<![CDATA[Deadspin: mel+kiper]]> http://tags.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: mel+kiper]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/melkiper http://deadspin.com/tag/melkiper <![CDATA[ESPN's Mel Kiper Page Links To Hilarious Profane Car Ad (Update)]]> This is likely to be removed soon, so hurry: When you click on Mel Kiper's page today, you don't get Mel's NFL draft take. Unless the Matt Stafford debate includes a profane car ad (NSFW).

A tipster just alerted us to the fact that when you click on the Tuesdays with Mel link, it takes you not to Mel's post, but to this:

NSFW.

Tuesdays with Mel > Tuesdays With Morrie.

Oh ESPN, what have you done now? Someone over there must have been passing this around, and in a tragic mistake, put in the link in place of Kiper's. That cut-and-paste function can be demanding mistress.

Jesus! Hasn't anyone around here ever worked on a web site before? /Berman'd.

UPDATE: ESPN's official comment: "The video was inappropriate and we apologize. It had nothing to do with Mel, and the error was caught and corrected immediately."

Mel Kiper [ESPN]

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<![CDATA[Media Approval Ratings: Mel Kiper]]> It's the one time of the year when we all pay attention to Mel Kiper Jr. — we never know if we're supposed to include the "Junior" or not — so we might as well feature him today before everyone forgets about him again.

We've always somewhat admired Kiper for recognizing, while still in college, that a strong demand for draft knowledge existed; more than anyone else, he's the reason people lose their freaking minds about the draft every year. And you know, Akili Smith turned out to be an amazing quarterback.

So, yeah: Do you like the Mel Kiper? Do you not like the Mel Kiper? Let's hear about his upside.

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<![CDATA[The Right Way To Read Mel Kiper]]> kiperporn.jpgA clever reader sends this in:

It's more fun to read Mel Kiper's Senior Bowl reviews as if Mel is a talent scout for the porn industry.

And you know what? He's exactly right. Here's some fun examples.

&#8226; Pitt QB Tyler Palko showed a long, sweeping motion,
&#8226; Michigan DB Leon Hall is smooth and displays good hands and hips, but is a little slow in transitioning.
&#8226; Virginia Tech safety Aaron Rouse looks a little stiff.... didn't play the deep ball well and didn't turn his hips.
&#8226; Fresno State WR Paul Williams looks very, very good. He shows good hands and quickness out of his cuts.
&#8226; Cal DL Brandon Mebane shows a good power rush. The hard-nosed kid has success pushing the pocket.
&#8226; LSU's Dwayne Bowe ...is smooth and explodes out of his breaks. Bowe displays great body positioning.
&#8226; USC center Ryan Kalil showed he can be a strong anchor. He did a good job in one-on-one drills

Fun!

Mel Kiper's Page [ESPN]

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<![CDATA[Mel Kiper Jr.'s Thick "Fingers"]]>
We generally don't like to make fun of spelling mistakes here, because we make them as much as anyone (and don't get us started on our italics woes).

But we had to point this screenshot from Mel Kiper's column out before they changed it, because it proves what we've always suspected: Mel Kiper types out all his notes in the middle of the night, probably around 3 a.m., in a fevered caffeine rush, surrounded by game film, with his hair.

That, or maybe editing Mel's pieces over there at ESPN.com means, uh, writing them.

Hurry up and check out the whole thing before they change it.

Personnel Points [ESPN Insider]

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<![CDATA[We Have To Ask ...]]> Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ...
&#8226; 10 a.m.. The Fantasy Focus: I'm afraid you've bitten off more than you can chew, ESPN fantasy games expert Eric Karabell — I'm in a Fantasy Chessboxing Pool. Try that one on for size, my nerdy little friend.
&#8226; 1 p.m. NFL Draft Expert Mel Kiper: At this point calling yourself a draft expert is a little like calling Michael Brown a disaster expert, isn't it?
&#8226; 4 p.m. College FB with Doug Gottlieb: Think of this as your audition for a higher profile at ESPN, Doug. We'll have an opening just as soon as Beano Cook is informed that he passed away two years ago.

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<![CDATA[We Have To Ask ...]]> Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ...
&#8226; 1 p.m. NFL Draft expert Mel Kiper Jr.: Remember that draft when you were calling J.J. Stokes the next Jerry Rice? How did that turn out?
&#8226; 3:30 p.m. Jets LB Jonathan Vilma: I think a good nickname for you would be "Area 51." Since that's your number. It would be like, 'don't try to run over the middle when Vilma's playing linebacker, that's Area 51, off limits.' I would charge a nominal, one-time fee for this idea. Please let me know.
&#8226; 4 p.m. Orioles OF Eric Byrnes: Not to alarm you — no one's throwing around the term "stalker" or anything — but she's still out there, watching ...

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<![CDATA[We Have To Ask ...]]> Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ...
&#8226; 11 a.m. NFL with Chris Mortensen: OK, does it technically count as a trade rumor if you make it up yourself?
&#8226; 1 p.m. NFL Draft expert Mel Kiper: Each year in late April, I dress up a Ken doll to look like you and give it a mock beating. Just so you know.
&#8226; 4 p.m. College Hoops with Andy Katz: Forget Duke — how does Newton South High School look this year?

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<![CDATA[We Have To Ask ...]]> Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ...
&#8226; Noon. Penn State QB Michael Robinson: Isn't it kind of odd having a coach who conducts practice from a Rascal scooter?
&#8226; 1 p.m. Football with Mel Kiper: Just saw on Court TV that your hair has filed for emancipation. Your thoughts?
&#8226; 4 p.m. College Hoops with Andy Katz: Tell the truth, you're one of those guys who wears gym shorts over his sweats and shoots one-handed, aren't you?

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<![CDATA[We Have To Ask ...]]> Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ...
&#8226; Noon. NFL with Scouts, Inc.: Um, we heard that Tom Luginbill is your senior director of scouting. Can he get me a Los Angeles Xtreme jersey? We imagine he has plenty in his closet.
&#8226; 1 p.m. Football with Mel Kiper: This is a two-part question; the first part for Mel, and the second part for his hair ....
&#8226; 4 p.m. College Basketball with Andy Katz: You can take the boy out of Fresno, but you can never take, well, you know.

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<![CDATA[We Have To Ask ...]]> Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ...
&#8226; 11 a.m. NFL with Chris Mortensen: Our dream is to fight crime as an ESPN Insider. How can we join your elite ranks?
&#8226; 1 p.m. FB with Mel Kiper: OK, at this point your credibility is so low you may as well work for FEMA.
&#8226; 4 p.m. U.S. Open with Pam Shriver: Just what does "longtime doubles partnership with Martina Navratilova" mean, exactly?

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<![CDATA[We Have To Ask ...]]> Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ...
&#8226; 10 p.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: We are typing this from an 11th-story ledge outside the window of our office building, the only thing keeping us from plunging into the abyss being your assurances that we might somehow obtain Angels starter Bartolo Colon.
&#8226; 1 p.m. Football with Mel Kiper: Do you find it ironic when people actually mock your mock draft?
&#8226; 2 p.m. Baseball America: Inspired by your penchant for ranking things, we have prioritized my magazine subscriptions according to our budget and, sadly, you didn't make the cut. Sorry.

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