Paul Shirley: 'Rooting for the Spurs Is Like Cheering for Cancer'

[MrChug]

Instead of talking ...you guys should really email this tool. That's the REAL way to slap this piece of in his face. Do it or shut up. I did...

[leemajors]

damn, i think carolla is about as funny as they come. his radio show is pretty damn hilarious at times (especially the re-enactments). he's just not overly smooth in his delivery. pedoph-"isle" was somewhat entertaining.

i can't stand his voice. none of his projects have ever really interested me. i don't like kimmel either though.

[jacobdrj]

I would be interested to hear George Karl's response to this. He classifies himself as an ameture 'sociologist' and has some pretty blunt views on political correctness. Being that both he and his son are cancer patients, it would be telling to hear what he has to say on the matter. Quite frankly, I agree with Karl that PC kills conversation and makes communication difficult in the world we now live in, instead of just growing thicker skins...
If serious, what Paul said doesn't hurt anyone... Just an opinion. If in jest, why even make a big deal out of nothing. I get that cancer is a sensitive issue for people touched by it, but I have a feeling that many of those people would just laugh it off as what it is, some guy's means to get attention/make a living.

IMHO this is a non issue.

I am not particularly fond of Paul's but he is an interesting story, and not a bad writer. Rarely do I actually read any of what he puts out, so I don't know what his articles are usually like. Is this a common theme?

[TampaDude]

My father (a huge Spurs fan) died from lung cancer, so yeah this is really funny.

As a Spurs fan who lost both my parents to lung cancer, I find that article to be in really poor taste.

[Budkin]

Hey, he said TP looks like Gargamel. WTF!!!

[darkzero1]

Reading a Paul Shirley article is like injecting your brains with prions.

[zekes]

You'll notice that ley's espn.com pages don't supply any way for you to contact him, too. what a coward. go sell some more books about how you suck so much as a baller that you can't even stay with second division euro teams for more than a month or two, ley.

www.myspace.com/paulshirley