Disrespect or ignorance?

You’re reading way too much into it … I consider it a positive that they’re even carrying Phelps’ story. The story was probably written by some pimple-faced, wannabe, basketball-slappy writer who doesn’t know the difference between a back flip and the backstroke.

crocker(or crockett) certainly pisses me off though, he dq’d a relay(400 MR), that he had no business pushing the starts on, in prelims

maybe he was pissed at phelps for beating him and was getting revenge from letting phelps get another gold.. haha 😉

@chunkybearcub137 wrote:

maybe he was pissed at phelps for beating him and was getting revenge from letting phelps get another gold.. haha 😉

Doubtful… At that level, they have respect for each other. Besides, if Phelps doesn’t push Crocker and vice versa, then who’s going to push them? The only reason swimming is continually getting faster and people like Phelps, Lochter, Piersol, Hansen, Crocker, etc are getting faster is because they strive to beat each other. Give ESPN a break; they f’d up, I’m sure you all have too. I’m not even sure how “Crockett” is a derogatory or whatever. How is that typo worse than any other?

I see your point there. I’m sure it’s not the first typo, but the fact that it’s swimming and swimming is an overlooked sport does rub some salt into the wound.

This crap goes on all the time and it’s not only in swimming. Just last week the Detroit Tigers resigned potential MVP Carlos Guillen to a multi-year year extension … it was big news in baseball because Guillen was going to be a free agent at the end of the year and was to be, arguably, the hottest commodity on the market. Not only did Sports Illustrated misspell his name but they showed a picture of his teammate Omar Infante (his name was even visible on his uniform) over the headline.

That some idiot writer misspelled a name is not a slam or an indictment vs. swimming but, rather, a really poor reflection on the writer specifically and journalism in general. The lack of professionalism and accuracy in journalism is as old as the enterprise itself.

I think that it is such a joke when I hear Sports Reporters talk about swimming. So many of them in fact all of them have no clue. They were talking about Phelps on ESPN news the other day and it is just embarassing to listen too. Half the time they don’t get the names right and the other half they can’t get the times right.

I agree it is just some numnut reported not knowing anything about swimming. Heck they are too busy publishing the results of some interim stage of the iditerod instead of reporting results of age group championships in texas in which local boy won 14 yr old high point. Iditerod in San Antonio TX yeah big readership following!!!