Jim Gray Crosses the Line Yet Again: Will There Be Justice This Time?

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Published: February 19, 2011

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Perhaps it was because he was the one sitting next to LeBron James during the PR debacle that was "The Decision" that we hoped Jim Gray would just go away.

Maybe it was after he lost his cool and had it out publicly with Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin during a finger-pointing incident last fall that we hoped he would finally disappear from our television sets.

Or it could just be that over the years his insistence to make himself the story over what he is actually supposed to be covering has just gotten to be too much.

Whatever the reason, many have privately wished this nosing reporter/commentator would just go away. And now, it appears finally he may have to do just that.

During the opening round of the Northern Trust Open on Thursday, golfer Dustin Johnson nearly missed his tee-time. He barely made it, but was given a two-stroke penalty.

Gray had the kind of idea only he could come up with. Scoop the story before anyone else. And how would he do this?

Well, you have to try and think like Jim Gray for a second. If you were the most annoying man in television, who would do anything to be the story, what would you do?

Of course! You'd ask Dustin Johnson himself, right in the middle of his round.

Gray's  decision to confront Johnson during the long walk from the 13th green to the 14th tee, where he had camped himself waiting for Johnson and playing partner Steve Stricker to walk up, has gotten him a reprimand from his employer, the Golf Channel. Gray was removed for Friday's coverage.

"Our aim is to provide the best possible golf coverage for our viewers," Golf Channel spokesman Dan Higgins said in a statement. "In order not to provide further distraction, we've decided to remove Jim from the particular assignment."

Dustin Johnson's caddie, Bobby Brown, took the blame following the round, saying he had the tee-time wrong. Brown then proceeded t...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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