So you see, kids, when you’re feuding with a man who has 2,458,559 Twitter followers, this is how you settle it. You apologize. Quickly. Lance Armstrong wins this one, as foot-in-mouth specialist Tony Kornheiser steps back from his comments on Washington D.C. bicyclists, and how he would advocate drivers “bumping” them off the road with their cars. Kornheiser’s March 11 rant on his ESPN radio show drew snickers of agreement from those in the studio during, but not from Armstrong, who was one of the first athletes to grasp the significance of Twitter and wields it like Inigo Montoya wields a sword. Remember when Armstrong’s bike was stolen, and within minutes he had several thousand people looking for it? Pretty much the same thing happened here, as his followers besieged ESPN with emails and tweets, with Kornheiser’s sloppy mea culpa soon to follow. But not before ESPN took down the archive of the original comment, apparently.
Fortunately, as of this writing, it was still on YouTube.
Kornheiser gets something out of this as well; Armstrong will appear on his show today. What’s interesting to me is how Tony is going to explain the following quote to a cancer survivor and seven-time Tour de France winner:
“You see them (cyclists) with their little water bottles and shiny shorts, the same disgusting poseurs who in the middle of a snowstorm are out on the street cross country skiing.”
Bet it doesn’t come up.
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Oh Kornheiser, you’ve done it again, you big dope [Out of Bounds]
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- Skids - Mar 19, 2010 at 8:53 AM
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He should be fired for all the things he has said. Besides, who in hell made him a “celebrity.?”
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- dave - Mar 19, 2010 at 9:06 AM
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He has to apologize for that comment!? What a bunch of babies. Gotta compensate for their weak self image by spending $5000 on a bike, putting on skin-tight shorts, buying $200 shades and a skin-tight shirt so you can go “riding.” Get a life. My buddy rides for exercise and fun, but he says he really can’t stand most other cyclists because they’re total douche bags.
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- Paul in KY - Mar 19, 2010 at 10:38 AM
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dave, those ‘skin-tight’ shorts all come with a pad in them. If you ride any more than 10 or so miles a day, you will beg for a pad & will gladly wear the ‘skin-tight’ shorts (so as to get the pad).
Of course, if you are a schlub who makes people vomit when they see you in ‘skin-tight’ shorts, then you can always wear a mumu over the shorts.
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- Ringo - Mar 19, 2010 at 11:54 AM
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“dave” – obviously you are trolling when you make comments like that. Perhaps you should make intelligent posts instead of the type that make you look like an ass.
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- Ann Mitchell - Mar 19, 2010 at 12:15 PM
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I am sick of this feud between car drivers and bikers. The road belongs to everyone. Bikers wear the slick clothes because they are aero-dynamic, and padded where you need it, for both women and men. Hey, you arrogant slobs – get healthy, get rid of that big gut, and RIDE!
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- Ed/Trekcyclist - Mar 19, 2010 at 1:38 PM
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Roads were first started in Central Park NY for R U ready Bicycles!
We all need to share the road. There are bad drivers on both sides of the fence.. Please get off the hate issue we are all people. Fathers, mothers sisters and brothers!
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- Ed/Trekcyclist - Mar 19, 2010 at 1:41 PM
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Roads were first started in Central Park NY for R U ready Bicycles!
We all need to share the road. There are bad drivers on both sides of the fence.. Please get off the hate issue we are all people. Fathers, mothers sisters and brothers!
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- Ed/Trekcyclist - Mar 19, 2010 at 1:43 PM
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Roads were first started in Central Park NY for R U ready Bicycles!
We all need to share the road. There are bad drivers on both sides of the fence.. Please get off the hate issue we are all people. Fathers, mothers sisters and brothers!
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- Eric - Mar 19, 2010 at 4:25 PM
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Would this jerk Korheiser still have a job if he suggested that kids go and take a gun to school and shoot other kids but not to kill them but just scare them? How about if he told his former listeners to take a bomb to the airport and blow it up just to scare others? He needs to be fired. I’m done with ESPN until he’s gone.
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