Sons of Italy Demand Suspension of Sportcasterc Miller for US Open Runnerup Rocco Mediate Slur!!!!!!!
The Anti Defamation arm [The Commission for Social Justice (CSJ)] of the Sons of Italy [Order Sons of Italy in America] is Demanding a
Suspension of NBC's lead golf analyst Johnny Miller after discriminatory statements about Rocco Mediate he broadcast during the U.S. Open on Sunday, June 15.
Rocco Mediate, was a finalist in the competition, who was tied with Tiger Woods at the end of Regulation play (72 holes) ,and therefore pushed Tiger Woods to an 18 Hole head-to-head Showdown Round. When still tied at the end of those 18 holes, they played Sudden Death, and Tiger then won on the next hole by ONE stroke.
Mediate said. "It could have been. I'm a little bit tired today, I'm a little old. He's got me by 14 years. He's got me by a thousand yards off the tee. And I kept hanging in there, hanging in there." Mediate shined as America's "everyman," a 45-year-old with a bad back.
A crowed of 24,000, chased the players from hole to hole, in an Open that was as exciting as has been seen in a long time.
Mediate came within one shot of becoming the oldest U.S. Open winner, and from pulling the biggest Open upset since Jack Fleck beat Ben Hogan in 1955. Rocco Mediate was ranked 48th on the PGA Tour.
So instead of a David and Goliath story, sportscaster Miller demeans Mediate, and the Incredible Drama, Miller said, "Mediate looks like the guy who cleans Tiger's swimming pool," and "Guys with the name of Rocco don't get on the trophy, do they?"
PS: A considerable number of Italian Americans have distinguished themselves in golf, including Gene Sarazen (Eugenio Saraceni), Johnny Revolta, Vic Ghezzi, Donna Caponi, Fred Couples (Coppola) and Ken Venturi,"
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