On Friday, former Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon signed a two-year deal with the Denver Broncos. In the world of NFL free agency, it’s a fairly normal story, especially compared to the impending whereabouts of Tom Brady, Philip Rivers, and Jamies Winston. Gordon’s a solid running back but you wouldn’t have thought there’d be too much to the story beyond the announcement.
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However, things got a little test on Twitter immediately afterward between ESPN’s Adam Schefter and former Denver Post and current 9News Broncos beat reporter Mike Klis for reasons that still don’t seem entirely clear.
First, Ian Rapoport broke the news, as he often does.
Source: The #Broncos and RB Melvin Gordon have agreed to terms on a 2-year deal worth $16M with $13.5M guaranteed. The former #Chargers star stays in the division, creating a strong 1-2 punch with Phillip Lindsay.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 20, 2020
Then, like so many other reporters covering the story might do, Klis chimed in with some insight related to a rumor that Gordon was headed to Buffalo before the deal was signed.
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Bills offered a little more to Melvin Gordon than Broncos per Broncos player source. Gordon grew up in Wisconsin so he’s not afraid of cold weather but he wanted to play for Broncos organization. #9sports
— Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) March 21, 2020
Nothing out of the ordinary there based on what was rumored and you might expect. Then, out of nowhere, Adam Schefter swooped in and decided to blow up Klis’s tweet.
Just to be clear, Mike, Bills didn’t make any offers to Gordon. https://t.co/2NmiZpzmyL
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 21, 2020
Klis hadn’t tagged or called Schefter out, as far as we can tell. So Schefter really seemed to want to make sure Klis knew he was wrong and that others knew Klis was wrong. However, Mike wasn’t backing down and a back and forth ensued.
I was told different. https://t.co/UDsDgy097n
— Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) March 21, 2020
Agent reached out to Bills; Bills never made offer. https://t.co/kJMYXFLBca
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 21, 2020
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Adam immediately after @RapSheet/@JasonLaCanfora broke news of Gordon/Broncos agreement, I talked to a lot of people directly involved and again, was told different. #9sportshttps://t.co/bnmhVxvcao
— Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) March 21, 2020
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After that, they both went radio silent on the issue, either because they hashed it out in private or because they both realized they weren’t going to budge.
So what was that about? For one media member to publicly call out another media member as being wrong on their reporting, you have to be pretty sure of your footing. But both sides seem very clear about where they stand. Was there something personal coming out here or just the heat of the moment getting to Schefter? Regardless, Schefter’s position with ESPN gave him the high ground in this fight, so a lot of people were curious to know why he decided to go knives out on a longtime local reporter.
FWIW, Rapoport had reported that another team had made a better offer but Gordon wanted to stay in the same division as the Chargers.
Melvin Gordon had a better offer from another team, but the lure of playing in the same division as the #Chargers, that appealed to him. https://t.co/ZX9KZ4nvkc
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— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 20, 2020
It’s certainly possible both of them got information from solid sources that differ. Either way, send a DM next time, guys.
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A quick study, I’m not.
I went to college to be a sports broadcaster. I was so good at it I became a sports writer.
On April 27, 2015, a mere 34 years after I received my degree in Radio/TV broadcasting from Murray State, I joined 9News to become their Broncos Insider.
I still write. My stories about the Denver Broncos can be read on 9News.com. It’s just now I occasionally show up on TV. Perhaps, I’m an inspiration to all college graduates who can’t find a job in their field.
The beginning of my story may sound familiar: I was the first born son of Joseph and Mary.
OK, so mom’s name is MaryAnn. And I wasn’t born in a manger in Bethlehem but a hospital in Aurora, Ill.
Still, I’ve felt pressure since the crib. I’m the oldest of six kids. We moved six miles down the road to Oswego, Ill., when I was 8.
I was a real good farmland/schoolyard/sandlot athlete in Oswego. I was a pretty good practice player in high school. I wasn’t very good when we put on game uniforms. To this day, the gag is my least favorite story angle.
After college, I worked as a gas station/convenient store clerk, a weed eater/snowshoveler, a part-time sports announcer for a now defunct Aurora radio station, a part-time sports writer for the Oswego Ledger-Sentinel, an umpire, basketball referee and player-coach of the Shuler’s Drugstore slo-pitch softball team.
