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Anyone remember Jimmy the Greek?
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:48 am
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:48 am
What was the story with him getting pulled off the air? Freedom of speech and whatnot?
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Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:51 am to Wichita Co Tiger
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What was the story with him getting pulled off the air? Freedom of speech and whatnot?
Something about blacks being genetically bred to be good at sports.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:51 am to Wichita Co Tiger
Compared physical differences between blacks and whites. Said blacks were faster and jumped better because.....
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:52 am to LordSaintly
I thought Howard Cosell made that comment
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:53 am to Wichita Co Tiger
He said something racist on the air during a football game.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:53 am to Nosevens
Nope, it was Jimmy.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:54 am to Nosevens
Cosel sad
"look at that monk@% run"
"look at that monk@% run"
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:55 am to Nosevens
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I thought Howard Cosell made that comment
Cosell commenting on Alvin Garrett of the Redskins on a Monday Night game said, "look at that little monkey go."
Jimmy the Greek said that during the slavery days that blacks were bred to be big, strong and fast. So better than whites.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:55 am to LordSaintly
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Something about blacks being genetically bred to be good at sports.
He said it in a pretty crude way but they knew he was a bookie and lowlevel mobster when they hired him.
The biggest bucks were bred to the biggest nannies or something along those lines. How he said it was a lot worse than what he said.
This post was edited on 9/19/25 at 10:58 am
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:55 am to Wichita Co Tiger
I remember it very well.
JTG said black men were had better genes when it came to sports. So he was branded a racist and removed.
JTG said black men were had better genes when it came to sports. So he was branded a racist and removed.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:55 am to Nosevens
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I thought Howard Cosell made that comment
It was Jimmy the Greek, He said something racist on the air during a football game.
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In January 1988, sports commentator Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder was fired by CBS for making racist comments during a televised interview. The remarks focused on Black athletes, claiming they were "bred" for sports during slavery and that Black people were taking over sports jobs that had traditionally gone to white people.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:55 am to LordSaintly
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Something about blacks being genetically bred to be good at sports.
Spot on… dude got fired for paying a compliment.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:56 am to Wichita Co Tiger
Something like big mama and Mandingo stuff
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:56 am to Nosevens
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I thought Howard Cosell made that comment
Didn’t Costello say something along the the lines of “That little monkey gets loose, doesn't he?‘
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:57 am to Wichita Co Tiger
He said at a restaurant or something I think??? that blacks are faster because of a difference in the leg muscles or something like that.
Right are wrong (on the anatomy) it wasn't racist. It was just pointing out a biological difference.
Right are wrong (on the anatomy) it wasn't racist. It was just pointing out a biological difference.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 10:59 am to omegaman66
Yeah I don't think he'd be fired today. He didn't deserve to be fired back then.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:00 am to omegaman66
It is incredible that people can say anything they want about a white man without fear of losing anything.
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:02 am to Wichita Co Tiger
What he stated was 100% true. It wasn't acceptable, as these things "should not be talked about".
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:02 am to zuluboudreaux
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Didn’t Costello say something along the the lines of “That little monkey gets loose, doesn't he?‘
You are right. I forgot about that.
1983 Monday Night Football
Posted on 9/19/25 at 11:04 am to Tigergreg
Weren't bred for sports. Bred for hard heavy slave work.
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