Sources: Sometimes Sources Are Just Flacks
At 3:12 p.m., I (and presumably many, many other people who write about basketball) received a PR blast in my inbox:
The New Yorker Looks To A Stupid Man To Answer An Even Stupider Question
Sports and politics cannot be separated. Sports expresses, iterates, and interacts with politics at basically every…
FanSided, Sports Illustrated's Slimy Appendage, Reeks Of Exploitation
In 2015, Time Inc., the listing titan of 20th-century publishing, bought FanSided—a network of more than 300 sport- and…
Holy Shit, The Athletic Just Swiped A Bunch Of NFL Beat Writers
The Athletic is committed to pulverizing newspapers, and it brought out the sledgehammer today. The site announced the…
There Are No Clean Hands In The Latest WWE Twitter Blow-Up
Pro wrestling Twitter completely imploded on Wednesday. Well, more than usual.
Athletic Writer Throws Fit Over Rhode Island Not Giving Into Stadium Financing Scheme
A hot new sports media startup may not be the place you’d expect to find a braindead take lifted straight from a…
Oh, Good, Now The Sports Media Is Slurping Up Elon Musk's Bullshit
Go to any sports website today and you are likely to see a headline about Tesla founder Elon Musk’s brilliant new plan…
The Clippers Are Embarrassingly Thirsty For Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard wasn’t happy to be in San Antonio. Now, he’s not happy to be in Toronto. Regardless of his feelings,…
Meet The Reddit User Who Keeps Beating Powerful NBA Reporters To Scoops
On July 24, NBA scoopmaster Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted that Kevin Love had signed an extension with the Cleveland…
SB Nation Is Paying Workers As Little As $3 Per Blog Post
What’s a fair amount for a billion-dollar company to pay a writer for reporting, writing, and publishing one post per…
The Walls Are Closing In
It wasn’t supposed to be like this, I swear. When these here Intertubes came to prominence, the idea was that…
How Is This Shit Legal
This past spring, Michael Ferro resigned as chairman of publicly traded media-looting hell-company Tronc, Inc., just…
Weird-As-Hell USA Today Blog Reads Like Ad Copy For The Qatar World Cup
We’re all in agreement that holding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is a bad idea, right? Like, historically bad, since…
Bleacher Report Founder Wins Right To Put His Sweaty Hands All Over The Gawker Archives
The archives of our former sister site Gawker now belong to this goon. Bryan Goldberg, the founder of Bleacher Report,…
They Aren't Your Friends
A good cover letter apparently should open with an anecdote that displays grit and character and perseverance; it…
Why Are So Many People Demanding Redemption For Luke Heimlich?
Before there was the ongoing Luke Heimlich redemption tour, the paint-by-numbers SI profile, and the Kansas City Royals…
Getty Images Apologizes For Getting Horny Over World Cup Fans
The World Cup is a time to feel great pride for your country, to find an excuse to drink before noon, and to appreciate…
Weird FS1 Segment: Say What You Will About Joseph Stalin, But He Had A Sick House
Today’s World Cup coverage on Fox Sports 1 featured a short segment produced by National Geographic, in which a…
SB Nation May Like The Brands More Than Good Interviews
SB Nation published a blog about how Joel Embiid likes a soda that the soda company pays him to say he likes. Yes, it’s…
