Jim Rome tweets that marching band members are 'dorks,' dorks respond in kind
"Is there anyone not in a marching band who thinks those dorks running around with their instruments are cool?"
So went a tweet from CBS Sports Radio host Jim Rome — which has since been deleted, but not before The Washington Post procured a screenshot of it — earlier this week.
The "dorks" were not amused, and took to Twitter to respond to Rome's critique:
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Rome apologized, and the bands played on.
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.