I HOPE RICHARD OLIVER GETS CANCER
12.28.07
As a commenter pointed out the other day, some guy I've never heard of who works for some Texas newspaper called With Leather "a cancer." Because he's a retarded newspaper columnist, most of his paragraphs are only one sentence long, so I did him the favor of condensing his thoughts below (I also added some links that Dick might find illuminating):
With some notable exceptions, such as Deadspin or the accountable media at reputable newspapers such as this one, reading the unedited, unregulated, untalented hacks churning out irresponsible pap on the Internet is a bit like watching Pauly Shore attempt Shakespeare in the Park.
[Regarding Dick Vitale], With Leather offered a startling response. "I HOPE IT'S CANCER," the headline blared. Part of an increasing landscape of shock blasts proffered under the guise of journalism, mirroring the vitriolic rants of some of the underbelly radio talk-show hosts out there, the site didn't stop there. "I loathe the man," it offers. "People who defend him because they like his enthusiasm are the same kind of people who admire the Nazis' efficiency."
Fortunately, for those who do admire Vitale's work, his time away from the cameras will enable him to concentrate even more on an amazing commitment to philanthropic initiatives. Whatever you think of the man, the millions he raises annually to fight dread diseases — most notably cancer — is a blessing all of us can, or should, appreciate.
Much has been made in recent months about the death rattle of newspapers, and there's little doubt that more and more readers, particularly from a younger demographic, are surfing online for their news. As [Michael] Wilbon told AOL's The Fanhouse, a destination for solid blogs, "I'm old. You build up your reading habits over a lifetime."
Oh yes. I definitely try to pass off everything on With Leather as journalism, especially when I'm cheering for cancer. I'm also very serious about drug use, murdering prostitutes, and an aggressive eugenics program that would eliminate the developmentally disabled. That's why young people are drawn to this cancer that's killing newspapers — because the opinions I have are feasible and should be taken seriously.

hey wait. i would kill to see pauly shore attempt shakespeare in the park.
If what you're saying is true, San Antonio has a newspaper.
You mean I should stop riding my skateboard into railings and buildings in hopes of appearing on one of your journalistic video posts?? Dammit, now what'll I do with my free time?
I'll bet this guy takes Maddox seriously too.
So, at 32 I'm still considered part of the "younger demographic"? Sa-weet.
Stephen J. Cannell IS Grandpa Simpson IN "I'll be in my cold cold grave before I recognize a joke": the Richard Oliver story
Can he explain how his brand of media is "accountable"? They make thousands of mistakes a year and the only thing they have to do is bury a 1/4" correction on page 17 of the want ads.
This guy and and Stephen A. Smith should do lunch, and by lunch I mean have gay sex with each other.
This just in:
Chris Mortenson is reporting that Richard Oliver is a fucking twat. Word on the street is that this is the first time Mort has been right all year.
I like how he adds that Vitale fights not only regular diseases, but CANCER as well, as if it's somehow a "fuck you" to this site. "You hope it's cancer? Well you know what? Vitale FIGHTS that shit in his spare time. You should feel badly now."
Washington Post writer and ESPN host Michael Wilbon was interviewed again about blogs last week, and again he nailed the problems that most serious journalists have with the ever-expanding fount of information — and misinformation — being splayed across your computer screens.
Yes….leave the spouting of misinformation to the professionals who have been doing it on the printed page and the television screens for decades!
Wait, Dick, are you telling me that With Leather is not a reputable source for journalism? My world has been shattered.
Obviously, someone didn't read the "People who get offended… should probably just leave now, because I hate you already" thingy.
And turning to Wilbon about sports blogging is questionable.
+1000 to Matt
Love the Rube Tag, Hunter would be proud.
Jerk.
He looks a little like Mel Gibson's mugshot. He probably hates this site because everyone who comments is Jewish. (Joke's on him…I was born a snake handler, and I'll die a snake handler.)
Its going to be fantastic when, in about 5-10 years, newspapers have gone the way of old school radio programs and every columnist currently employed by the print media will be shilling their wares on a blog, trying to get an audience.
Maybe they'll even use humor to entertain and increase readership. But, of course, we ham-fisted mongoloids won't be able to distinguish between humor and actual opinions and we will need someone to tell us what to think. But we won't have the print media there to save us. What will we do?
Hell between With Leather and the hilarious degenerates at KSK, this is about the only straightforward sport related shit that I care about.
The “professionals” at ESPN have been fucking things up for the average sports fan for the last fifteen years, and they do it under the guise of improving coverage. Fuck that, and fuck this small fry turd.
reputable newspapers such as this one
Hate to break it to you, hayseed, but the only thing reputable in San Antonio is Mexican Syphillis.
So he's not disaggreeing with the Nazis' efficiency?
my favorite part was when we spammed his email with hate mail and penis enhancer product ads.
roliver@express-news.net
well done matt. i love a getting a good hate on.
Boy this Richard Oliver isn’t doing much to dispel the theory that people with two first names should be brutally murdered.
Stop it, Dick! YOU'RE ONLY MAKING WITH LEATHER MORE FAMOUS!
