http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png http://deadspin.com/tag/programming http://deadspin.com/tag/programming We are just six days away from the next undignified gallop toward hipdom attempt by ESPN2, ESPN Hollywood, a show about how athletes and celebrity mix. (Yep.) We'll focus more on the show later, but right now we're gonna talk about co-host Mario Lopez. More »
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For you night owls who just can't handle hearing Bryan Adams on SportsCenter anymore, we suggest tuning in to ESPN2 tonight at 12:30 ET. It's a special show called "It's The Shoes" — part of ESPN2's "Block Party" — with Eagles wide receiver asspain Terrell Owens and rapper Trick Daddy (who, impressively, has secured the domain Thug.com). They're going to talk about shoes, or, we guess, cleats. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=114341&view=rss&microfeed=true We are but nine days away from the launch of NBA "analyst" Stephen A. Smith's "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith," the new live-studio chat show, or, as we like to call it, "What The Hell Is Wrong With The Treble On This Television?" Smith, whose wide-eyed stare straight into the camera makes us think a little part of us is dying every second, has parlayed his NBA schtick into the rarified air once occupied by Jay Mohr and Max Kellerman. More »
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From the signs your mayor has too much time on his hands department (and/or is a serious masochist), District of Columbia mayor Anthony Williams is pissed that ESPN isn't taking its road show to the nation's capital. Even worse, he offered to show ESPN bloviator Chris Berman around town. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=113413&view=rss&microfeed=true Those who were up to watch SportsCenter this morning know that ESPN's already obnoxious "50 States, 50 Days" promotion has begun. The idea, in case it hasn't been sucked down into your soul by now, is that SportsCenter will be at a different location every day for the next 50 days, or pretty much just in time for the NFL season. Last night they were at Fenway Park in Boston, and we knew we were in trouble when the anchors were Chris Berman and Stuart Scott. We're hoping they make them stay in Massachusetts; we don't imagine either surviving Tuesday, July 19, which brings the Snake River Stampede Rodeo in Nampa, Idaho. More »
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]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=108747&view=rss&microfeed=true All right, fine, so nobody got in a fight last night, no NFL players were busted with a prosthetic penis in their bag and hey, Teammates isn't on again until Tuesday! But still: There must be something more to fill Sportscenter than a dewy-eyed, soft-focus, John Tesh-scored Jeremy Schapp feature on Albert Pujols from seven months ago. Yet there it was this morning, an eight-minute segment on Pujols' devotion to fighting Down Syndrome (he has a child with the disease). It's a nice story, and Pujols seems pretty sincere about the whole thing ... but we were touched (well, kind of) by this story when it ran in October. (Look, we have proof!) Surely Schapp could have found someone else to rub onions under last week, right? (Money quote from the director of the National Down Syndrome Society, clearly a big baseball fan: "People say Albert Pujols has a big bat. And he does. He has a tremendous bat. But he also has a tremendous heart.") More »
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