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IN DEFENSE OF LINDA COHN

Linda Cohn has managed to pull flowers from fallow soil, and for that she needs to be congratulated: a female sportscaster who did not play the giggling yes-girl to her male co-hosts, a solid writer in her own right, and someone who has survived her fortieth birthday without being thrown into the volcano as many television news women are. (For further explanation of this rule, see the "Guido's Harem" scene from 8 1/2. It explains everything, and features Marcello Mastroianni in a bowler hat wielding a bullwhip.

She's very good at her job, and we respect her immensely. We have to. We're what a feminist looks like.

That said, HEY LOOK HER BOOBS!!!

Star-divide

Always, always ask for a light test unless you want dorks on the internet to point these things out. (HT: The Starter Wife.) Also, mad daps for looking that good after two kids and pushing fifty. She's no Nigella in the midlife-mistress department, but it needs mentioning all the same. BTW, Nigella Lawson can still use us for medical experiments anytime she likes. That's standing policy.

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Mmmm, milf-tastic. As if I hadn’t already lost enough time to contemplating Nigella.

by DC Trojan on Nov 19, 2008 1:02 PM EST reply actions  

“Cheesecake” Wednesday

by WarCardinals on Nov 19, 2008 1:04 PM EST reply actions  

godammit.

by Bobby Decatur on Nov 19, 2008 1:07 PM EST reply actions  

We’re just going to have to agree to disagree on this one.

by Vol on Nov 19, 2008 1:08 PM EST reply actions  

Orson, you ole motor-boatin’ son-of-a-bitch! You old sailor, you!

by Noel Devine's Gold Teef on Nov 19, 2008 1:09 PM EST reply actions  

I don’t know. Am I the only one who liked Nigella better when she was a big mess. I kind of like the original. Besides, big girls try harder.

by shovel-pass on Nov 19, 2008 1:14 PM EST reply actions  

My favorite sign when Gameday was at Purdue in ’04. “We want to bohn Linda Cohn.”

by The Head on Nov 19, 2008 1:14 PM EST reply actions  

i’m gonna have to agree wih vol @ 4 on this one.

by gerry dorsey on Nov 19, 2008 1:24 PM EST reply actions  

If I were ranking them I would say; Nigella with Linda following a close second. And that chick with the glasses is a distant, distant third.

by BennyBeav on Nov 19, 2008 1:30 PM EST reply actions  

Did someone say boobs?

by Mr.Pelican Pants on Nov 19, 2008 1:33 PM EST reply actions  

If I watched Sportscenter, and I don’t, I’m pretty sure I would enjoy it less listening to her Brooklynese.

Thanks, but no thanks.

by Gen. Stoopnagle on Nov 19, 2008 1:38 PM EST reply actions  

Remember in the liveblog a few weeks back when I argued Holly Rowe was a 6? Yeah, I confused her and Linda Cohn somehow. I need to lay off the drankin’.

by poguemahone on Nov 19, 2008 1:39 PM EST reply actions  

Pac Man Jones would ‘make it rain" for those jubblies. And I wouldn’t blame him.

by www.southbendblarney.com on Nov 19, 2008 1:42 PM EST reply actions  

Ol’ Twelve Toes, still gettin’ it done.

by DevilGrad on Nov 19, 2008 1:46 PM EST reply actions  

I’m going with the brunette in the red tee in the Snorgtees ad over to your right. I’m a youngin’.

by John on Nov 19, 2008 1:59 PM EST reply actions  

I think the ‘Broklynese’ contributes to her cred. Saying all the same worlds with a Georgia drawl might take away from any point she might make. And since she is on TV how she sounds matters.

by Phocion on Nov 19, 2008 1:59 PM EST reply actions  

Nice spectacles…..

by kwaj on Nov 19, 2008 2:07 PM EST reply actions  

I think she hides her awful Long Island accent well. She was on Adam Carolla a few weeks ago, and talked naturally without trying to mask it at all. She sounded like she had high hair, acid wash jeans and Lee press on nails. I’d say her voice was like fingernails on a chalkboard, but that’s not being fair to the fingernails.

by Mark D on Nov 19, 2008 2:13 PM EST reply actions  

Borat meets Bart Simpson Dept:

Nigella, cowabunga!….