Wow, a newspaper in San Antonio that's written in English?
Richard Oliver must be part of a robust "Hire the handicapped" campaign. In the world of "hire the handicapped, they're fun to watch" he has to be the exception to the rule.
Hate to break it to you, hayseed, but the only thing reputable in San Antonio is Mexican Syphillis.
Oh shit….I knew I shouldn't have taken that "business trip" two weeks ago.
disaggreeing
G-G-Gee Pauly, do you write for a San Antonio newspaper or what?
Matt from center stage: “Well said Richard, allow me to retort”, QUEUE SHOTGUN BLAST
any you think buckeye fans are sensitive….sheesh…..
ko stop trying to make this about u. this has nothing to do with being sensitive either. You're missing the whole point (just like our friend Dicky O) This site is a sports blog done with humour. The comments are no different. Matt sets it up and we (well… not me, but some of the good commenters) knock it outta the park. Stop the hate, sit back and laugh. or you can catch the next flight to SA for the lunch time circle jerk. Bring Triscuits though, Dick likes the way the grooves catch all the goodness.
Geez Matt you should tone down the sarcasm a little, I've been practicing "With Leather made me do it, it's like a cancer, your honor" for the past two weeks with my lawyer ( I somehow passed the shrink exam ), that defense could go down the drain if the whole world finds out this site is for entertainment, which isn't blatantly obvious to retards it seems, well at least for retards in San Antonio, maybe the Mexican Syphillis strike the funny bone first.
Dick says, "All too often, the result is so deploringly inept or downright deploring that there isn't enough Visine at the drugstore to soothe our scorched retinas."
I suppose since according to Dick everyting written on the internet is serious business and to be taken literally we have to assume either this guy has the brightness on his monitor cranked waaaay up, or somehow Ufford's words have the power to burn eyes through the internets. Impressive.
It is a good thing I always read With Leather with sunglasses on, but that's just because I'm blind.
Because he's a retarded newspaper columnist, most of his paragraphs are only one sentence long
Matt, Steve Kelley takes great offense to your disparaging insult about newspaper sports columnists who routinely use one-sentence paragraphs, and asks that you sing Ring Around the Rosey while he draws a pony and Spongebob having a picnic.
elranito – he just takes everything on the internet seriously. He's currently doing a shocking exposé on 2girls1cup.com and how the girl eating poop has put herself in tremendous health problems if she continues on her diet of feces and vomit.
Not that i watched that shit, or anything.
C'mon people, he KNOWS humor. Just read the end of the article:
"Dousing the fame: Olympic snowboarder Shaun White was cited recently by authorities in Breckenridge, Colo., for setting off a fire extinguisher in a game room. According to a police report, a security camera at the Beaver Run Resort showed “a white male with long red hair pulling the pin” to set off the extinguisher and later “holding a pool cue and ‘playfully' chasing a young woman around video game machines.” He'll have to return to appear in court in March. Yikes, has this guy been hitting the pipe or something?"
Sorry Matt, but cancer jokes and true stories about hookers don't match up to this guy's incredible wit. Admit defeat.
"the guise of improving coverage"
Whomever the hell said that bout the 4-Letter…… Well put.
Is this guy Wolfman Jack???
And there is no doubt about it…Richard Oliver is a member of LAZYTOWN!!!
Ok, now take your left index finger, and your left thumb and put it up to the screen where “wolfman Jacks” head is, ok now close your right eye…see your crushing his head and its all over now. So back to work bitches!
Oh, I forgot. He’s a douche!
Wait a minute….you're not serious about killing strippers??? Maybe I should go in the back yard and lay a couple more layers of top soil down……
This guy seems jealous that WithLeather gets read more than all of the writers combined on his crappy san antonio news site….
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Mr. Oliver, sir, I'll consider your opinions as soon as your masthead directs me to 'expect sports and tits'. Until then, I bid you good day.
lime, anomalyg. lime is important when burying strippers.
What is irresponsible "pap"?? Aren't pap smears a check for booby-cancer? So he's saying you're evil for giving someone cancer and then saying getting checked for booby cancer is "irresponsible"?
There can be only one conclusion: Dick-O hates boobies (hard to believe with his well trimmed man-moss I know)
Oliver, Dick. Pretty clever pen name for a tranny.
with leather – the SS of sports blogs.
in your FUCKIN FACE!
Not you withleather guy, that newspaper fella. And Im from texas
"the result is so deploringly inept or downright deploring"
Hmm, he seems to like the word deploring a lot. He and SAS need to get together sometime to name their favorite "Wreckless Blog" awardees.
Earlier this week I outed myself as a douchebag. While I stand by that characterization, it is clear to me now that there are many levels of douchebaggery.
@Hugh B. Brown
I think this guy is ranked Shichi-dan: Seventh Degree Douchebag
Beardy does have some interesting stories on his page, which he fails to do justice to. You should steal them and show him how it should be done. He'd appreciate that. I especially like the story about the soccer player facing deportation back to Sierra Leone and possible mutilation by machete because his father practices witchcraft. It's an irresponsible piece because it kind of implies that Africa is a dangerous, primitive place with dinosaurs.
