Buddy Ryan denies he directed racial slur toward Duerson
Says epithet ‘not in my vocabulary’ and former player Gayle backs him up In what may have been Dave Duerson’s final interview, the former Bears safety reportedly told writer Robert Trucks in November that upon first meeting Buddy Ryan, the salty coach told him, “Well, you won’t be here too long, because I don’t like smart (racial epithet).”
Drew Magary of Deadspin and Kissing Suzy Kolber Speaks! (1/2

God Save the Fan: How Preening Sportscasters, Athletes Who Speak in the Third Person, and the Occasional Convicted Quarterback Have Taken the Fun Out of Sports (And How We Can Get It Back) $2.10 ESPN thinks its viewers are stupid. The Olympics claw at your inner sap. Barbaro, after all, was just a horse. So says Will Leitch, founding editor of Deadspin.com, whose God Save the Fan is your new manifesto. Arch and unrepentant, Leitch is the mouthpiece for all the frustrated fans who just want their games back from big money, bloated egos, and blathering sportscasters. Always a fan first a…