Pictured is Jalen Rose's mugshot from his DUI arrest 3 weeks ago. Well that's ok, it's not the first time someone involved in media has been arrested; the same happened to Charles Barkley a little over a year ago. However, Rose failed to report his DUI to ESPN, a serious no-no since ESPN has a policy of anchors, reporters, and analysts to report anything that might become embarrassing in the future immediately so that ESPN can deal with it in private. The DUI arrest happened around the same time as Rose's "The Fab Five" documentary was aired, which received unbelievably negative reviews for portraying the Fab Five as a much better team than they really were and for Rose continuing to call black athletes at Duke "Uncle Toms," including current Phoenix Sun Grant Hill.
Because Rose failed to report his DUI and the story was broken by TMZ, ESPN decided to pull Rose off the air. This news is absolutely fantastic because Rose no longer gets to do the Pre-Half-Post Game show, spewing his absolutely ridiculous opinions. Unfortunately, we still have to deal with Jon Barry, who infamously claimed that Kobe is too old for the Lakers to win and is now eating his words with a giant spoon.
Stuart Scott is also dealing with cancer, so he is out of action (at least for the regular season) so that's 2 down, 1 to go to get the Pre-Half-Post Game show to be decent! Now I'm not wishing any ill will towards Scott, I hope he makes a full recovery; I just wish his recovery to be as slow as possible so that he stays away from television as long as possible.
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