Hate to spoil the lovely little sausagefest but I agree with much of what Richard Oliver says. He isn't saying sports commentary is the exclusive domain of journalists. He says there should be some accountability for what is written. Many bloggers, like the one at this site, hide behind their little make-believe names and write nasty and slanderous things without fear of consequence. And then they make themselves martyrs or go into the attack mode when somebody challenges them. Funny, how in the land of free speech, I have had posts removed from this site when I have previously challenged things that are written here. It seems to me that you can dish it up, but you can't take it. By the way, what is your name and phone number? Richard Oliver posts his – it's part of being accountable.
Matt2, you are a fag. Is that mature enough for you? Go to Hell or even worse, go to Doogie's basement.
Matt has never said that he was a journalist who's goal was to break stories. He makes fun of idiots…that is all. If you can't handle it, go read Field and Stream like a good little douche.
Hey Enrico … read what I wrote again … maybe you will get it the second time … and then go fuck yourself, asshole …
I did, and it's still bullshit. Just like it was the first time. If you don't like it, go 69 Dick-O down on the River Walk.
Like I said, Enrico — take that little penis of yours and try to fuck yourself …
Many bloggers, like the one at this site, hide behind their little make-believe names and write nasty and slanderous things without fear of consequence.
Which hilarious bit of pop culture is "Matt Ufford" a reference to?
I like how Matt2 tries to take the moral and intellectual high ground, and criticizes this site for "dishing it out but not being able to take it.
But when someone points out he got his facts wrong, he responds with this:
Like I said, Enrico — take that little penis of yours and try to fuck yourself …
Priceless.
"I'm not entirely sure. I really enjoy blogging, and I take a lot of pride in the work that I do, but I don't want my blogs to be the end-all be-all of what I write. I moved to New York a little over two years ago with vague aspirations of being a writer. More specifically, my memoir about my experience in Kuwait and Iraq is sitting half-done, waiting for me to finish checking my email so I'll finally finish it. So I guess that's a specific goal: to write something that gets printed on real paper."
You make jokes like "I hope its cancer" which appeal to 12 year olds, and then have the nerve to try to call someone out when they write about your site, knowing that your legions of like minded readers will join in with witty comments like "douche." Meanwhile, Richard Oliver writes stuff that gets printed on real paper.
Moe: Well I'm better than dirt! Well, most kinds of dirt. I mean, not that fancy store-bought dirt. That stuff's loaded with nutrients. I can't compete with that stuff.
matt2 is going to be the first one we throw in the oven.
@ RichardOliver, I mean Roy Hobbs – Go get blasted in the guts by a hooker, you D-O-U-C-H-E!!!
Not that anyone is going to read or care about this at such a late date but I thought I’d write regardless. Richard Oliver is my brother. He’s the coolest guy you’ll ever meet. NEVER met a stranger. He doesn’t “blog” freely on the internet because he worked HARD in HS & College to earn his journalism degree so he could get PAID for the stories he writes. (MUCH easier for some to simply post stories for free). I”m little sis and have spent 20+ years on talk radio so I kindof know where this is coming from as I got Paid to “shock” talk etc. (still…unlike YOU I didn’t do it for free…I earned money with my comments….but hey…yours are FREE so whatever). But as much fun as it is for you to wish “cancer” on my big brother I thought I’d give you the “scoop”. NOT that I think it will even remotely affect you…after all….this is just “a blog” from a “wannabee” who “can’t” “won’t”…..”doesn’t have the skill to” etc. Our father was one of the Navy’s Blue Angels. He crashed during the Canadian International Air show in 1966 (look it up). Richard was only 8 when it happened. I was only 6. IT was devastating as we both idolized our dad. We were fortunate having a mom who raised us to be very proud of him and his accomplishments in such a short 32 years. He had also played major league baseball (his first passion). Richard turned into quite the man at a young age. I didn’t have a dad but I had a big brother who watched out for me EVERY STEP of the way. To this day I have friends comment on how he always held my hand when we were little crossing the street or whatever. He turned into quite the MAN I always thought my dad was but never had the chance to discover myself. He went to college…earned his journalism degree…..worked for many sports organizations and earned many awards for his writings….but MUCH more importantly raised a family…..2 girls….and a boy. He’s a wonderfully dedicated father….a wonderfully dedicated husband…and a WONDERFULLY dedicated brother. He’s just a good guy all the way around. And while I understand your “blog” is mostly based in poking fun etc….you really should try to meet him someday. He’d probably shake your hand as a fellow writer. Although it would be nice if you’d get off your ass and try to earn a real living “writing”. (Little sis isn’t so forgiving.) But all fun aside. Wishing cancer on him was …well…….our mom died from cancer a few years back. It was very painful to watch and the thought of it happening to me or my brother ……….He has a thicker skin than I do when it comes to that. I know “blogs” are just “guy talk” but I hope you one day grow up & realize how hurtful YOUR blog really was