Q1 earnings report, which had the company up 27% in total revenue. Its two weekly primetime shows, Monday Night RAW and Friday Night SmackDown, continue to do well in ratings, and all special and pay-per-view events, in addition to its streaming platform WWE Network, are all housed on Peacock.
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