Former Star scribe Jason Whitlock pompous, condescending, rude?
No way.
Must be thinking about some other loser. I mean, he did fit that description during his years in KC sticking it to Chiefs honcho Carl Peterson, Kevin Kietzman and other sporty locals.
Because after landing some decent gigs on ESPN and Fox – then summarily losing them – Big Sexy kinda mellowed, started standing up for conservative politics and putting most things KC – with the exception of Patrick Mahomes – in the rear view mirror.
Gone are the days of Whitlock fire selling his weight lifting equipment – dripping in Gates sauce – through a local fitness shop. He had bigger fish to fry, like Tucker Carlson.
Then again, what sports-minded dude could resist weighing in on Deion Sanders, Colorado’s high profile, new football coach.
And what better way to pull one’s half forgotten chestnuts out of the fire than to stick it to the most high profile person in sports and pop culture?
Think of it as a recipe for headlines reminding folks that, “I still matter.”
Case in point…
“Jason Whitlock’s career over after lying about Deion Sanders”” reads one of many headlines on YouTube and elsewhere.
“Jason Whitlock in hot water for his extremely disrespectful comments about Deion Sanders and team,” reads another.
“Despite his athletic success, wealth, natural charm, and good looks, Deion Sanders is actually insanely insecure,” Whitlock writes. “He camouflages his self-doubt with gold chains, bluster, and bullying. He’s 56 and insisted people refer to him as ‘Prime’, a secular, materialistic character he created as a child at Florida State. The lack of evolution and maturity are stunning.:”
Or how about, “Jason Whitlock Blasts Deion Sanders for targeting white reporters…”
Heck, Big Sexy’s been doing that since Day One of his writing career.
To top it off, Whitlock calls out Deion for being for bad christianity and his deviation from the word of god having rendered Sanders a third rate Christian.
Can’t stoop much lower than that, Whitlock says.
Speaking of Jason Whitlock imagery, I stumbled on to a few mini gems when scanning the internet for Big Sexy trivia:
Did you know that Whitlock means, “white hair”? Or that Jason means, “healer, the lord is salvation.”
So guess he’s qualified to spout off about religion and make folks tow the line.
Now KC’s former barbecue inhaling columnist has “blasted” Oklahoma for allowing disgraced former Baylor coach Art Briles on its sidelines Saturday.
“This is sickening…” Whitlock tweeted. “Art Briles can’t celebrate with family. Secular society is evil and hypocritical.”
Briles was fired from Baylor in 2016 for allegedly covering up a sexual assault scandal involving 15 women and members of the Baylor football team and a fraternity president.
Oklahoma football coach Brent Venables said he was “unhappy” that Briles was allowed on the sideline, but the offensive coordinator who did the deed, said it was because Briles was his kid’s grandfather.
Concert promoter Brett Mosiman‘s take on Whitlock’s critique:
“Deion is the Donald Trump of sports – he’s the gift that keeps on giving…I think it’s a nothing burger.”
I like Jason’s views on things and while I won’t always agree with him I do respect his putting out there what he thinks over what someone’s sugar coated political base/backed blabbering.
Sometimes the truth is just too much for some people. But hard hitting truth I’ll take any day over what most media is churning out today.
Fair snuff, Super…
My take is a lot of what JW puts out there is contrived or calculated and while it may or may not ring true, depending on the “eyes of the beholder,” I find much of it suspect
JW is a fraud and a troll. Always has been. His latest niche is to hitch his double extra large caboose to the right wing troll train. He saw easy pickens on that side of the aisle and people willing to swallow anything that seems remotely “christian”. Spout some bullshit about “values” and “evil” so you can perk the ears up of all of the bible thumpers and get yourself an appearance on some podcast. JW is the weather vane of “sports” media. Whatever way that wind blows…….
Hard to argue, Big Jim…
He knows how to pimp white folks – always has – and clearly it’s paid off for him.
Trouble is, when you reach a certain age, being arguably “cute” gets harder to do!
People change. Whitloock has changed for the good.
I think everybody changes for the good, up to a point…
Not sure what you’re focusing on, but yeah, I guess he’s mellowed. Not as focused on schmoozing strippers and mooching free Gate’s off of Ollie…
Who by the way, is still alive – albeit older than god – and while I’v e been told he still makes it in to some of the eateries, I have my doubts. Tried to hook up with him – even just for a phone call – and was unable to. Three years ago, I could still stop by and catch him.
I think he’s fast approaching the finishing line, maybe.
And now that I’m checking, looks like he just celeb rated his 92nd in July.
He was always arguably fit – had weight sets in his office – but that only takes you so far…
The one in the blue dress . . . is she (possibly a he?) throwing the shocker symbol?
Dunn o; you make the call
I used to hang out at his place in Nottingham, during the good old AOL chat room days. We had a “KC chat room” made up of various business types and local “celebs,” to use that term loosely. He’s sure not the guy he was then. And I think he’s sincere on his latest path, no matter how easy it is to doubt him. All things considered.
I have to give him credit. He’s reinvented himself more times than I can count and keeps coming out making a name for himself and cashing in, yet again. You can knock him down but he always gets back up. Kinda like a big, black Energizer Bunny!
Hard to argue with his version of success.
You know, SOME of us have “reinvented” our selves in a marriage or two, thinking we were doing the right thing…at the time! So I’ll cut him some slack.
Harley is back. box man is back. How good does it get? And hernia is back! Wowww.Glaze must be turning over in his grave that he didn’t get a chance to see Harley’s return in its full glory.
And what happened to smartman/ditch digger/southy and the rest of hearne’s boys on this site? God only knows but it’s time to celebrate that Harley is back….this time ready to go coast to coast on major network tv!
So lets get it started…with hernia. Read you gave up the hot life of arizona. What happened….did you run into Sammy the Bull? hEAT too much? Don’t blame you. But Ihdeard tacos are xcellent in tuscon.
Where’s the digger? I hope he didn’t retire because there are more potholes in kcmo than ever before. Black mayour would rather spend money on a jungle gym at hickman mills than on fixing holes on broadway in kc. Oh and where’s southy? Spending daddy’s money on new shoes and ties I bet.
Right wing is dead. Biden wins in 2024 putting the dagger into republicans heart but you can always get a good h*** j** from bobbert at a bettlejuice performance. Good nothing has changed. Look forward to the future. As far as hearne…he can click his red slippers and say “there’s no place like home”!
Lord have mercy!
Well, this calls for a mini celebration of sorts. So I’m going to “elevate” the H man’s tripe into a separate mini feature.
I know, I know, it’s come top that!
And a certain other past writer appears to be inching closer to unleashing some columns…stay tuned. Hey, next thing you know, maybe I’ll dig up Joyce Smith!