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Farewell to Pedro Gomez, a pioneer for Latinos, baseball fans, and aspiring journalists
If you’re of a certain age group — mainly if you were born in the mid to late 1990s — Gomez was probably the first Latino you saw regularly report on ESPN. By definition, the late journalism legend was a pioneer for a multicultural community that has been granted minimal access to mainstream airwave...
Careless tweet by Pedro Gomez set up Zack Greinke to look like a jackass
The Astros didn’t fade out last night, which is what most of the baseball world wanted. A word on Zack Greinke, who gutted out six innings when his team needed it most after what has been a rocky postseason for him. ...
People Were Angry About ESPN's Bilingual Interviews Of Cuban Players
It's growing increasingly predictable that whenever the Spanish language appears on ESPN, angry responses are sure to come from viewers. That happened again tonight, when Pedro Gomez conducted bilingual interviews with Aroldis Chapman and Yoenis Céspedes and the Worldwide Leader received this kind o...
ESPN Reports Some Stupid Shit About Yasiel Puig
My stars! Yasiel Puig used his interpreter to try to pick up girls, and it was "not the first such occurrence," Pedro Gomez tells us darkly, citing "a source." But wait! It gets worse! Puig also failed to show proper deference when greeting Luis Gonzalez, according to Gomez, who on this count is me...
Watch Batting Stance Guy's Creepily Accurate Impressions Of All Your Least Favorite MLB Reporters
There's Terrorized Tim Kurkjian, precious Pedro Gomez, particular Peter Gammons, and Jon fucking Heyman....
ESPN's Pedro Gomez Drives America's Young Female Population to Lesbianism
I was going to do something about the Phillies here but since Sussman will be live-blogging it tonight and it's come to my attention that there are many, many, many Deadspin readers who despise the abundance of Philadelphia coverage that's invaded this site since my unwelcome takeover, I chose this ...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Who's Your Gay ESPN Sportscaster?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to tell him what you think....
ESPN Bonds Chroniclers About To Be Released Into The Wild
We would say our long national nightmare is almost over, but we have a feeling the nightmare was only in our heads all along....
Ah, If Only It Were Possible For Them To Mate
We find that when most people talk about "American Idol," they always start with something like: "Well, I don't watch 'American Idol,' but [insert knowing sarcastic remark about 'American Idol' here]." Considering the show's ratings rival that of God's, we assume most people are liars. We'll confess...
Let's Not Forget The Real Victim Here
In all the rigmarole destined to take over the sports airwaves in the coming days, let's not forget who will suffer the real ramifications of the definitive proof that Barry Bonds took steroids story: ESPN....