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Fox Loves Random Cute Dog Photos

Leitch — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:40:14 EST

What would you do if, out of nowhere, Fox used a picture of your dog on their national sports broadcast?

This has been floating around the Interwebs for the last few days: Fox randomly grabbed a picture of some person's dog to run with their telecast. It seems odd that they would choose that dog; there has to be a clip art Santa dog somewhere, right?

The person seems unusually aggrieved, we'll say; copyright issues are no joke, sure, but ... your dog was on national TV. If our parents' dogs were on a football telecast, they would be showing the video to everyone within a 50 mile radius. They might have it on a loop on a big screen outside their house. In that regard, we guess, we're pretty glad this didn't happen.

All I Want For Christmas Is For FOX To Stop Using My Copyrighted Photos In Their NFL Broadcast Without Asking My Permission [Sweetney.com]

It's Good To Be Jimmy Johnson

Leitch — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:05:01 EDT

On a lazy Friday afternoon, we present to you, apropos of nothing, a montage of Jimmy Johnson looking ridiculous.

We actually like Johnson, mainly because he has the feel of a guy that escaped the world of coaching right about the time it became a grueling exercise in destroying one's own life. Johnson couldn't seem more different than Eric Mangini; we can't imagine him staying up later than 11 p.m. watching game film if he tried. If we had won a few Super Bowls, we'd do the exact same thing: Spend our life floating around on a boat, getting a tan and collecting checks from FOX for putting up with Howie Long. There are worse gigs.

Hair Crimes Starring Jimmy Johnson [extrapolater]

The Super Bowl Gets More SUPER

Leitch — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:35:53 EDT

You might think that Richard Simmons hanging out with Howie Long and company is just an anomaly, a tiny bit of happenstance. But then again, you don't know who's hosting the pregame and halftime festivities for Fox at Super Bowl XLII.

That's right: Seacrest In!

Word on the street is, "Idol" ringmaster [Ryan Seacrest] will handle pre-game and halftime hosting duties of the Super Bowl on Fox next February. Because nothing says manly man like a guy with frosted highlights.

We see nothing wrong with this, frankly; heck, get this guy a typewriter, and he's practically Jay Mohr anyway. Get him ready for his own show! And, finally, NBC has a reason to hire him.

Are You Ready For Some Football With Ryan? [TMZ]

You Can't Tell, But Howie Long Is Erect

Leitch — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:20:10 EDT

If we know our average Deadspin reader, you were obviously watching "Fox & Friends" on the Fox News Channel this morning. But just in case ... Richard Simmons was hanging out with the FOX NFL Sunday crew. Finally, someone who makes Jimmy Johnson look well dressed, and Terry Bradshaw look less gay. If you look close, you can see Curt Menefee wondering what the hell he got himself into.

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