# TMQ News

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmq-news/209856>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 27, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmq-news/209856 "2003-10-27T16:23:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmq-news/209856/1 "2003-10-27T16:23:49Z")

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I know there are a couple other followers of Tuesday Morning Quarterback, so I figured you guys want to see this [link.](http://www.footballoutsiders.com/tmqmessage102403.php?view=message&mid=65&showcomment=1&vmid=65) He does sound contrite, but it’s good to know TMQ will be back.

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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmq-news/209856/2 "2003-10-27T20:53:09Z")

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What was it exactly that Easterbrook wrote that caused him to get fired? I missed a couple of columns, and it was gone before I knew there had been any controversy. Anyone have a link to that?

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmq-news/209856/3 "2003-10-27T23:35:03Z")

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It’s all on the New Republic’s website

> **[The New Republic](https://newrepublic.com/)**
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> Founded in 1914, The New Republic is a media organization dedicated to addressing today’s most critical issues.

Look for Easterblogg

The offending comment was one about the film “Kill Bill”

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmq-news/209856/4 "2003-10-28T15:37:51Z")

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More here:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=218674&highlight=Easterbrook](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=218674&highlight=Easterbrook)

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmq-news/209856/5 "2003-10-28T15:59:36Z")

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Damn, he should have known better not to write that in the first place. I would have thought Easterbrook would have been wise enough to leave explosive comments like that out of an entry that frankly didn’t need them to make its point.

But anyway. I often found TMQ to be mildly amusing, if a bit cheerleader- and rules-obsessed, and an interesting counterpoint to the usual “Boom! Whack! Pow!” style of football writing. I’ll try to check it out on the new site.