ESPN college basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb, like most of the World Wide Leader's employees, has to chat it up with the fans from time to time. Well, the exchange got a little out of hand last week:
Jables (NY): Has anyone ever told you that you look like Eddie from "The Munsters"?Now, this is a funny exchange, though I'm sure that ESPN wasn't thrilled about it. The archives can only be found via ESPN's Insider, but you need a subscription to view. Luckily, I do. Upon searching and searching ... it is no where to be found anymore. Curious?
Doug Gottlieb: (4:03 PM ET ) Yes, as a kid, and yet I am still on TV...
Mike Indiana: How did your mediocre basketball career prepare you for a mediocre broadcasting career?
Doug Gottlieb: (4:04 PM ET ) So your mediocre life can prepare you for a mediocre afterlife...and by the way, which one of us works for ESPN... hey and next time...when I you say 30 minutes or less....get here on time with my pizza.
John (Notre Dame): Doug, I lost my credit card, where were you last night?
SportsNation Doug Gottlieb: (4:27 PM ET ) Ask your mom.
Johns Mom (Notre Dame): GOTTLIEB I KNOW YOU STOLE MY SON'S CREDIT CARD!
SportsNation Doug Gottlieb: (4:34 PM ET ) Ten years ago I made a mistake...and payed for it...18 years ago YOU WERE your parents mistake and they are still paying for it.
The "stolen credit card" blast comes from Gottlieb getting into some heat by stealing credit cards from his roomate while at Notre Dame. He was kicked off the team and eventually convicted of misdemeanor fraud.
(Hat tip to Mo Egger via Deadspin) Sorry, No Photos

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12-07-2007 @ 4:38PM
ron said...
Oh well, maybe he can hook up with Smith and Blackistone in the ESPN mens room
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12-12-2007 @ 6:20AM
TheJackal53 said...
Good for you Doug. If fans think they are funny by razzing someone with a much better job than there's, it's pathatic how the razzer has to attempt to knock someone down to make themselves feel better.
If they dish it out, they better be able to take it.
Way to stand up to those low-lifes.
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12-12-2007 @ 6:59AM
fellasheowed said...
man crack under pressure much...as far as i am concerned and most people with a sports hobby will agree, espn is far from the end all be all in terms of journalism and credibility to say the least. if gottlieb thinks it is, bully for him, but he is showing his ignorance again when he doesn't realize how unspecial he still is...as collinsworth said best"what a tool he is"
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12-12-2007 @ 7:04AM
ST3PO said...
Absent a moral high ground, I wonder if Gottlieb has refrained from villifying other athletes who have made similar "mistakes" or has he joined other sports media shark feeding frenzies when that kind of blood is in the water? It's probably the former.
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12-12-2007 @ 7:21AM
Scott said...
Just another example of the "sorry annoucers" on the air today-ie-"Trite Terrico";"Mouth Mussberger";"Deadhead" Davies; all wannabes, that couldhave been if it hadn't been for something else-thank heaven for the mute button-ESPN is helping the employment figures by hiring otherwise failures.
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12-12-2007 @ 7:24AM
Hugh said...
It's a shame that a man cannot escape his past. Whatever Gottlieb did, it's all behind him. He's entitled to make a living and pursue a career despite past criminal convictions. I really feel for Gottlieb, in fact empathize with him. I bet that this fellow harrassing him has a past and is just jealous.
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12-12-2007 @ 7:47AM
jim said...
you people are shocked at this crap? no wonder the worlds coming to an end..lmao.....have a nice day you fuucking jackazzes....J
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12-12-2007 @ 7:47AM
jim said...
BOBBY PETRINO IS A PIECE OF SHIIT, THIS BIITCH SHOULD OF WENT TO THE JETS INSTEAD, BEWTWEEN HIM AND THAT OTHER JACKAZZ PATHETIC FAT PIMPLY FACED BIITCH, I DONT KNOW WHO IS WORSE!! HEY MR HESS, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, AFTER YOUR JETS KILLED CRUSHED!! THIS WEEKEND AT FOXBORO, WOULD YOU PLEASE TERMINATE THAT LIL GIMPY BIITCH YOU HAVE ON YOUR SIDELINE...THANK YOU....LOL
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12-12-2007 @ 7:50AM
unknown said...
What's wrong with a little midemeanor when ESPN hires the likes of Michael Irving?
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12-12-2007 @ 7:52AM
jim said...
