To be sure, ESPN has certainly tolerated its share of loudmouths, from the analyst who was let go for calling Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III a "cornball brother" to the commentator who uttered the n-word on the air.

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The day after Israel began an air assault on Gaza in late December, the U.N.

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He also does something other more mainstream shows of the genre do not - champions new bands and artistes on the current Rock'n'Roll scene, giving them air-time rarely available elsewhere.

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By nightfall, NATO jets were roaring over Sarajevo on surveillance and close air support missions, but the U.N. was receiving mixed messages -- a five page long letter from General Ratko Mladic that the U.N. said was unacceptable and a short terse note from Bosnian Serb political leaders saying they would comply.

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For two extraordinary hours on May 24, 1987, Max Roach (1924-2007) made music live on the air from the Jazz 88 Performance Studio at WBGO in Newark, N.

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