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Ted Johnson, asshole
When it comes to athletes and sports media members, there is — and should be — only one ironclad rule that you never violate in print or on the airwaves.
You never, ever speak poorly of or disparage another man's wife.
That guideline should really go without saying, but former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson stepped all over it when he recently said on his Houston radio show that current Patriots lineman Vince Wilfork had the ugliest wife in the NFL.
“You know what, I’ve got it,” Johnson said on CBS Houston when a caller asked him to identify the player with the least attractive wife. “And this is a big, big man. This guy had his way with the Texans this year. He won’t hear this — Vince Wilfork.”
Thing was, there was no way Wilfork — who played on the 2004 New England team with Johnson — wasn't going to hear that awful response in this age of sports blogs and Twitter. ...................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/ted-johnson-calls-vince-wilfork-wife-ugly-radio-170732880--nfl.html
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Radio cohost - flaming troll asshole! 
