<![CDATA[Deadspin: Valleywag]]> http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: Valleywag]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/valleywag http://deadspin.com/tag/valleywag <![CDATA[NBC's "Boss Button" Guaranteed To Get You Fired For Watching Olympics At Work]]> We've received a lot more complaints about NBC that will be shared with you a little later, but this one is particularly amusing and pretty symbolic of the network's general ineptitude this Olympic season. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5473720&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[NFL Preemptively Stops First Twitter Touchdown Celebration]]> As expected, the NFL has laid down a formal law banning the use of Twitter during games, providing fans with at least one safe haven in the ongoing war to see who can be the league's most obnoxious player. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5350235&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[ESPN Twitter Memo: The Remix]]> So now that the infamous memo has been passed around to everyone, ESPN has reworked their guidelines for those individuals still confused or incensed by the policy and what they can and cannot do. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5330860&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Texas Lineman Gets Kicked Off Team for Racist Facebook Message to Barack Obama]]> The big galoot pictured here is Buck Burnette, back up center for the University of Texas Longhorns. Check that — former back up center. You see, good ol' boy Buck here thought it would be funny to update his Facebook profile status with this message soon after Barack Obama's election:
"all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse"
Kudos to Buck for putting symbols over the deplorable word (he probably wasn't censoring "butler") but the damage was already done. Word got back to Longhorns coach Mack Brown who immediately booted him off the team. Burnette has since taken down his Facebook page, but before he did, he left this contrite message to all those offended:
Clearly I have made a mistake and apologized for it and will pay for it. I received it as a text message from an acquaintance and immaturely put it up on facebook in the light of the election. Im not racist and apologize for offending you. I grew up on a ranch in a small town where that was a real thing and I need to grow up. I sincerely am sorry for being ignorant in thinking that it would be ok to write that publicly and apologize to you in particular. I have to be more mature than to put the reputation of my team at stake and to spread that kind of hate which I dont even believe in. Once again, I sincerely apologize.
Well, it is an apology and not the old "dressed as a drunk guy who was drawn on for Halloween" excuse, but it's still a little shameful that some of Buck's takeaway was that it's not "ok to write that publicly," but whatever. He'll be a better person after this. Hopefully. Texas Lineman's Facebook status gets him booted off the team [World of Isaac] (via Sports Inferno) More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5078513&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Introducing Valleywag]]> The Gawker Media overlords have goosed us a bit to inform you that they've launched yet another new blog: Valleywag, a gossip sheet covering the Silicon Valley world. More »
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