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As some of you might be unfortunate enough to know, the man pictured here is Colin Cowherd, who has a show on ESPN Radio. Like many sports radio hosts across this great land, he relies greatly on blogs to find himself some free, juicy content. (And, of course, acting as if he just came up with it on his own; there's a guy at WFAN in New York who's particularly egregious about this as well. You know who you are.) We tend not to work ourselves up about this too much; if we riled ourselves up about radio people swiping blog stories every time it happened, we wouldn't have time to type. Information is meant to be free.
However: Today, upset with something The Big Lead had written about him (or someone, or something, imagined or otherwise), Cowherd told his listeners to unleash a DNS attack on the site. One of the tech people here at Gawker Media tells us: "When someone floods a website with so many fake hits that the servers get overloaded, the site, essentially, goes down. A programmer could write a script to load the website once a second." That appears to be what happened; The Big Lead was down for about half an hour after the announcement, though it's up and running again now.
Now. We're still not sure why Cowherd decided to go after The Big Lead — we're the ones who said he sucks in a headline — but we're not mad at him. We really just kind of feel sad. It must be frustrating to have a fan base only because of your affiliation with a Vader-esque national network, to want to feel "freewheeling" and "controversial" when your name is Colin. We understand how alone it can feel to realize that the game has passed you by, that the same schtick you've made your "career" out of is in danger of collapsing in on itself like a dying star. When one is threatened and scared, one tends to lash out at the ones they love. So we are sorry, Colin; we can't imagine how hard it must be to go through what you're going through. You're in our thoughts.
Oh, and go ahead and try that shit with us. We dare you.
Why Your National Radio Host Sucks: Colin Cowherd [Deadspin]
(UPDATE: And yes: The Big Lead is still down. Grrrr.)
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Will's just pumped because the Cardinals' season has started so well...
Why should we need Colin Cowherd to crash Deadspin? Up! All Night crashes the site on a regular basis on its own.
He went to college in Cheney WA. Anyone who has had the unfortunate circumstance to find himself there knows, that controversy in that region is mounting the black sheep instead of the typical white one.
They should sue him and the WWL. Seriously.
I'm pretty sure that DDoS attacks are illegal (althogh I'm not sure if there is a technical distinction between a DNS and DDoS attack). It was either the DMCA or maybe the PATRIOT Act that covered this.
Anyway, sorry for the lack of dick joke. I just dislike Cowherd that much. He is a dick and a joke.
Oh Snap
Colin Cowherd can still win - by getting Will to write about this and link to The Big Lead, the Deadspin Nation will link over to The Big Lead and cause it to crash again, thus allowing Cowherd victory. Don't fall for the trap guys!
Ouch I hurt my brain thinking about this...
Colin Cowherd: Douchenozzle AND Intarwebs Terrorist.
For anyone who happened to listen to him this morning, he's in the "entertainment" business, and eddie robinson's death not getting mentioned on his radio show yesterday was because his "key demo" wasn't interested. What a cocksmoker.
Don't try to pull that shit on us Cowhard, we'll pull that DNS attack away from you, stick it up your ass and push the mouse button until it goes 'click.'
You've seen what we can do...
Oh, and hey...Colin? That shit's illegal. "Aiding and abetting computer intrusion" and conspiracy. You can go to jail for that. Pound-you-in-the-ass prison. Congrats. I'll visit you for Broomstick Thursdays.
douche licker
I'll talk to people back home in Arkansas about launching an FOI attack
I've never listened to him, but judging by that picture, I wouldn't mind if Colin's face was run over by a lawn mower.
@euphemism: He's a EWU alum? That explains everything now...
Can we send a syphilitic polar bear over to his house to fuck him in the ass?
Good.
This sounds like a case for Deadspin, LLP!
To the law school library!
You know, as I understand it, there's a little organization called the FBI that would be mighty interested if someone were to declare on a national radio broadcast that it'd be cool to launch a DoS attack on an American Web site, then have the actual DoS attack happen.
Why not drop them a line?
Nothing shows a blog who's boss like increased traffic.
Now no one better start defending this cocksucker. That would have to result in a commenter execution, no?
Does anyone else remember what this douche said about Kirby Puckett the day after he died?
Awesome post Will. I hope you can read this compliment before Deadspin is DNS attacked!
Yeah, uh, if Big Lead wants to pursue it there could very easily be a way to get Cowherd for this legally, or at least make him sweat for a while. DDoS attacks and their kin are definitely illegal, and I don't think the government would take too kindly to someone openly asking his listeners on the radio to commit an illegal act.
