Jay Glazer is a great reporter.
Let's establish that right off the bat.
He's developed countless connections and relationships across the NFL that offer him a first-hand glimpse into the machinations of a number of teams in the league. He's almost always breaking news about some momentous story and is rarely, if ever, wrong or misinformed.
Earlier today for instance, he was the first to report the news that Johnny Manziel was going to - finally - get the start for the Cleveland Browns this weekend against the Cincinnati Bengals. This came only days after Glazer was the first to report that the job was Hoyer's to lose - which he did with a poor performance in a loss last week - and after he broke the news that receiver Josh Gordon was going to be full-go upon his return from injury.
All accurate reports, all eventually confirmed.
But ESPN, the supposed and self-proclaimed Worldwide Leader in Sports, reported today's Manziel news without crediting Glazer. It's something they've done in the past and something which, unsurprisingly, upset Glazer quite a bit.
Glazer, who works for FOX Sports and has taken issue with ESPN's consistent thievery of his work in the past, referred to the network as "lying bastards" in a tweet earlier today:
"Haha an all-time low from @ESPN on their constant thievery of other's work. FOX PR guy calls them to call BS on their claim they had Manziel scoop. News desk guy @sportscenter tells him their reporter didn't want to be identified. Huh? What reporter doesn't want credit for hard work paying off? Lying bastards. Haha"
ESPN, in something of an acknowledgement of Glazer's scoop that still managed to maintain that faint aroma of bitter spitefulness, credits the report to "Fox Sports" only.
While the biggest news here is obviously the fact that Manziel is going to start against the Bengals on Sunday, the fact that ESPN, one of the largest news entities in the world, hasn't and won't directly credit Glazer with a breaking story he clearly was the first to get, is both silly and unprofessional.
