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A Night Out With Linda Cohn

The first thing you notice about Linda Cohn is the voice. It’s a definitive Long Island accent, so pronounced, it sounds like someone doing a bad Long Island accent impersonation. “Coffee Talk” in the flesh. And she laughs a lot. A giddy, crazy laugh that ‘s a bit jarring. We met in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel on Tuesday night to go on our “date” as some sort of convoluted scheme I cooked up to help promote her book. She shook my hand like a professional. The book, from what I’ve read, is much different than what I expected. It’s a very personalized memoir that covers all aspects of her life and her eventual ascent to ESPN prominence. It’s a little uncomfortable to read about Linda Cohn’s love life and the unraveling of her marriage. But, you know, that’s why I figured a date would be appropriate. She’s newly single, I’m newly single, let’s let the ponies roam, right? More »

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A Slanted And Semi-Enchanted Evening With Linda Cohn


This photo was taken by Gawker photog Roger West who was assigned to photograph my big date in New York City with ESPN's Linda Cohn, who's doing press for her book, "Cohn Head: A No-Holds-Barred Account of Breaking Into the Boys' Club". She's a classy lady and one who appreciated my attempts at wooing her: Flowers. A hearty meal. Wine. A $12 tie. More »

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Media Approval Ratings: Linda Cohn

In that book thing we just wrote, we referred to Linda Cohn as "competent, and seemingly pregnant every three months." We're not sure that's true anymore, but it really did seem like that for a while, didn't it? Every time you turned on "SportsCenter," there was Linda Cohn, all preggers again. We remember when the same thing was happening with Trey Wingo. More »