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By Rob Maaddi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA
Donovan McNabb doesn’t mind
criticism of his performance.
He’s upset that Rush Limbaugh
made his race an issue.
And the Philadelphia
Eagles’ quarterback says it’s
late for an apology from the
show host, who said the
media has overrated McNabb
because they want to see a
ick quarterback succeed.
“It’s somewhat shocking to
hear that on national TV from
n,” McNabb said Wednesday.
;’s not something that I can sit
bere and say won’t bother me.”
Limbaugh insisted
Wednesday he had “no racist
t whatsoever.” In fact,
ihe conservative commenta-
lor said he must have been
otherwise, the com-
s would not have
sparked such outrage.
Before McNabb led the |
ales to a 23-13 victory over |
the Buffalo Bills on Sunday,
Limbaugh said on ESPN’s
pregame show that he didn’t
McNabb was as good as
perceived from the start.
think what we’ve had
bere is a little social concern in
NFL. The media has been
very desirous that a black quar
terback do well,” Limbaugh
on “Sunday NFL
Countdown.” “There is a little
invested in McNabb, and
be got a lot of credit for the per
formance of this team that he
’(deserve. The defense car
ried this team.”
Limbaugh did not back down
ring his syndicated radio talk
show Wednesday.
All this has become the
tempest that it is because I must
been right about some-
,” Limbaugh said. “If I
wasn’t right, there wouldn't be
cacophony of outrage that
has sprung up in the sports
writer comm unity.”
The NFL disclaimed any
responsibility.
“ESPN knew what it was
getting when they hired Rush
Limbaugh,” league vice presi
dent Joe Browne said. “ESPN
selects its on-air talent, not the
NFL.”
Chris Berman, who anchors
the ESPN show, said he did not
believe Limbaugh’s tone or
intent was malicious.
“As cut and dry as it seems in
print, I didn’t think so when it
went by my ears,” he said. “I
probably should have looked to
soften it. We’re sorry we upset a
guy who got off to a rough start.
We don’t need to be in the middle
of his travails.”
McNabb said someone on the
show should have taken on
Limbaugh. Among the other pan
elists are former players Michael
Irvin and Tom Jackson, both of
whom are black.
«
It's not something I
can sit here and say
won’t bother me. ’
MCNABB
“I’m not pointing at anyone
but someone should have said
it,” McNabb said of the pan
elists, who also include former
quarterback Steve Young. “1
wouldn’t have cared if it was
the cameraman.”
Limbaugh was scheduled to
be in Philadelphia on Thursday
to speak at a broadcast conven
tion. McNabb said he wouldn't
be welcome at Eagles’ practice.
“I really don’t want to see
him.” McNabb said. “You can
say you’re sorry all you want, it
doesn't matter. It’s been said.”
The extent of the controversy
became more evident when
Democratic presidential candi
date Wesley Clark urged ESPN
to fire Limbaugh. Clark, a retired
Army general who entered the
race Sept. 17, called the remarks
“hateful and ignorant speech.”
The NAACP also con
demned Limbaugh’s remarks,
calling them “bigoted and igno
rant,” and called for the network
to fire Limbaugh or at least pro
vide an opposing point of view
on the show.
“It is appalling that ESPN has
to go to this extent to try to
increase viewership,” NAACP
President Kweisi Mfume said in
a statement.
McNabb, who was runner-up
for the league MVP award in
2000 and has led the Eagles to
two straight NFC championship
games, said he has no quarrel
with Limbaugh’s comment on
his ability.
“I know I played badly the
first two games,” he said.
McNabb got off to the worst
start of his career this season and
was the NFL’s lowest-rated start
ing quarterback after losses to
Tampa Bay and New England.
Still, the Eagles are 36-22 in
games he has started, includ
ing 4-3 in the playoffs.
Limbaugh on Wednesday
reiterated that he doesn’t
think McNabb is a bad play
er, just that he isn't as good
as some media members
think he is.
“This is such a mountain
out of a molehill,” he said.
“There’s no racism here,
there’s no racist intent
whatsoever.”
Seven black quarterbacks
started games last weekend. Two
other blacks who regularly start,
Daunte Culpepper of Minnesota
and Michael Vick of Atlanta,
were out with injuries.
Asked about Limbaugh’s
comments, Eagles defensive end
N.D. Kalu said: “He speaks well,
he’s well-read, but he’s an idiot.”
Limbaugh is the radio host
of the politically focused
“Rush Limbaugh Show,”
which is syndicated in more
than 650 markets worldwide.
He spent most of the 1990s
assailing then-President
Clinton and now spends
Sunday mornings talking foot
ball, a job he called “the fulfill
ment of a dream.”
Limbaugh has helped increase
the ratings for “Sunday NFL
Countdown.” ESPN spokesman
Dave Nagle said ratings are up 10
percent overall. Sunday’s show
drew its biggest audience in the
regular season since 1996.
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who has any love and drive for the game, that’s
very disappointing,” Coakley said. “You don’t
want to go out like that, especially if you’re the
caliber of player he is.”
Defensive end Greg Ellis gave Smith the ben
efit of the doubt, figuring his
point just came out wrong.
“Maybe he got ahead of
himself and said some things
probably wishes he could
: back,” he said. “But once
it goes in black and white, it’s
done with. You can’t take
it back.”
Smith was well on his way
to becoming the NFL’s career
rushing leader by the time most of the Cowboys
came into the league. They knew the rule: Take
it easy on No. 22.
So, even without the added incentive, there
already would be the excitement of finally get-
gto go after him.
“We thudded him up, but it was never full-
contact, taking him to the ground,” Ellis said,
’m not going to take it easy on him. He’s not
ting to take it easy on me either. When he tries
to cut me, he’s going to really be getting after
me. I’ve got to return the favor.”
The game also could become a showcase for
Troy Hambrick, who lobbied hard to replace
i last season.
SMITH
He’s getting his wish this season. He started
slow, then broke out with 127 yards in a victory
over the Jets on Sunday. His 240 yards in three
games easily tops Smith’s 193 in four games.
Hambrick also is averaging 3.9 yards per carry
to 3.1 for Smith.
Given the chance to gloat or make a bold pre
diction, Hambrick opted to avoid saying
anything that might wind up on Arizona’s bul
letin board.
“Put the pressure on the offensive line,” he
said. “Go find those big guys that weigh 300
pounds, got a little fat hanging off the sides, and
tell them they’ve got to dominate the defensive
line this week.”
There’s one other relationship that will be
interesting to see Sunday: How the fans react.
Although Smith was a big reason for three of
the Super Bowl banners hanging from the rafters
in Texas Stadium, and there’s another commem
orating his rushing record, the trash comment is
still reverberating — especially as much as it’s
being rehashed this week.
Some fans already were annoyed by his com
plaints about carries last season. There also was
a public-relations mess when he declined an
invitation to be inducted into the Texas Sports
Hall of Fame in February.
Despite it all. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is
expecting Smith to be cheered, and thinks he
should be.
“Those comments this summer are so far
overshadowed by what Emmitt has meant and
been to our fans and this franchise,” Jones said.
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