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I knew of the incident but on another talk show it was said that it was all staged to get the JimRome show more popularity. I believe one or two people villified Rome for ''staging'' it in order to boost his ratings. The excerpt below from an on-line article gives a little peek into what happened :
"Rome achieved notoriety for an incident on his ESPN2 show in <U>1994</U> when he repeatedly called <U>NFL</U> <U>quarterback</U> <U>Jim Everett</U> "Chris" (after <U>Chris Evert</U>, the female tennis player), from the argument that Everett shied away from getting hit. Appearing as a guest on the show, Everett warned Rome about repeating the insult and then challenged Rome to do so. When Rome did, <U>Everett physically attacked Rome</U> while still on the air, overturning a table and knocking Rome to the floor. Years later, many believe the incident was actually staged, however Rome has remained silent on the issue. Not surprisingly, his silence came after Rome chose to finally deliver one of his insults in person. He does occasionally jokingly "run" (hang up on) a listener when they call a male sports figure by a female name, commenting with tongue firmly in cheek that "I don't stand for that sort of thing around here."
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/jimeverett.html
Was it a set up or did Rome just have it coming?? I say it was a setup...both of them seemed to eager to provoke the other....funny stuff though..
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"Rome achieved notoriety for an incident on his ESPN2 show in <U>1994</U> when he repeatedly called <U>NFL</U> <U>quarterback</U> <U>Jim Everett</U> "Chris" (after <U>Chris Evert</U>, the female tennis player), from the argument that Everett shied away from getting hit. Appearing as a guest on the show, Everett warned Rome about repeating the insult and then challenged Rome to do so. When Rome did, <U>Everett physically attacked Rome</U> while still on the air, overturning a table and knocking Rome to the floor. Years later, many believe the incident was actually staged, however Rome has remained silent on the issue. Not surprisingly, his silence came after Rome chose to finally deliver one of his insults in person. He does occasionally jokingly "run" (hang up on) a listener when they call a male sports figure by a female name, commenting with tongue firmly in cheek that "I don't stand for that sort of thing around here."
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/jimeverett.html
Was it a set up or did Rome just have it coming?? I say it was a setup...both of them seemed to eager to provoke the other....funny stuff though..
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