Word: tolbert
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...like a shining beacon of hope, and fitting the requisite criteria of being at least tangentially involved with the NBA Draft, possibly incompetent and alive—tight rules, really—a man stepped up to save us all from our collective funk: Tom Tolbert...
...first time I ever saw Tolbert on television, I honestly thought he was former center Matt Geiger. At least, a slightly more svelte, self-confident, even amiable Matt Geiger who puzzlingly got a job as an ESPN/ABC analyst. None of that bewilderment was erased, notably, when I found that it was in fact Tom Tolbert...
Regardless, it didn’t take long for the Garden to smell blood. Even as the lottery picks were being called, people focused their attention acutely on Tolbert, who had done nothing wrong on this night. His reputation, unfortunately, preceded him. He is pretty well-known by NBA fans in general as a brashly self-assured commentator who seemingly lacks the commentating chops. Arguably, he is Steven A. Smith, except white, not entertaining, and without the ability to angrily strike the fear of God into your heart. And so they pounced...
...Professor Turner believes that "if we err too far on the side of civil liberties, an awful lot of Americans could lose their lives." Funny, I thought an awful lot of Americans had already lost their lives defending those same liberties. LAREN TOLBERT Atlanta...