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[quote=Anonymous]Back round of Parker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Parker_(sports_journalist)
[quote]Controversies

Parker, who is African American, is not shy to discuss the racial aspects of current sports events, such as the NBA off-court dress policy, or the lack of African Americans in NFL coaching positions. He penned a much-maligned column where he called Hank Aaron a "coward" for declining to attend when Barry Bonds would break the career home run record.
In October 2008, Parker erroneously reported that Kirk Cousins, a quarterback for the Michigan State Spartans, was involved in a fight with members of the Michigan State hockey team. At the time of the fight, Cousins was at church with his parents. After being publicly reproved by head coach Mark Dantonio at his weekly news conference, Parker was suspended by The Detroit News for two weeks.[1]
On December 21, 2008, at a press conference following the Lions' 42–7 loss to the New Orleans Saints, During the Detroit Lions historic 0-16 season Rob Parker caused some controversy when he addressed a question Lions head coach Rod Marinelli about Lions defensive coordinator Joe Barry, Marinelli's son-in-law, inquiring whether Marinelli wished that his daughter had "married a better defensive coordinator."[2] The question was criticized as unprofessional and inappropriate. The next day, Parker wrote that the comment was "an attempt at humor" and not a malicious attack.[3] Parker wrote no further columns forThe Detroit News, nor did he attend any press conferences, following the incident. On January 6, 2009, The Detroit News announced that Parker had resigned from the newspaper the previous week.[4]
On December 13, 2012, on First Take, Parker questioned whether Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III was really "black" after Griffin had stated at a press conference that although he was an African-American, he did not want to be defined by that alone. Parker cited Griffin having a white fiance and talk about him being a Republican (though he acknowledged having no information to support this), asking "Is he a brother, or is he a cornball brother?”[5][6] Later that day, ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys said that Parker's comments "were inappropriate and we are evaluating our next steps."[7]
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