what if the naacp put in an ad and it was rejected without explanation. espn has reversed themselves but the point is there. we d like to know from espn and anybody what are their standards and practices? steve from maine, many athletes say thank god after they win and let a hospital mention god in an ad and espn bans it. what hypocrisy. espn now stands for the ebenezer scrooge programming network. i think it was just one or two guys not the whole corporation. howard, you kept referring to sharp ton and bashir making mistakes. they were intentional falsehoods designed to injure. carl, sharp ton will be fired after the irs makes him pay the $538,000 tax lien he owes.