Comments on: The (not so) secret lives of men

By: BEN

BEN — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:04:09 +0000

THIS HAS TO BE THE WORST MEAN SPIRITED THREAD I’VE EVER READ ON THE YANKEES LOHUD BLOG.PETE WOULDN’T LIKE THIS SMUT EITHER!!

By: Sesn Ryan

Sesn Ryan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:21:05 +0000

Doesn’t surprise me that a blood sucker likes blood.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:18:07 +0000

If Tiger was a better lair……I was on my way to the Mobil Mart to get some pepto bismol for my kid who was up until 2 am with a tummy ache. My wife wore me up, and I headed out half asleep. I trid to change the channel on the radio, (I hate what Elin listens to) and
I crossed the road and hit the hydrant.

The trouble is his lack of lying skills. If he had 1/100 the pratice of Rodger Clemens for example, this would be over. ;-0

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:46:05 +0000

Sorry I used the apostrophe on the wrong word. Grammar mistakes annoy me.

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:44:13 +0000

My primary contention with your post is that most of these athlete’s families or not famous. I will presume that their marriages are based on love and respect for another and not an opportunity to cash in. With that in mind, A-Rod’s wife and kids did not sign up to be publicly humiliated. Tiger’s wife did not sign up to be publicly embarrassed and the subject of polls like the one in the new york post. If you want to explore the stories involving the athletes themselves that is one thing but when you bring in their families who are in the shadows the majority of the time I think you have crossed the line. What goes on in Tiger’s home or A-Rod’s home is their business and shouldn’t be the interest of reporters or the public. These athletes families’ aren’t famous on the good days, only the bad ones.

By: Mr. Faded Glory

Mr. Faded Glory — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:37:28 +0000

*”You don’t only get to be famous on the good days.”*

Sam, it’s one thing to look into something like this, which could be a criminal matter and certainly involves police investigation. It’s entirely another thing to delve into divorce proceedings especially when children are involved. Famous or not, there’s no lines anymore.

By: 46fan

46fan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:22:44 +0000

William:
“November 30th, 2009 at 11:57 am
This is a fair explanation, but the bottom line is the media writes about these stories because people read them. ”

And often the people have no choice because the media reports some stuff ad nauseum….

By: Marco

Marco — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:18:39 +0000

Sam, you’re a well known person too. People look up to you. People listen to what you have to say. Everyone who reads this blog and most that read your paper know who you are. You put your work and what you think about out to the public for all the world to see. People read you from other continents so your are definitely more famous than the normal “person.”

People [with no lives] would like to know your every move, thought, fight with your significant other and by your line of thinking, have a right to that knowledge.

If a public figure has the lost the right to privacy, at what point to they lose that right? How “famous” does one have to be to be fair game to the paparazzi?

By: 46fan

46fan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:16:40 +0000

Tiger Woods is a public person, however, he is entitled to his privacy. I wonder how you or any other reporter would feel if something similar happened to you and others were prying into every aspect of your personal life….the real problem here is that while 4 police officers were murdered execution style in the state of Washington, Tiger Woods’s personal business was the headline on the news…kind of describes what the priorities are in the news these days….

By: william

william — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:57:03 +0000

This is a fair explanation, but the bottom line is the media writes about these stories because people read them. In other words, this kind of material earns money. As long as reporters don’t argue that they are performing an important journalistic endeavor, I have no problem with them trying to make some money off of someone else’s fame.