..Linda Cohn…not so much…

by Stacy Keibler Luvs Me on Nov 19, 2008 2:15 PM EST reply actions  

Nigella is all that now, but fact is, her body is one of those super-compressed sponges that’s just waiting for a single drop of water to swell it the size of a shoebox. Linda, god bless her, is so real I can smell the borscht from here.

by Cleat Meat on Nov 19, 2008 2:15 PM EST reply actions  

@11
I’ve always felt she stifled her Brooklyn accent pretty well on TV. On radio it’s an entirely different Linda.

fwiw, Cindy Brunson is my chosen WWL Babe.

by NativeSon on Nov 19, 2008 2:19 PM EST reply actions  

@4 and 8 – Ditto. I don’t get it…….

by Last Dragon on Nov 19, 2008 2:34 PM EST reply actions  

HURR HURR ARP ARP

i feel like that was obligatory. now we can all await the anticipated Holly Rowe nipslip

by swampchomp on Nov 19, 2008 2:45 PM EST reply actions  

C’mon guys…she’s female, not fat, reasonably attractive and likes sports. Besides, being female gives her certain obvious attributes you won’t find with your drinkin’ buddies, so what’s not to like? Get real…we’re not gonna find a sports babe that looks like Giselle Bundschen and pulls you down to scrump under the pool table…

by sb on Nov 19, 2008 2:51 PM EST reply actions  

approaching GiLF-dom, but I’d most likely hit that….

Oh, who the fuck am I kidding….I’d tear that stuff up!

and 7…really? I missed that GameDay I suppose, but that’s some funny shiite.

by Mich-Placed Gator on Nov 19, 2008 2:53 PM EST reply actions  

Yes to Linda. HELL YES to Nigella. Women are supposed to be soft, curvy and pillowy pillowy goodness. The 80’s and 90’s heroin chic fucked us all up, I think.

Just remember, fellas’, Kathy Ireland was a size 12, and Scar Jo’s measurements are 36-25-38 (D cup on a 5’1" frame).

by Der Schatten on Nov 19, 2008 3:13 PM EST reply actions  

Der Schatten – you seem to know a little too much about all this.

God, I admire you.

by GamecockTony on Nov 19, 2008 3:23 PM EST reply actions  

I don’t know, I think Dana Jacobson might be more my type..

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/1136/23064221mikemikeroastid5.jpg

by Phocion on Nov 19, 2008 3:33 PM EST reply actions  

Nigella: Big or small, I’d happily kill or die to yodel in that valley.

Linda: You can’t eat crackers in my bed, but we can still violate several outmoded laws on sodomy.

Rachel Nichols: I need a ruling from the congregation.

The chick with the glasses: Eh. A mouth’s a mouth.

by Harris on Nov 19, 2008 4:00 PM EST reply actions  

Harris -

Hell yes

That’s kind of tough on her, don’t you think

Not without a HAZMAT suit on

and, eeewwwww

by PeterPumpkinhead on Nov 19, 2008 4:20 PM EST reply actions  

I’m sure it’s been said already, but: I’d hit that!

by OhioDawg on Nov 19, 2008 4:53 PM EST reply actions  

Re: Harris @ #30:

I’ll take a pass on RN. Everytime she’s reporting on the Jets or the Giants, she always has that long red hair pull around to one shoulder. It’s like she’s posing for her 8th grade yearbook picture. No thanks.

by Geaux Irish on Nov 19, 2008 5:00 PM EST reply actions  

Very Nice!

I want that!!

by Paragon SC on Nov 19, 2008 5:09 PM EST reply actions  

RE: Rachel Nichols: She needs a cheeseburger and a Guinness in a BIG TIME way.

