ESPN Suspending Dan Le Batard For Buying This Billboard Trolling Bron Bron Is The Dumbest Thing I've Ever Heard

ESPN - Everywhere LeBron James goes, he leaves a trail of tears and frustration in his wake. Sometimes, his scorned fans burn jerseys. And sometimes, they take out advertisements that get people suspended. Dan Le Batard, a Miami-based columnist and ESPN sports talk-radio host, has been suspended two days for what ESPN termed a “stunt” involving a billboard seeking to get under the skin of James and his Ohio-based fans.First he aired the possibility of buying an advertisement in two Ohio papers: When that failed, Le Batard got physical … as in, a physical billboard in Akron: and boom, that was enough to get Le Batard a two-day suspension from the mothership. “Dan Le Batard will be off the air for two days, returning Monday,” ESPN told Yahoo Sports in a statement. “His recent stunt does not reflect ESPN’s standards and brand. Additionally, we were not made aware of his plans in advance.”

I know Spags blogged this yesterday but this story is so shocking I had to chime in on it. Not joking around this is arguably the DUMBEST thing I’ve ever heard of in my life.  It’s so outrageous I didn’t even think it was real at first.  I mean ESPN literally waited a week to suspend Stephen A Smith for saying chicks need to do a better job not provoking guys to beat them and then they suspend Dan Le Batard in heartbeat for buying billboards trolling Bron Bron in Ohio? What planet am I on? Is this earth? It just sucks that ESPN is so big and has no real competition.  It let’s them get away with this type of shit. It’s kind of like when WEEI was the only game in town in Boston. They are so arrogant and abrasive they think they can do anything.   Seriously this is just such a slap in the face to every single person with a brain. We get it Lebron runs ESPN. You are Lebron’s bitch. It’s the Lebron Network. I get all that. But still you suspend a guy for being funny and dance around a guy basically blaming domestic violence on women? DISGUSTING.