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We're all still warm from the glow of the uprising that sent ESPN.com's commenter police into retreat—a remarkable, joyful march that continues unimpeded even as this is being typed. At the same time, we couldn't help but think of those comments ESPN's moderators have allowed to remain attached to other stories—comments whose purpose and tone is far more cruel and sinister than the playful impulse of the OccupyTebow movement. And so we went looking, and we were fascinated by what we found. Here, without any additional reaction, we present screen grabs of those comments for you. More »
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Oh, please. You know why Tebow memes exist? You know why they've, let us say, gone forth and multiplied? Because of columns like this, that's why. Here's the headline: More »
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The sit-in at ESPN.com continues unmolested, as the overworked mods have apparently ceded the comment section to mob rule. Meanwhile, people who should know better still don't realize this has long stopped being an attack on Tebow himself, or even draconian comment moderation on a site that's more than happy to contribute to the oversaturation of Tebow when it suits them. This is bigger than all of them now: it's a meme, which needs no end other than itself. "X > Tebow" is as much about Tebow as Nyan Cat is about Pop-Tarts. More »
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Tebow" Right Now" alt="ESPN.com Moderators Launching Tet Offensive Against "X > Tebow" Right Now" width="639" height="433" />Go to the Tebow column's comments, and make sure you've got it set to "live." You can see the poor mods deleting every single "X > Tebow" comment in real time. They've worked their way back to yesterday, but still have a day and a half more to go. More »
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The ESPN.com comment section is a den of iniquity and misspelling, and for the world's largest sports site, it's curiously inessential. The open registration means the discourse tends toward lowest common denominator, and it's too big to engender much sense of community. But once in a long while the disparate masses are united by a polarizing figure. This week, one Mr. Tim Tebow has worked that miracle. More »
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In the Reilly column we dissected earlier, there was a throwaway line, a very Rick Reilly sort of pop culture reference. More »
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Hope Solo, BAMF and nascent sex symbol, shared an ebullient moment with Abby Wambach after yesterday's game. With the match's two heroes and an American flag, it's no wonder the image ended up splashed across the internet. A Reddit user noticed the photo on the front page of ESPN.com last night, and compared it with the original version, taken for and distributed by Getty Images. One thing's missing from the ESPN version: Solo's glasscutter. More »
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On Tuesday, Yahoo's soccer blog posted a seemingly innocuous article on Lionel Messi's loyalty to Barca. "When I eventually pass on, I will only play ghost football at Barcelona. I am happy there. No amount of spirit money will tempt me," he supposedly said. More »
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As you're no doubt aware from ESPN.com. We'll have more on this breaking countdown later. More »
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It's hard to believe tomorrow will be the 10th anniversary of ESPN's Page 2, a subsection of the world's biggest sports site that revolutionized a type of casual online sportswriting, and just as quickly disappeared off the face of the earth. More »
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The Ryder Cup kicked off today in Wales. But where exactly is Wales, ESPN.com users? More »
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ESPN's is the second most popular fantasy football site, with more than 6 million users. So it's a huge problem that a gaping flaw exists, allowing you to change the rosters of any team in just minutes. Here's how to do it. More »
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Does reading about Lance Armstrong putting horse steroids (or whatever) in his body make you thirsty for an Armstrong-endorsed energy supplement? The targeted advertising on this ESPN.com story seems to think so. [h/t Doug, and like 4 other people] More »
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One Phillies fan predicted this, and counted down each batter — starting before Halladay even took the mound. Can we retire the concept of jinxes yet? More »
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ESPN has launched their Tebow Tracker, designed to give you all the Tebow news in the world of Tebow. Tebow Tebow Tebow. I thought such a thing already existed, and it was called THE ENTIRE SPORTS MEDIA. [ESPN.com] More »
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It's not so much that the image on the front page of Soccernet is Gary Neville warmly congratulating Paul Scholes on his game-winner. It's more that the original filename was "nevillegay" (since been changed to "nevillekiss"). [ESPN.com] More »
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This afternoon, Durant put out the call on Twitter for help getting to something on ESPN.com Insider. But what was it that Durant was so excited to read? We have ideas. More »
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We get a massive amount of tips in our inbox each week. Some are pretty interesting, but don't get published for one reason or another. More »
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Florida educator Thomas McCoy was suspended from his job because " he was cruising ESPN.com" while two special needs students "went behind a bookshelf and one performed a sex act on the other." [Naples News] More »
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Also, please face forward and remain seated and wait until the ride comes to a complete stop. More »
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We get all sorts of amazing Bill Simmons conspiracy theories sent to the email box each week. More »
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Buried at the bottom of Page 2 today is a clarification from columnist Scoop Jackson, who caused a veritable shitstorm thanks to his B.J. Upton column, when he haphazardly implied that Upton's laziness was a reason for young African-Americans to look up to him. Not really what he meant, of course, but that's how many people interpreted it. Well, Rob King's email box must have been locked-up due to all the hate mail because poor Scoop had explain himself to the Page 2 audience. More »
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