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Deadspin Up All Night: Walking Down The Street
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Maria Sharapova Will Remain Maria Sharapova
So, this stupid controversy—manufactured to create some buzz for her candy-line—is now over: Maria Sharapova is not changing her name for the U.S. Open. Her agent Max Eisenbud confirmed to ESPN that it just wouldn't be feasible. I'm sure all of this only dawned on them in the last couple of hours:...
A-Rod Lawyer Melts Down On <em>Today </em>
A-Rod's lawyer Joe Tacopina "would love nothing more" than to defend A-Rod and to talk about his testing history. If only MLB would be kind enough to waive the confidentiality agreement in the joint-drug agreement!...
Deadspin Up All Night: Dance This Mess Around
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Rick Reilly's Wife Does His Dirty Work On Twitter
Cynthia Reilly's Twitter presence is small. She's tweeted just 42 times and follows only nine people. She has three followers. But she's there for an important reason: to get people to call her husband, ESPN writer Rick Reilly....
Erin Andrews And Charissa Thompson Star In Painfully Bad Video
Fox Sports 1's Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson posed for a magazine. This is The Hollywood Reporter's fault but still. This video is unspeakably horrible. Thanks for sending along, anonymous ESPN person....
Here's The Roof That'll Cover Arthur Ashe Stadium At U.S. Open
The USTA released renderings this afternoon of the new roof that will be built for Arthur Ashe Stadium. The USTA said it's "likely" it'll be ready by 2017. There will also be a grand renovation of the entire U.S. Open tennis campus in Queens. It'll cost $550 million. That'll include a new Louis Arms...
How The Blockbuster Model Explains ESPN
The Atlantic has a really good piece today that explores how ESPN became the most "valuable media property in the United States." Two things, really: 1.) John Skipper, ESPN's president, started gobbling up live rights for traditional sports back in 2005, moving against the tide of airport-bookstore ...
"ESPN Is Dumb": Jason Whitlock's Thoughts About ESPN Over The Years
Keith Olbermann's return to ESPN is almost certainly less shocking than Jason Whitlock's return. Olbermann torched bridges, yes, but that was a long time ago. ESPN president John Skipper told The Hollywood Reporter that he never even met Olbermann until last year. "I am post the Keith troubles," he ...
The Best And Worst Baseball Beat Reporters, According To You
Last week we concluded our crowd-sourced guide to the best and worst beat reporters in Major League Baseball. Today, we collate. We read your reviews and picked out the best and worst beat reporters for every team where some consensus could be discerned. We also pulled some of your choicest comments...
One Year Ago Today, ESPN Hit Rock Bottom
Tim Tebow turned 26 today. That means the dumbest day in ESPN history has turned 1. ...
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Jason Whitlock Returning To ESPN [UPDATE]
Whoa. The Big Lead reports that Jason Whitlock is leaving Fox Sports and heading back to ESPN. As recently as a few weeks ago, Whitlock was working on test segments for a show on Fox Sports 1—called Red, White and Truth—that hadn't appeared on any lineup for the the network. In the last month, ESPN ...
The U.S. Open Is Finally Getting A Retractable Roof
In a few years, the U.S. Open will no longer be the most fogeyish Grand Slam. The USTA announced this morning that it will build a long-sought retractable roof over Arthur Ashe Stadium. How exactly they plan to do that—Ashe was built over a landfill and previous studies seemed to indicate a roof was...
What's With All The Guns And Fishing On NBC Sports Network?
Fox Sports 1 is launching this week and enjoying an endless parade of good publicity as a self-styled alternative to ESPN, but how are things at yesterday's self-styled alternative to ESPN, 20-month-old NBC Sports Network? NBCSN will have Premier League soccer this weekend, so that's something. But ...
"In New York, Keith Olbermann, ESPN."
Keith made his SportsCenter return after 16 years, about 104 miles southwest from Bristol. He looked orange. That Hershey's sign is soooo very distracting, as is all of Times Square. But Olbermann's Yankee fan/A-Rod essay was nice. ...
What Is Nate Silver's New ESPN Site Going To Look Like?
Nate Silver's ESPN-owned FiveThirtyEight site is not going to be The Nate Silver Show + a few contributors. Silver's plan is to make it a Grantland II, of sorts. ...
The Best And Worst Beat Reporters In Baseball: AL East
Rally 'round the flag, boys—we've got one last edition of the Beat-Off. For the last week, you've helped us identify the best and worst beat reporters for 25 teams in Major League Baseball. Now we conclude with the AL East....