Outkick’s Jason Whitlock is apparently a huge fan of Tony Dungy, such a big fan in fact, that Shannon Sharpe merely mentioning the former coach’s name on TV and on Twitter spawned a 700 word column. Whitlock does not hold back on his feelings for either man.
Wednesday on Skip & Shannon: Undisputed, Sharpe said that when a white player or owner says something deemed insensitive, Tony Dungy is there to tell everyone that the player or owner isn’t a bad person.
“Where is our guy?” Sharpe asked when discussing DeSean Jackson invoking the name of Hitler in an anti-Semitic post on Instagram. “Where is the person we have if a black slips up that’s in the Jewish community that can come to our defense like they send Tony Dungy out to go to everybody else’s defense?”
Jason Whitlock used several puns in his takedown of Sharpe, referring to him as “Rev. Shannon Al Sharpe-tongue,” “Rev. Sharpe,” and “Shannon Al.” He also writes that Dungy is someone he views as a role model.
“I am a huge Tony Dungy fan. I aspire to live my life with the kind of class, purpose and impact as Tony Dungy.”
Whitlock took it a step further. The writer spends most of the column calling Sharpe “a race-baiting sports TV studio host.” He says people like Sharpe are incapable of understanding people like Tony Dungy.
“To the best of his ability, in all endeavors, Dungy operates like a Christian. That’s why he defended Drew Brees. Dungy’s instincts are to align his actions with his faith more than his race. Sharpe pretends to align his actions with his race.”
Sharpe’s jab at Dungy was backhanded. Whitlock, counter-punching on behalf of Dungy, was pointed. While Sharpe has yet to respond to Whitlock directly, he has not backed down from Outkick readers taking shots at him on Twitter.
Im a huge sports fan! I never thought I’d see the day when I had to give up both CNN and ESPN! As a white person you can no longer watch those networks, w/o getting angry or hating yourself! It’s sad, but more than anything it’s real! It’s happening! Whether or not I like it, I’m going to have to choose a side!
Shut up
If you can’t watch ESPN then go watch fox sports. You know, the network that fired Whitlock
Jason Whitlock will do anything to stay relevant in sports media, nobody cares about your opinions anymore that’s why you’re not on T.V. , good riddance!!!!
John Green, choosing a side will have you angry are hating yourself, so therefore I do not recommend choosing a side, I recommend choosing truth. Truth will always have you standing on the right side without choosing a side. Not to an individual’s truth that has become their reality,,,,, their reality is far from reality but the truth that leads to love for all of humanity through an individual.
You don’t watch any of them anyway because you would know that Sharpe is not on ESPN , he on FS1.
Really? Jason Whitlock? The same guy that never backs black anything? That guy? He hates being black.
Oh bohoooo. Stop crying white man.
John Green, Like it or not you will have to chose. You’re blaming CNN and ESPN like they started all this. Just caution yourself not to end up on the wrong side of history. >>> See the confederacy.
It is sad. Very sad that you would somehow insinuate that FOX news refrains from race baiting. It is hilarious only 2 pundits on that entire network are true journalists. The rest are just 45 talking heads.
Oh and btw Mr. Sharpe works for FOX.