ESPN X Games Memo Asks Staffers To Work For Free And Not Make Fun Of…

ESPN's X Games are slouching toward Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil, the first of three new international host cities, where competition begins next week and where staffers are arriving to find that their mellows have already been thoroughly harshed. It seems that money is tight in this corner of the $40 billion empire—tight…

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ESPN Is Canceling Two Best-Trick Competitions At The X Games; Does…

ESPN announced last night that it will no longer host a pair of best-trick competitions at the X Games: the Moto X best trick and the snowmobile best trick. ESPN is citing safety reasons and insists that it doesn't have anything to do with Caleb Moore, the snowmobiler who died a week after his crash in an X Games…

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Caleb Moore Has Died From Injuries Suffered In His X Games Snowmobile…

Snowmobiler Caleb Moore died this morning, a week after crashing his Snowmobile during the freestyle finals at the X Games in Aspen. Moore under-rotated on a backflip, and slammed his head into the ground as his snowmobile rolled over him. The 25-year-old was airlifted to the hospital, where he underwent surgery for…

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It's Only A Matter Of Time Before Someone Dies At The X Games [UPDATE]

A week ago at the Winter X Games, 25-year-old Caleb Moore was in the midst of a stellar run. The three-time medalist was putting on a clinic in the finals of Snowmobile Freestyle. He was landing flips and body varials, and he seemed destined for the podium. Then everything went wrong.

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In Least-Professional Broadcast Ever, ESPN Announcers Mock Wrecked…

ESPN's live broadcast of the Global Rallycross event in Las Vegas Saturday night turned bizarre as the feed—being recorded for later tape-delayed broadcast—revealed a series of bizarre comments by announcers in the aftermath of a driver's devastating accident.

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