Perfect woman (and not just b/c she looks like my gal, but it does help): Patricia FREAKIN Day of the Horrorpops

by der schatten on Nov 19, 2008 5:17 PM EST reply actions  

I officially vote for Stacy Dales. Not sure why but I love her. And Suzy Colber.

by Wolf In The Ozarks on Nov 19, 2008 6:26 PM EST reply actions  

HOORAY!!! for Linda. As a female sports lover, I’m happy to see her be grateful & enjoy having the most kick ass job ever-unlike another Cee U Next Tuesday w/ bad extension’s & a nasty attitude who gets paid to watch football every weekend but still rolls her eyes & bitches every time I see her on the sidelines, but never on camera of course (that’s what her boobs are for). Like how I turned Linda Cohn into a personal rant a/b Erin Andrews? Oopsies, did I say that?

by Mangino_ate_my_baby on Nov 19, 2008 6:31 PM EST reply actions  

Wolf In The Ozarks @ 36: +11. That’s a combo I’d love to get into.

by Studley on Nov 19, 2008 7:31 PM EST reply actions  

16- All a matter of perspective. I can’t take a Brooklyn accent seriously, and I certainly don’t associate it with cfb knowledge.

Also wouldn’t touch Linda Cohn or the cooking lady, as I happily endorse the much derided (on EDSBS) thin woman. It’s popular to criticize Maxim types as unrealistic for the same reasons people publicly proclaim they never watch TV or don’t even own a television.

It’d be nice if more men actually meant it though- more potential competitors chasing “real” women would make it a lot easier to get all the supposedly unrealistic skinny with nice figure types you can find on a typical Wednesday in Athens.

by chg on Nov 19, 2008 8:33 PM EST reply actions  

This is soooooo wrong, but here’s my WWL Top Ten:
(1) Rachel Nichols, (2) Stacy Dales, (3) Bonnie Bernstein, (4) the criminally underrated Wendy Nix, (5) the somewhat underrated Lisa Salters, (6) the pretty overrated Erin Andrews, (7) Suzy Kolber, (8) Hannah Storm, (9) Linda Cohn, (10) Dana Jacobson

If expanded to all networks, Tracy Wolfson would be between Bernstein and Nix and Mellisa Stark would be between Nix and Salters.

by John on Nov 19, 2008 8:37 PM EST reply actions  

Gotta go old school here…. Gayle Gardner from way back in the 80’s. A big bosomed redhead who knew her sports. Whoa Nellie !

by BamaCPA on Nov 19, 2008 9:53 PM EST reply actions  

I met Linda on a personal ESPN tour recently, and in fact was introduced to her by Rece Davis. Super nice lady.

by iglass on Nov 19, 2008 10:28 PM EST reply actions  

John,

That list (not necessarily in that order, though) needs to be posted on Sporcle.

by Raider Red on Nov 19, 2008 10:55 PM EST reply actions  

Harris @ 30 – Rachel Nichols never seems to blink. For this, I vote no.

Linda Cohn is not only a total professional, but she sounds like she’s snuck a flask of whiskey or two into the arena while watching hockey games. That alone is worth a “si, si, si!”

by Signal to Noise on Nov 19, 2008 10:58 PM EST reply actions  

A little peek at Linda’s lace bra? Meh! Now, if you had the exclusive picture of her TOES so we could count them (hey, there’s an extra piggy!) you’d have a real scoop!

by Duhhh on Nov 20, 2008 12:24 AM EST reply actions  

Linda is great. She’s better than at least half of the guys who anchor Sportscenter.
And Rachel Nichols…if you watch closely, she does this thing where she opens her mouth extra wide when she says the “N” in “ESPN.” It’s weird, but i will sit through a whole piece on a team i don’t care about just to see her do that. What’s that all about?

by PDXgonegator on Nov 20, 2008 3:24 AM EST reply actions  

Orson – are you supposed to be a feminist in the “Sport Dyke” or in the “lipstick lesbian” manner?

by InsaneCoachPosse on Nov 20, 2008 1:32 PM EST reply actions  

Totally agree with you on Linda, who has become much more glamorous and sexy as she’s gotten older. What’s more, I’m pissed since I live in L.A. and missed this interview last week. You wouldn’t happen to have video and/or more caps from the broadcast, would you? You know, for … research purposes.

by mordecaibrown1908 on Nov 24, 2008 10:56 AM EST reply actions  

As you said she is pushing fifty, but Linda is still best anchor on Sports Center and by far the most attractive, Linda is the perfect combination, good at her job and totally hot and sexy.

by kmac2055 on Dec 27, 2008 5:36 PM EST reply actions  

And as always, I have noticed, Linda has a great rack, as demonstrated in the zoom in. You don’t have to look for these puppies!!!

by Tarheel-Man on Feb 25, 2009 7:56 PM EST reply actions  

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