In October, 1984, I threw it all away and moved to Colorado Springs, where one of my first jobs was scrubbing pots and pans at the Air Force Academy’s freshman cafeteria.
For extra money, I called radio play-by-play for Colorado Springs Christian High School basketball and then wrote about the game afterwards for the Gazette Telegraph. Double-dip, $25 times two. Except the radio station rarely paid me.
When the Gazette offered me a full-time job in 1987 at about the same time the sports radio station changed to a Spanish format, I became a sports writer.
I covered preps. One of my first leads, from a high school basketball game, was: “The Thrilla in Manila was nothing compared to the Thrilla in Sierra.” I was not fired but I believe my next assignment was a wrestling match.
I covered the Colorado College Tigers (4-33-1 in my first hockey season) and Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox. I covered the Colorado Buffaloes and -- starting Aug. 17, 1990 when Gov. Roy Romer called a meeting at the downtown Denver Westin Hotel for prospective owners – the Colorado Rockies.
The Denver Post hired me in January, 1998 to cover the Rockies. I met my wife, Becky, at Coors Field, where she still works as a suite attendant. In July, 2005, I was switched to the Broncos’ beat.
While writing and reporting, I gained so much knowledge about the Broncos, I got a job at a TV station. Becky and I are still married. We have four kids – Brittany, Kaitlyn, Blake and Johnny. They make me go upstairs if I want to watch sports on TV.
I went to college to be a sports broadcaster. I was so good at it I became a sports writer.
On April 27, 2015, a mere 34 years after I received my degree in Radio/TV broadcasting from Murray State, I joined 9News to become their Broncos Insider.
I still write. My stories about the Denver Broncos can be read on 9News.com. It’s just now I occasionally show up on TV. Perhaps, I’m an inspiration to all college graduates who can’t find a job in their field.
The beginning of my story may sound familiar: I was the first born son of Joseph and Mary.
OK, so mom’s name is MaryAnn. And I wasn’t born in a manger in Bethlehem but a hospital in Aurora, Ill.
Still, I’ve felt pressure since the crib. I’m the oldest of six kids. We moved six miles down the road to Oswego, Ill., when I was 8.
I was a real good farmland/schoolyard/sandlot athlete in Oswego. I was a pretty good practice player in high school. I wasn’t very good when we put on game uniforms. To this day, the gag is my least favorite story angle.
After college, I worked as a gas station/convenient store clerk, a weed eater/snowshoveler, a part-time sports announcer for a now defunct Aurora radio station, a part-time sports writer for the Oswego Ledger-Sentinel, an umpire, basketball referee and player-coach of the Shuler’s Drugstore slo-pitch softball team.
In October, 1984, I threw it all away and moved to Colorado Springs, where one of my first jobs was scrubbing pots and pans at the Air Force Academy’s freshman cafeteria.
For extra money, I called radio play-by-play for Colorado Springs Christian High School basketball and then wrote about the game afterwards for the Gazette Telegraph. Double-dip, $25 times two. Except the radio station rarely paid me.
When the Gazette offered me a full-time job in 1987 at about the same time the sports radio station changed to a Spanish format, I became a sports writer.
I covered preps. One of my first leads, from a high school basketball game, was: “The Thrilla in Manila was nothing compared to the Thrilla in Sierra.” I was not fired but I believe my next assignment was a wrestling match.
I covered the Colorado College Tigers (4-33-1 in my first hockey season) and Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox. I covered the Colorado Buffaloes and -- starting Aug. 17, 1990 when Gov. Roy Romer called a meeting at the downtown Denver Westin Hotel for prospective owners – the Colorado Rockies.
The Denver Post hired me in January, 1998 to cover the Rockies. I met my wife, Becky, at Coors Field, where she still works as a suite attendant. In July, 2005, I was switched to the Broncos’ beat.
While writing and reporting, I gained so much knowledge about the Broncos, I got a job at a TV station. Becky and I are still married. We have four kids – Brittany, Kaitlyn, Blake and Johnny. They make me go upstairs if I want to watch sports on TV.