They’re Already Running "Congratulations Super Bowl Champion Patriots" Ads In New England

February 5, 2012 – Here's an ad for Dick's Sporting Goods informing viewers the availability of New England Patriots Super Bowl Champions gear. It ran one and a half times during today's local Comcast SportsNet broadcast of the Grizzlies-Celtics game (the second time through, it was cut off as somebody finally... More »



"Dumb Fuckers" Attend University Club Fair, Student Paper Reports

February 2, 2012 – Unlike the inexplicable floating fuck in the Greenville News's story on the SEC Title Game, we have a pretty good idea of how the Suffolk Journal ended up running this subhed yesterday. More »



All The Photos Other Reporters Took Of Ines Sainz At Super Bowl Media Day

February 1, 2012 – There is nothing more predictable than TV Azteca reporter Ines Sainz attending Media Day, except maybe a rush of other reporters commenting on how Ines Sainz is attending Media Day. More »



Give Them A Pretty Lady In A Tight Dress, And Reporters At Media Day Become Comic-Con Nerds

February 1, 2012 – Doing the lord's work, the guys at Sports790 in Houston followed around Televisa Deportes sensation Marisol Gonzalez for a bit. Not to leer, but to see who might be caught leering.



"Somebody Fucking Go": Broadcaster Mocks Dion Phaneuf’s Girly Voice When He Thinks He’s In Commercial

January 31, 2012 – Ray Ferraro called TSN's broadcast of Leafs/Penguins tonight, and as sometimes happens with online streams (in this case, the NHL's GameCenter Live), viewers watching during televised ad breaks were treated to a live mic. More »



Hand Trying To Win Job

January 30, 2012 – Here's the tail end of a package that ran on KSTP-TV in St. Paul tonight about Marlins pitcher Brad Hand, a Minneapolis native fighting for a spot in the Miami rotation. More »



Jon Heyman’s Tweets Make Him Seem Like The Richest Man Alive

January 30, 2012 – Jon Heyman, late of Sports Illustrated and Newsday, now of CBS, is a fine baseball reporter. He keeps up with rumors at an impressive clip, and, when he's not the first with a scoop, he'll credit whoever had it first on Twitter. More »



What Earned This On-Air Double-Bird From San Francisco’s NBC Affiliate? News The Raiders Hired Dennis Allen

January 29, 2012 – This is actually from Wednesday's 6 p.m. newscast on KNTV in San Francisco, during which a CSN Bay Area producer in the background appears to react quite negatively to the Dennis Allen news being delivered by sports anchor Henry Wofford. More »



CBS Fires The Guy Who Reported Joe Paterno’s Death Before It Happened

January 27, 2012 – Adam Jacobi: "In the end, CBS had to let me go for the Paterno story going out the way it did, and I understand completely. Thanks, everyone, for reading." [via]



Don’t Correct Michael Strahan’s Grammar Or He May Suggest You Suck Your Dad’s Dick

January 26, 2012 – This is purportedly a series of Twitter direct messages sent from Michael Strahan to one Lindsey Koehler after the exchange in the above gallery. Now, Lindsey's retort wasn't exactly clever, but if her screenshot is to be believed, it's a good thing Fox's NFL coverage is over for the season and... More »



Jay Cutler Is Not A Winner Because He Doesn’t Smile At Bears Employees, Writes Crazy Person

January 25, 2012 – I'm not sure where to begin with this column by Rick Telander of the Chicago Sun-Times. The headline says it's about Jay Cutler, but the first half of it has nothing to do with Jay Cutler—it's all about Tom Brady and Eli Manning, since they're in the Super Bowl. More »



This College Hockey Announcer Pauses, Ostensibly To Choose The Perfect Words, And Then Says "Dick Around With The Puck" (UPDATE)

January 25, 2012 – Wisconsin played University of Minnesota-Duluth in December. The game, broadcast on the Big Ten Network, was a 3-3 tie. Somehow we only got this video now, courtesy of reader Daniel. More »



A Plea To Joe Posnanski: Stop Writing Mealy-Mouthed Nonsense About Joe Paterno

January 25, 2012 – Sports Illustrated's Joe Posnanski is in a tough spot. He's a gifted writer and by all appearances a decent guy. His decency is his defining characteristic; More »



Novak Djokovic Gives Appropriately Stupid Answer To Jim Courier’s Incredibly Stupid Question

January 25, 2012 – The television networks employ former athletes as analysts because of the uncommon insight they can offer from having been there. Those ex-athletes will, on occasion, uphold their end of the bargain by informing us of something we might not have known or understood without the benefit of their... More »



Randy Moss Is A Sideline Reporter For The Pro Bowl, But, Unfortunately, It Is Just Some Guy Named Randy Moss

January 23, 2012 – It takes a lot to make one really angry about the Pro Bowl. No one cares about the Pro Bowl—not football fans, not gamblers, not even the players in the game. More »



Terry Bradshaw: (Old) Ladies’ Man

January 22, 2012 – That's Terry Bradshaw being accosted by Ann Mara, widow to the late Giants owner Wellington, after New York's NFC Championship victory. It's believed to be the first time ever captured on video that Bradshaw actually tries to shy away from a woman.



Yes, This Is CBS Host James Brown Interviewing A Fake Baby

January 22, 2012 – It took CBS all of 15 hours to do something more embarrassing than prematurely reporting Joe Paterno's death. Here's a clip from the network's The NFL Today, something we're pretty sure is an advertisement for E*Trade—though we thought FCC rules mandated such things needed to be disclosed...



ESPN Asks, New York And Florida Answer: Nonexistent Knicks-Heat Game Is Best Non-NFL Game Of The Weekend

January 21, 2012 – The Knicks and the Heat are not playing this weekend. They play next Friday—on ESPN. That did not stop Sportsnation from asking if it was the best non-NFL game. More »



Don’t Hire Bill Belichick: TV Network Heads Are Shockingly Stupid

January 21, 2012 – The conventional wisdom is that Bill Belichick is the greatest football coach in the history of the world. On this point, conventional wisdom may be right. More »



Former Georgetown Coach John Thompson Doesn’t Know What Herpes Is [UPDATE]

January 19, 2012 – Here's a clip from yesterday's John Thompson Show on ESPN 980 in Washington, D.C., during which a discussion of Ryan Braun's PED incident took place. More »



Unknown Philly Sports Radio Guy Pulls Celebrity Card, Punches Cab Driver To Avoid $5 Fare

January 18, 2012 – Never heard of Tom Byrne? You mean, you didn't know he hosts a nighttime show on one of Philly's sports-talk radio stations? Come on. What's wrong with you? More »


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