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You Cannot Kill ESPN Mobile
Just when you thought it was safe to watch a television commercial again ......

Someone Believes ESPN Mobile Still Has Value!
It is encouraging to know that, even in the distant wake of a corporate disaster, someone still thinks ESPN Mobile phones are worth stealing....

ESPN Mobile Will Outlive Us All
Just when you thought it was safe to open your mobile phone browser again ... well ... it's baaaack.......

ESPN Mobile Finally Shuffles Off This Mortal Coil
You know, sometimes news in this world breaks, and it's the most shocking event you can imagine. You have to read the story two or three times to make sense of it; can that really be happening? Your fundamental reality changes, and you interpret all that comes afterwards with this new, different s...

You Better Get ESPN Mobile Before A Tornado Hits
Got a tip from Jeff in Columbia about an oddly-timed plug for ESPN Mobile during last night's Little League World Series broadcast. Erin Andrews was in the stands during the game between Columbia and Lake Charles, standing among a bunch of Columbia fans, who all seemed to be on their cell phones. ...

The Final Death Knell For ESPN Mobile
We know you don't need us to occasionally remind you just how much of a disaster ESPN Mobile has been for the Worldwide Leader ... but we thought we'd go ahead and try anyway....

They Got To Gammons Too
It was one thing when Mel Kiper had to deal with the indignity of having his daggum top 10 messed up. It was another when Stephen A. Smith smugly pointed out to Tim Legler that all those papers were holding him back. It was another when Trey Wingo invaded our home through direct mail....

Fewer Than 10,000 Sainted Souls
We're just piling on now, we know. From today's Wall Street Journal:...

What ESPN Mobile SHOULD Have Been
In response to our post yesterday about ESPN taking a $25 million loss on ESPN Mobile, reader Jim from Boston writes in to tell us where, precisely, the network's pricing plan might have gone wrong....

What's $25 Million Between Friends?
And you thought we were unduly picking on ESPN for the ESPN Mobile fiasco....

ESPN Mobile Closeout! Everything Must Go!
You knew it was coming eventually, though, to be fair, we thought it might take a little longer: ESPN Mobile has lowered the price of its Sanyo handset to $99. Originally, it was almost $500....

One Guy Has An ESPN Phone (And It Doesn't Even Work)
We don't mean to pile on — really — but Friday, we asked our vast network of Deadspin readers to let us know if they, or anyone they knew even, owned one of the much-hyped ESPN Mobile phones. We weren't expecting an avalanche of emails, but we figured, you know, a few of you would have one. The di...

Anybody Out There Have ESPN Mobile? Anyone?
We were watching another one of those impressive ESPN Mobile commercials this morning, and we thought we'd check in and see how the much-ballyhooed big-bucks launch of the product was going. Of course, finding sales numbers is pretty much out of the question, and most of the mainstream press has f...