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People & Personalities: Bayless Not Fined By ESPN For Controversial Comment On Manziel

SI.com's Richard Deitsch notes ESPN "First Take" co-host Skip Bayless last week called Browns QB Johnny Manziel an "alcoholic" on air, but there "was no discipline for Bayless." An ESPN spokesperson in a statement said, "When discussing the widely reported public behavior, Skip based his comments on information he has from sources within and around the Browns’ organization with knowledge of Manziel's continued pattern of behavior, as well as Skip's personal family experiences with alcoholism.” Deitsch writes the "rules for others" at ESPN "clearly don't apply" to Bayless. Deitsch: "That is power" (SI.com, 1/6).

ROME IS BURNING: CNN.com's Emanuella Grinberg noted CBS Sports' Jim Rome "apologized for calling members of marching bands 'dorks' after Band Nation schooled [Rome] on what it takes to be in a band." Rome "started the controversy" during the halftime of the Rose Bowl with a since-deleted tweet that read, "Is there anyone not in a marching band who thinks those dorks running around with their instruments are cool?" Musicians and marching bands "responded using the hashtag #MarchOnRome" (CNN.com, 1/3). 

TRENDING FOR THE WRONG REASON; In Sacramento, Nick Janes noted longtime NBA writer Peter Vecsey "is under fire" from Kings fans for a tweet about team Managing Partner Vivek Ranadive. Fans said that Vecsey's tweet about Ranadive, "referring to him as 'Aladdin Ranadive' was racist." Outrage was "immediate as dozens of angry replies slammed the post as racist." Vecsey "became a trending topic in Sacramento on Twitter" (CBSLOCAL.com, 1/2).  

TAKING THE CHECKERED FLAG: ESPN.com NASCAR reporter Ed Hinton wrote his final column last week after covering motorsports for 47 years. Hinton wrote, "Now I can write for myself. Probably novels, for and about baby boomers." Hinton called his departure a "perfect storm of good timing." Hinton: "I am full retirement age, weary of deadlines, sick to death of writing about motor racing in all its forms. ... It is without a single tear of nostalgia, without a sniff of bitterness, just with a free and easy sigh of relief, that I say goodbye" (ESPN.com, 12/31).

MEDIA MOVES: ESPN's Jeannine Edwards "has re-signed with the network as part of a multi-year deal." She will be based in Stillwater, Okla. (SI.com, 1/5).

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