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Michele Tafoya remembers a time when sideline women didn't have to be so pretty: “It was different, and it really wasn’t all long ago. I’m talking 10-15 years ago when you still felt this way. I talked to Robin Roberts about it and we remember back in those days that you thought ‘oh, better not put on lipstick because I don’t want to draw attention to the fact that I’m a woman.’ It seems to have swung the other direction now. It’s perfectly fine to draw the attention to the fact that, not only you’re a woman, but play it up a bit....I’m all for looking great on the air, as best as anyone can. I’m not for this, ‘did you notice how good my legs are while I’m doing this report." [On The DL]
Phil Savage
Phil Savage Finally Apologizes For His Impassioned Expletive in E-mail Freakout to Fan
Well. Who would've thought a story like this could get so much attention? And, hey — even ESPN.com took off the web censors and let the AP's "as first reported by Deadspin.com" into its online copy. I'm flattered that they acknowledge our uncanny ability to carefully sift through our inbox. And now, Phil Savage has officially fessed up and apologized for using the dreaded F plus ampersands and exclamation marks to respond to an angry Browns fan:"It happened after the game," Savage in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "There had been previous e-mails from him over the months and enough was enough. We have both apologized to each other since. The Browns' fans have overwhelmingly been supportive of me over the past 3-plus seasons and I appreciate that greatly."More »
Media
Chicago Magazine Writer Loves Him Some Jay Mariotti
By his own count, Jay Mariotti wrote more than 3,000 columns in his 17 years as a Chicago Sun-Times columnist. But now that that's all over, and being an ESPN jabbering noggin is his main gig now, how does a professional contrarian stay relevant in a world that's swiftly passing him by? By grabbing a suit jacket and Levis and posing against a brick wall for a magazine story, that's how. In the December issue of Michigan Avenue, Josh Schollmeyer does a Q&A profile of Mariotti, Schollmeyer charitably refraining from the same character assassination tactics that made his subject famous. Title? Mariotti Unplugged ("Do Freebird!"). Ha. As if Jay was ever "plugged" to begin with. More »
Charges have been dropped against the OU Scrotal Assassin; the Sooners fan charged with ripping a Texas fan's scrotum during a bar brawl. [The Lost Ogle]
Tv time
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you just admit what a gigantic nerd you are ...
• College Basketball: Coaches vs. Cancer Classic: Southern Illinois vs. Duke Blue Devils (7:00 p.m., ET) Salukies, Dukies. Dukies, Salukies [ESPN2]
• College Football: Miami Hurricanes vs. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (7:30 p.m., ET) Those colors do not go well together. [ESPN]
• NBA: Detroit Pistons at Boston Celtics (8:00 p.m., ET) Unless someone is punching Bill Laimbeer, I'm not interested. [TNT]
• College Basketball: Coaches vs. Cancer Classic: Michigan vs. UCLA (9:00 p.m., ET) Ditto. [ESPN2]
• NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix Suns (10:30 p.m., ET) Maybe Kobe will finally answer that question. [TNT]
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What does it say about me—and pro wrestling—that when I got an email titled "a picture of what Randy 'Macho Man' Savage looks like now" I just assumed it would be a leathery sunken-faced mummy and not Burl Ives' grandson in a cowboy hat? [King of Cartoons]
Media
Buffalo Sportswriter Dies After Press Box Fall
Tom Borrelli, a sportswriter for the Buffalo News died today after an accident that happened at high school football game. On November 8, Borrelli was climbing up a steep metal staircase (almost like a ladder, really) on the way to the press box at All High Stadium, when he hit his head on a girder above him and fell backwards down the steps to the concrete floor. He was paralyzed from the neck down, and remained on a respirator for almost two weeks before passing away early this morning. More »
College Football
Thursday Night Preview: #23 Miami at Georgia Tech
