Nature abhors a vacuum. At least that's what my cousin Jimmy said when his girlfriend threatened to move out if he didn't clean up his pad. A week later, still living in filth, she was gone. Two weeks later he had a new girlfriend. So I guess he was right.
Similarly, when news broke that Turner Sports had paid a cool $180 million for Bleacher Report, one of our go-to on-line sports and gambling sources, Marco and I both had the exact same thought: could we pull of the Ted Turner 'stache? The answer was, "Of course," and "You're welcome." We also simultaneously realized there was suddenly a huge void to fill in multi-billion dollar sports industry.
We have no doubt that Turner Sports, much like it once did to the liberal, open-minded grass roots Atlanta Braves organization, will turn Bleacher Report into a racist commercial industry, likely encouraging its subscribers to engage in mock Native American war chants while reading the precious Insider Articles they pay to have access to six minutes before everyone else. With Bleacher Report making like the Jeffersons, it's time for a new face in the apartment of American sports fans.
Stay tuned, folks, it might get messy. But don't worry - we hate vacuums, too.
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