ERIC MANGINI, DO ALL OF US JET FANS A FAVOR, GET THE FUUCK OUT OF NEW YORK!!! YOU ARE A MISERABLE PATHETIC PIMPLY FACED BIITCH OF A COACH, YOU ARE WORSE THEN BILL BLOW TIGHT AND RAY HANDLEY!!! WE CANT STAND YOU, SO GET THE HINT? JUST RESIGN LIKE A GOOD LIL AZZ CLOWN MIDGET THAT YOU ARE....OH AND DID I SAY, HAVE A NICE DAY?.....:).....J
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12-12-2007 @ 7:57AM
ESPNsux said...
I generally have a low regard for ESPN announcers, but in this case, if someone calls in an attacks the shows host like this, he should have the right to attack back. It looks as if Gottlieb got off some pretty good shots of his own.
The announcers are there to talk about sports or whatever the show happens to be about, unless they are pushing themselves, as in the case of Rush Limbaugh, other than that, the callers should direct their questions or comments to sport related items, not personal attacks on the show host. In this case, from reading the little bit that I see here, Gottlieb won those two battles.
The shot he took about the pizza and then about the guys mom, they are both classics. Hooray for him standing up and not taking that stuff off a nameless, faceless coward that calls in just to make someone look bad on a personal basis.
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12-12-2007 @ 7:57AM
jim said...
THIS IS THE GENIUS OF ERIC MANGINI ( JETS COACH) FINAL SCORE THIS WEEKEND AT FOXBORO.... NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: 59.....NEW YORK JETS 3.....DONT BE SURPISED WHEN IT HAPPENS, BILL BELACHECK IS GONNA BEAT MANGINIS HAPLESS TEAM INTO SUBMISSION, AND MR HESS IF YOU ARE READING THIS, PLEASE TERMINATE THIS LIL GIMPY BIITCH COACH OF YOURS, HE IS PATHETIC, HE CANT COACH, AND HE HAS RUINED YOUR TEAM, IN BRIEF MANGINI I HOPE THE PATRIOTS EMBARESS YOU BIG TIME, YOU SUCK MANGINI, SO GET THE HELL OUT OF NEW YORK AND GO COACH PEE WEE FOOTBALL WHERE YOU BELONG, OH AND MANGINI? DO HAVE A NICE DAY OK?....:)...J
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12-12-2007 @ 8:05AM
rick brinkley said...
" Thief "
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12-12-2007 @ 8:18AM
E-Pats said...
I think Gottlieb is actually pretty decent over at ESPN. Comparing some of the clowns that they have there.. (Like Colin "I cheated on my wife and lost my kids" Cowherd.. Stuart "Ill play the race card when a black athlete does something wrong" Scott.. and Stephen A "I make Stuart Scott look tame about playing the race card" Smith is on the airways over there.. spewing crap 24/7.. ESPN has gone to hell in a hand basket.. they used to report sports news.. and play highlights... now.. they would rather run with rumors and try to start controversy.. ESPN USED to be a great show..
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12-12-2007 @ 8:20AM
E-Pats said...
Oh.. someone mentioned Bobby Petrino.. He is a piece of crap.. Arkansas just need to realize if another job comes up that is more enticing... his ass is gone..
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12-12-2007 @ 8:25AM
Steven said...
Who really cares, the behavoir of both Gottlieb and Johns Mom comes down to Mom being jealous of Gottlieb, need anyone say more than the entire log has little or nothing to do about anything except our lack of humanity. Considering how the presidential candidates are acting does this display really surprise anyone
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12-12-2007 @ 8:25AM
Ben Dover said...
Gottleib is a fraud who committed fraud. He's been upset with ND ever since they booted him and takes evry chance to rip them and in doing so has no respect for the truth. He is a bold faced liar with virtually no talent. And as bad as ESPN radio can be, it is too good for "Mr. Fraud."
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12-12-2007 @ 8:28AM
drew said...
Nice going,Dougie...I hear Tustin High needs a basketball coach!
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12-12-2007 @ 8:46AM
chris said...
No problem with it...Actually it was a nice comeback!! Accessibility to announcers, pundits, etc is unprecedented w/ Online Chats, call in shows, etc.. If you want to take advantage of that to be a Smart Ass, Go for it!! But dont be surprised when someone call you on it!! ESPN is news and entertainment! Like most comedians...the Heckler get Heckled!! For all of you whinning about this...GO fix Doug a Latte and bus off his table!!!
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12-12-2007 @ 9:03AM
Ralph Maglio said...
Is the media personality or any medium really this pertinent to the viewing of an athletic event! Turn ther volume down, they are all self-absorbed and report only to serve their own intersets! We do not
need Marv Albert and his baggage to enjoy any sporting event at all! The media still thinks it is
okay for Barry Bonds to ingest steriods!
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