Colin Cowherd is the biggest #### this side of Kellen Winslow Jr. I love it when he makes things up and then argues against them. Yesterday he came to the realization that a team like Oakland is smarter with its money than the Yankees. It was somewhere along the lines of "Everybody always says the Yankees are a well run franchise but all they do is buy overpriced talent". And then a bunch of dickweeds call in and agree with him.
I am still so bitter that this is how the WWL thought Kornheiser should be replaced.
The Big Lead is down right now. Cowherd, you're a fuck. I know there's a good chance you're going to read this because 1) you seem like the self-absorbed type that would be all over any attention given to him, and 2) where the hell else would you get (read: steal) your material? You're a hack, and an unentertaining clown. Slip in a puddle of AIDS and bend over for Jay Mariotti.
Is it just me, or is thebiglead still down?
@Weed Against Speed: in the land of 10,000 Lakes the One Eyed Man is King?
@Joe Hass: Hey, I've heard of them...do they have anyone that knows something about this topic? I bet that would be really handy.
Can someone get some sort of Drudge Report red siren on this attack?
@Jerkwheat: Nice
@Diddly: It's not loading for me either.
Good dare, Will. 'Cuz we all know how stable the Gawker Apple IIe server is.
Seriously though, if someone could find a way to nail this douchebag for inciting illegal acts or something (look at me, I just made up a crime!) that would be radical to the max.
threadjack
Hibachi torn knee. 4/4/07. Never forget
/threadjack
Can't we somehow jam his website so no one can get access to his content?
What, you say, he's on ESPN radio? Mission accomplished, then.
pwn3d
As of right now, TheBigLead is still down.
Oh, and screw you Colin Cowherd.
@Jerkwheat:
Ouch.
Will puts the EMO in dEMOlition.
I'm curious about the identity of the FAN thief.
Oh, and Cowherd's a huge douche.
@PeteJayhawk: AppleIIe? I was thinking it was a Commodore64 or some kind of Tandy...
Tomorrow morning
10AM - 1PM
1-888-SAY-ESPN
Tie. Up. Phonelines.
@Jerkwheat: How about a Jessica Tandy ... and a Hume Cronin.
(rimshot followed by silence. deadly, accusatory silence)
@Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: I think the power of poetry could heal him in no time. To the Gilbert Arenas message board! All my love Agent Zero. Affirmed
Who's stealing from Will on the FAN? Is it the Sweater or the Scmooze?
@Jerkwheat:
Yep. It's a TRS-80.
I know a place where we can go to have a good time.
Wait. WTF? Are you trying to tell me that the WWL employs a bunch of dickheads?
But what about Berman...I mean Patrick...umm, Salisbury..."Lazy Eye" Scott...
Hell, maybe you ARE on to something.
DDoS attacks, to the best of my knowledge, are not yet illegal in the US. Several other countries have drafted new laws making them illegal [like Sweden, Scotland, I think England], but not here yet.
Colin Cowherd: preaching intolerance since 19-whenever.
If only AG Gonzales hadn't pissed away all of his political capital firing prosecutors, he could have really done something about this.
Oh, and you're a plagarizing cock bite, Cowherd.
Oh, and go ahead and try that shit with us. We dare you.
Yeah, Gawker media has TWO hamsters now, plus another in the broom closet! Do your worst, fuckface!
@Weed Against Speed: oh and BTW - despite my little remark earlier - as a fat kid who played a bit of outfield when not behind the plate, I was a big Puckett fan.
The first time I listened to him, was the last time I listened to him. I'm shocked the guy has enough computer literate listeners to pull off something like this in the first place, frankly.
He has less than half the talent of Tony Bruno who is on SNR at the same time.
@Kathleen Turner Overdrive: Seconded. Phone line attack seems like a reasonable counter to me.
@PeteJayhawk: It was stable enough to play Oregon Trail; it must be stable enough for Deadspin.
I thank god every day they replaced him here in Pittsburgh with local guys. The man could not possibly be a bigger douche.
@Big Daddy Drew: I broke the one in the broom closet. Sorry.
What kind of fucking malorkus would actually execute this attack because of a midday sports talk personality? Those people need to get a life and then die in a fire.
@Tuffy: I guess I don't really want to know exactly how you broke the hamster.
He's like Mariotti. He thinks us talking about him is providing him with ratings.
What he doesn't know is that I turned off the radio.
REGULATORS!!!!!
Wow- he does not look at all what I thought he'd look like.
I've given him a pass for his repeated acts of idiocy in the past because he is a huge supporter of college football. But he is dead to me now.
Colin Cowturd?
I got nothin'.
I'm sure most deadspinners (read <30) didn't like Kornheiser when he was on. However, in my opinion his was the only show on ESPN radio that was entertaining day in and day out.
@Texas Gal: Yeah, he looks like a gigantic douche, right? There's something about that man's face that makes me want to greet it with a shovel.