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John Cena And Roman Reigns Broke The Fourth Wall, Cut A Great PromoThere’s so much talking on WWE Raw. It always opens with a promo and sometimes they just talk talk talk. For every great Paul Heyman promo there are two segments that just drone on and on and on. It happens. The show’s three hours! What else are you going to fill time with, wrestling?...

Mike Florio Tries To Do Something Nice, Regrets It ImmediatelyPro Football Talk’s Mike Florio announced yesterday that he had a giveaway for his readers: eight codes for a free copy of a football video game. This gesture turned out to be easier promised than executed....

Brandon Laird Won Free Beer For A Year With This DingerBrandon Laird is a 28-year-old infielder who scuffled his way to a .197 average in 53 games for three teams in three years of Major League ball. He’s currently plying his craft in Japan for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, who are now my favorite NPB team because that name rules (the nickname is, s...

Helen Mirren Reads "Where The Sidewalk Ends" In Awesome Fox Promo

Fox’s Women’s World Cup coverage has been hit or miss, but this intro featuring Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren reading Shel Silverstein’s “Where the Sidewalk Ends” is simply outstanding. That’s Explosions In The Sky’s “Your Hand In Mine” as the music bed....

A Gently Annotated List Of Washington Nationals Promos And Giveaways

Previously: The Baltimore Orioles....

A Partially Annotated List of Baltimore Orioles Promotions And Giveaways

The ESPN NFL Playoffs "Run The Jewels" Promo Everyone's Talking About

ESPN's first-ever NFL playoffs broadcast is a big moment for the network, and they've been promoting today's Cardinals-Panthers game with a cool trailer featuring the instrumental version of the opening track from the first Run The Jewels album. The Worldwide Leader doesn't appear to have put the vi...

NBC's NHL Promo Tries To Rewrite Last Season's Playoff Results

The Flyers beat the Penguins in the first round of the playoffs last year, yet it wasn't as simple as that. The teams combined for 56 goals, hundreds of penalty minutes, and multiple suspensions. It was simultaneously the ugliest and most entertaining playoff series in recent member. But the Flyer...