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ESPYS: A Live Report From Within The Vicinity Of Matthew Berry

DAULERIO — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:45:26 EDT

The Talented Mr. PoonTo Returns. From an onlooker: "Matt berry is picking up on his espy escort chick about 20ft away from me.. Just got her number." Said "escort chick" is to the right, btw. Developing...

OK, Nobody Leaves The Room; The ESPYS Gift Bag Seems To Be Missing An Item

Rick Chandler — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:15:09 EDT

On Tuesday our friends at Awful Announcing took a look inside the gift bags that are handed out to presenters and nominees of the ESPYS. They're not as elaborate as the swag handed out at the Oscars, but look! A Subway Sandwiches gift card! Anyway, AA provided a full list of items, including, at No. 2, the AlcoMate Premium Breathalyzer (for the drunken athlete on the go). But I checked the list again today, and guess what?

The breathalyzer is missing. So to recap: On Tuesday, Breathalyzer. On Thursday, No breathalyzer. Perhaps someone got an angry call from LaRussa's agent? Or Carmelo Anthony snuck in and took them? Bud Selig didn't like the implications? Can someone explain this mystery?

Welll, at least the "Gift Certificate for a Stadium Sized Quilt with Sashing made from your treasured old t-shirts" is still there. And also Chumby.

The ESPYS VIP Gift Bag [The ESPYS]
A Look Inside The ESPYS Gift Bag [Awful Announcing]

The Only Time We're Going To Mention The ESPYs, Promise

Leitch — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:10:30 EDT

Honestly, if you don't have ESPY fever, we don't know what's wrong with you. People have often commended ESPN for running the ESPYs during the All-Star Break, and we agree, though for likely different reasons: We, like you, find ourselves so into sports sometimes that it's helpful to have an event that makes us want to keep a considerable distance from sports for a while.

We're not going to get into the plethora of reasons the ESPYs make us want to die — though you surely know most of them and are probably exhausted just thinking about them — we would like to point to the strangest ESPY category they've had in a while: Th Hummer Like No One Else Award. That's really what it's called. We doubt whether or not LeBron James would want to win this one ... and of all the categories to nominate a WNBA player!

ESPN Needs Young Employees [Winning The Turnover Battle]