Comments on: Live from Arco: CIF Div. I boys hoops state championship

By: vanessa

vanessa — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:35:05 +0000

To Scott,

I do not subscribe to the CoCo Times and didn’t see the printed version on this weekend’s games, but I feel you! My brother and I were watching the game on FSN and afterward we both discussed how the media would handle Mack’s accomplishment. To me, they should have been on every front page in the area! They represented the Bay Area very well. My brother expressed that this would not be front page news because nobody got shot or stabbed as a result of the game. It seems that the bay area media is quick to exploit bad news when it comes to happenings in Oakland and handily downplay anything good. It is quite disappointing to hear what you’ve reported. Conversely, the Oakland paper did very well by Mack and that is to be commended.

By: Scott Jones

Scott Jones — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:31:43 +0000

Let me say that I’m a subscriber to the CoCo Times, and I’m VERY DISAPPOINTED, in the coverage of the Mack’s Championship run. Mack wins their 1st State Title, and there’s no mention on the front page of today’s newspaper! Even further insulting reporting, on the sports page, you’ve the lead headline: “Berkeley Falls Short Again”. No disrespect to the Yellowjackets, (I’ve followed them and high school basketball for over 30yrs going to the T.O.C./State Championships) folks didn’t drive up to Sacto. to see them play. The main game was the Boy’s D-1 State Final, (which is why the girls championship is sandwiched between Boy’s D-3 & D-1 games)and you put their story in the middle of the page to be “lost” between the Berkeley girls and Stanford stories. The mere accomplishment of the Mack team going 32-0, the coach retiring, and going out on top, should’ve merited the main headline! Had that been De La Salle, they would’ve had the top headline, like they did last week in defeat to the Mack team. Your bias was blantant and disgusting! You should’ve given top billing to the teams from the bay area that accomplished their goals. BHS was an underdog to Long Beach Poly, just like Mack was to Dominguez, but they got the job done. Most people don’t see what you did, but there are some of us who do know what you’re doing. Read between the lines.

By: Ben Enos

Ben Enos — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:02:13 +0000

Congrats to the Mack Daddies. They were the best team this year for sure.