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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
6ABC jock tells radio station that shooting victim planned to whack Marvin Harrison, website reports
6ABC Sports Anchor Keith Russell has reportedly supplied shocking and as yet wholly unsubstantiated details to a Florida radio station about last week's shooting linked to Indianapolis Colts and Roman Catholic football star Marvin Harrison. Harrison is being investigated by Philadelphia police following the April 29 shooting in which a gun he owns was used to shoot a man who had just beaten him up, in the hand. According to ProFootballTalk, Russell appeared with Jason Jackson on Miami's WQAM, and said his sources tell him that the man who was shot had come to carry out a gangland-style hit on Harrison. According to the website, Russell said during the segment that the issue relates to Harrison’s father, who Russell told the radio station was incarcerated, and that the supposed “hit” was related to something in which Harrison's father was supposedly involved. However, according to this 1999 article from the Sporting News, Harrison's father died when he was 2. The as yet-unidentified 32-year-old man was shot around Thompson Street near 25th in North Philadelphia after a fight with Harrison, police sources have said. The fight may have stemmed from the victim being kicked out of Playmakers, a bar that Harrison owns, on 28th Street near Cambridge, a few weeks earlier, the People Paper's David Gambacorta has reported. Efforts to reach Russell have been unsuccessful. A 6ABC spokeswoman declined comment but says it is looking into the matter.
Posted by Dan Gross @ 12:48 PM  Permalink | File Under: Crime and Punishment | | Media Matters | 21 comments
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Posted 02:19 PM, 05/07/2008
Azzurri
Russell is the most anoying sportscaster in Philly....he has the worst voice when he reads the news. he sounds like every parity of a sportscaster....its like nails on a chalkboard....
Posted 02:32 PM, 05/07/2008
Reggie Noble
"Gangland hits" don't generally begin with a fistfight, and rarely does the hitter end up being unarmed and shot. Just saying.
Posted 02:32 PM, 05/07/2008
Reggie Noble
"Gangland hits" don't generally begin with a fistfight, and rarely does the hitter end up being unarmed and shot. Just saying.
Posted 02:34 PM, 05/07/2008
Azzurri
Russell is the most anoying sportscaster in Philly (specificaly his voice)....he has the worst voice when he reads the news. he sounds like every parity of a sportscaster....its like nails on a chalkboard....
Posted 03:39 PM, 05/07/2008
Patrick M
Russell's a blerd.
Posted 04:40 PM, 05/07/2008
Lunchboy
we should all go to lunch sometime. dan is buying.
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Posted 05:28 PM, 05/07/2008
Patrick M
So....Keith Russell, Stuart Scott and Dave Huddleston walk into a bar... (Complete this joke. It's a lay-up. Winner gets a free semester of diction class.)
Posted 07:21 PM, 05/07/2008
rintintin2
Russell is the worst sportscaster in Philly. He must have studied under the Dann Cuellar school of investigative reporting. Only Jamie Apody comes close to being as bad as Russell.
Posted 09:02 PM, 05/07/2008
bv2st
I can just imagine Russell's play-by-play of the incident "And the perp says to Harrison 'you must be going to the spa 'cause you're about to get a FACIAL!"
Posted 08:09 AM, 05/08/2008
MiddleNameHussein
He is probably the only bald guy in the world who would actually look better with a rug.
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Posted 08:25 AM, 05/08/2008
Yankee Air Pirate 12
I was out of town when this happened.Did the 10,000 men intervene ?
Posted 09:05 AM, 05/08/2008
tdoc
Maybe when Al Sharpton gets out of jail in NYC, he can intervene. We need to get to the truth in this case.
Posted 09:55 AM, 05/08/2008
billyboy
I will agree that Keith Russell tries a little to hard to be unique when doing his reporting. His corny lead in one liners are annoying. Also, I hope he knows what he is talking about when it comes down to this case. This could cause him trouble at 6ABC-WPVI TV.
Posted 10:44 AM, 05/08/2008
Patrick M
I wonder what his take on the Flyers/Pens series is.
Posted 03:11 PM, 05/08/2008
pieman
NO WAY. Leslie Gudal from Sports Net is the worst sportscaster in this city. And THAT VOICE!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!
Posted 03:14 PM, 05/08/2008
Azzurri
true that Pieman, true that....she is worse...I like to stick my D%@#$ in her mouth to shut her up.....although I've her she was quite the animal after a night at the bars in Avalon back in the day, lol
Posted 10:49 PM, 05/08/2008
give me liberty or death
boooyaaaaa
Posted 02:27 PM, 05/09/2008
Leron
I agree with pieman. Gudel is brutal. Her voice makes me cringe.
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