Jim Rome Clone Report by Greg in Sun Valley

Summary of today's Jim Rome Show

Jim started today with a topic he hadn't covered yet: Tim Donaghy. The former NBA referee who did jail time after a gambling scandal has written a book. In it he claims he never fixed games. He did say he bet on "other referee's biases" against or for certain players. Rome was skeptical of these and other points made in the book.

Holiday parties
  Jim said there would be no Jungle Christmas party. Jokes about one came up. Jim did say there would be a holiday party at Jim Rome is Burning (TV show), but that he wouldn't be there. He talked of sending Alvin in his place. Clones began E mailing JRIB producer Mike Mandt about the party.

Callers

A caller from Canada called with a theory on Tiger Woods. He basically said that he thought it was possible that Tiger Woods was tired of fame and the limelight and may have orchestrated the recent events. The thing was, this guy was not joking. Jim obviously disagreed.
E mails came in cracking on the guy and some even parodied it saying other famous events were orchestrated.

Susie in San Antonio called in. She said she felt Tiger Woods was probably always "a dog". She also said his wife probably knew too. She bought some of what Tim Donaghy was saying, and ended her call asking about previous caller, 80 year old Joan in Visalia.

Eddie in Boise called...again...and...got run again! He's the caller that brought us the "What do we do now river" and "Hey Vine..." and his recent parody set to the tune of Copa Cabana. Today he tried to play it straight and talk about Tiger Woods and a few other topics. Rome said, "You're just going to play it straight and not acknowledge those other things." ...so Rome ran him.

Interviews

Larry Fitzgerald (Arizona Cardinals)
   The Cardinals just beat the Vikings who came into that game 10-1. Jim asked Larry if they were trying to send a message. Larry said their goal was to go out and play well and close out their division. The topic of the Cardinals not getting respect came up. Larry said the ultimate way to address that was to win a Super Bowl, not just go to one. Larry also said the Cardinals were not a "finesse" team, but rather a physical team.

BJ Penn (UFC Lightweight Champion)
   BJ will defend his title against Diego Sanchez on Saturday. BJ was upbeat. Jim told BJ he sounds loose and "in a good place". Jim asked if that was due to his training or the match up. BJ cited the training and brought up Marv Marinovich. He said the training he does with Marv is how other fighters will train in the future.
BJ likes the radio show. He ended saying he knows he's made it when he's on the Jim Rome Show.

Text Contest Selections

"Rome. Unwar the tool that cups his hand and breathes into it to check his breath." Emilio Textavez. "Making my redemption call in 2 months. Put me on the clock, Jim."

"Rome. Where does the Textmaster buy his wrist thing? I'm looking to invest in one in order to step my text game up." Bill in the Bay. "War thumbers making the show better while callers do their damnest to rip it apart."

"Hey Rome. Christmas parties do suck. I went to one in Los Angeles one time and it was going fine until it got busted by a bunch of well dressed Euros with machine guns."

Triple U Sponsor: "The guy who wears the Santa hat at my work and then tries to get coworkers to sit on his lap."

Actual Triple U: "I'm just going to go ahead and block this without reading it. You're BLOCKED in the 607. You are BLOCKED!"


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