From the initial reports of his shooting and demise, Sean Taylor has been the fodder for Sports news all week. Everyone had an opinion about happened, who was involved and my favorite whether Sean Taylor somehow brought this on himself. We here at Blickees reserved our commits to condolences for the family for one reason. We like everyone in the media knew in the immortal words of Jim Mora knew "Diddly Poo." Did these little words stop ESPN from from plastering numberous nimrods on the screen to not only speculate without a shred of facts but also justifiing how it was somehow "good journalism" to do so.
Now the truth for his murder shows that he was a victim of wealth and idiot criminals (are there any other kinds), all of the "good sports journalist" should be smacked with a copy of their selected sports publication. Yes this means you Jason Whitlock. Hip-hop music did not kill Sean Taylor, 3 teenagers did. I will refrain from exposing the 4 ton elephant in the room. However I think cease with asking the likes of Whitlock and the Michael Wilbons for their opinions about young blacks athletes because there is obviously a disconnect. These guys have as much of an idea of the mindset of the young black athlete as I do of a 13 years old japanese school girl. Hopefully there will be no "next time" for a situation like this but maybe the sports media will actually practice journalism and not some tabloid variation.
Jermaine Gibson is a founding member of Blickees.com. He covers NFL, NBA, college football and boxing. He is currently studying cardiovascular perfusion at Loma Linda University Hospital in Loma Linda, California.
Jermaine earned his Bachelor of Science in Zoology from North Carolina State University in 2000. He was the initial inductee into the Tokay Recreational Center Football Hall of Fame (Fayetteville, NC). He currently holds the club record for pancake blocks and tackles.