These Thursday night ACC Football previews are starting to have a Groundhog Day quality about them. (Insert team here) controls their own destiny unless they lose in which case the same scenerio repeats itself again, and again, and again. Shoot me now. This is why we need a college football tsar (of course he'd have to be Russian) to announce that the loser of Alabama-Florida or the Big 12 Championship Game will be deemed the ACC Champion this year. Wouldn't this be great? If your conference was so bad that by popular acclamation (or tsar dictatorship) Sergei Eisenstein could decree the winner of your conference? Anyway, Miami, winners of five straight ballgames, can get close to clinching the Coastal Division with a win at Georgia Tech. More »
Afternoon Blogdome
Afternoon Blogdome: There Goes My Hero
Blogdome@deadspin.com hurt itself today, to see if it still feels.Back-to-Back: Wow. This guy really likes Barry Bonds. It must be their shared passion for needles. [Mouthpiece Sports] More »
MLB
Lift Your Calzones And Salute; The End Of The George Steinbrenner Era Has Come
When I worked at MSNBC Sports in Redmond, Wash., one of my first assignments was to interview George Steinbrenner by phone for an audio link to an online story. I remember him as one of those rare interview subjects whom you just kick start with a single question, and then watch race around the room. He was loquacious, informative, even funny. Of course others, chiefly Billy Martin, knew him as a prick. And he's lost quite a bit off his fastball since then, which is why, finally, he's officially released his bony grip from the tiller of the Yankees and handed over things to his sons Hal and Hank, with the emphasis on Hal. More »
NFL
Former Viking Would Very Much Like To Hit Brad Childress In The Head
Current Jaguars wideout Troy Williamson spent his first three seasons in the NFL angering Minnesota fans with his mediocre play and current Vikings coach Brad Childress spent his first two years angering Minnesota fans by putting him into games. Of course, all of this happened during the downtime when they weren't angering each other. Williamson changed teams during the offseason, but hasn't forgotten his old boss's slights and now that the Jags and Vikes face off this Sunday in Jacksonville, he wants to settle the score—Queensberry Rules-style. He wants to "duke it out" with Childress on the 50-yard line. More »
3:00 PM on Thu Nov 20 2008
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Latest by GiuseppeRoloson: He's going to accuse Brad Childress of having sex with Oscar Wilde, leading Childress to file a libel suit and more »
Jamboroo
Jamboroo, Week 12. Featuring: Fire-Eating Strippers, Hidden Poop Éclairs, and Pornographic Liechtensteinian Christmas Carols
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs, well, every Thursday afternoon during the NFL season. Drew’s new book, “Men With Balls,” featuring 100% new material, is available right now in stores and online here, and makes a lovely Christmas gift for the chronic masturbator in your life. You can email Drew here. Read him during the week at KSK.
No time for tiddlywinks, people. We’ve got leather bikinis and other shit to discuss. Let’s dive right in to this week’s slate of matchups.
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NFL
Dim-Witted Donovan McNabb Sick Of Talking About Dim-Wittedness
Obviously, I'm not happy about how things in Iggle-ville right now, but given my state of euphoria after a Phillies championship it's tough to get too angry about the dumbfounding dipshittery that has crippled this football team this year. Granted, the recent revelations about Donovan McNabb's complete lack of knowledge about the overtime rule are troubling, but really not that big of a deal. I'm a fan of Donovan and do think the Eagles are a better football team with him, even when he's taking out foot-long divots with his out-passes and vomiting in the huddle. After almost 10 years in the league, this is just a remarkable admission. Yesterday, McNabb joked about the incident, calling himself a "trendsetter" for being honest about his ignorance, which isn't going to go over too well in Philadelphia. (You can't blame the guy for trying to lighten the mood.)McNabb updated his Yardbarker blog today with another explanation: More »
2:00 PM on Thu Nov 20 2008
By DAULERIO
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Latest by Barry Lutz: @Matt_T: Or he caved to the vast Hines Ward internet conspiracy (the same cabal that also keeps changing his Wikipedia more »
Yikes. The Jason Donald era in Philly might start a little earlier: Chase Utley will have right hip surgery, and will miss the next four to six months. [Crashburn Alley]
