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ESPN boss makes right call after announcers blame Pistons fans
0 Comments | USA TODAY, November, 2004 | by Rudy Martzke
A phone call from the boss can produce changes. Just ask ESPN's NBA studio announcers.
Criticism from ESPN executive vice president Mark Shapiro contributed to the announcers altering their stances and second-guessing their initial commentary on the brawl that occurred during Friday night's Indiana Pacers-Detroit Pistons game.
Shapiro called NBA Shootaround host John Saunders and analysts Stephen A. Smith , Tim Legler and Greg Anthony on Saturday after seeing replays of them criticizing the Detroit fans for tossing beverages and debris at the players but giving a pass to Ron Artest, Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal of the Pacers for going into the stands to attack fans.
"I wish the studio hadn't laid the blame solely on the backs of the fans Friday night,"...
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