[NU Sports] FW: re: alums Colbert & Musburger

[Weinbaum, Willie]

(from Sports Business Daily)

Last night's edition of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" aired the recurring segment "Stephen Colbert's Sport Report," which features graphics and music very similar to ESPN's "SportsCenter." Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert: "My strong support of steroid use has made me a lonely voice in sports journalism, until last week when respected veteran sportscaster Brent Musburger told a journalism class at the University of Montana that professional athletes could be allowed to use steroids. ... It's about time someone besides me endorsed steroid use. Sports are boring. Just last week in the baseball playoffs, there was a total snooze-fest. ... The Cincinnati Reds didn't get a single hit, and that could have been avoided if the Reds' players had shot themselves up with a combination of HGH and Minwax Mahogany Wood Finish. Then not only would they be huge, their arms would turn into bats." ("The Colbert Report," Comedy Central, 10/13).