to link Wise with a fight in the parking lot after Yates destroyed archrival Booker T. Washington . Apparently shots were fired , and in Reilly 's world , it 's all tied to Yates beating them 132-68 . So I wonder if Reilly blames Gary Williams for Maryland upsetting No. 4 ranked Duke , this leading to fans going bonkers -- some say riot -- and 28 people getting arrested . I 've seen folks fight after one-point losses ; that 's just what happens when dumb folks talk trash in the parking lot . They either duke it out with fists , or these days , pull out a gun to make their point . Reilly then has the gall to say that the school district in Houston needs to intervene to `` stop '' Wise , even suggesting that Yates Principal Ronald Mumphery should `` grow a pair . '' So what do you propose Rick ? Tell him not to blow other teams out ? So the next time we see a 59-0 or 77-0 score in football , are we to scold the coach and tell him he will be suspended if his teams keeps
Editor 's note : Roland S. Martin , a CNN political analyst , is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of `` Listening to the Spirit Within : 50 Perspectives on Faith , '' and the forthcoming book , `` The First : President Barack Obama 's Road to the White House . '' He is a commentator for TV One Cable Network and host of a one-hour Sunday morning news show . As a columnist , I 'm used to writing things that offend other folks . It comes with the job . And there are times when I have responded to what other folks in the media will say and write . Again , it 's just what we do . There have been a number of things I 've read and heard over the past few months , but one that has totally ticked me off is the recent column by ESPN 's Rick Reilly in the March 22 issue of ESPN The Magazine . Reilly uses his column to personally attack Greg Wise , the boys head basketball coach at Jack Yates High School in Houston , Texas . In the despicable piece , Reilly tries