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It’s been another horrible week for women, and sports isn’t helping one bitBill Cosby is out of prison, not because he isn’t a rapist, but because of shoddy lawyering by a former district attorney in Pennsylvania. Britney Spears remains under a conservatorship, even as her father refuses to let her remove an IUD....

ESPN Suspended Bob Ryan For Calling Mark Jackson A "Bible-Pounding Phony"ESPN suspended regular TV presence Bob Ryan for calling colleague Mark Jackson a “Bible-pounding phony” and “con man,” among other insults, on the Dan Le Batard Show, as first reported by The Big Lead. Ryan appears regularly on Around the Horn and Sports Reporters, and sometimes guest hosts Pardon t...

Bob Ryan Just Fuckin' Tweets All His Shit At OnceNBA sage Bob Ryan is just going for it today. Hours after calling ex-Warriors coach Mark Jackson a “Bible-pounding phony,” Ryan—who has never been adept at Twitter—sent a flood of tweets in just a couple of minutes....

Bob Ryan Calls Mark Jackson A "Bible-Pounding Phony"

Former Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan was a guest on the Dan Le Batard Show this morning, and was asked if the Golden State Warriors turning into world-beaters right after firing head coach Mark Jackson was an indictment of Jackson’s coaching abilities. Bob Ryan was not shy about answering this que...

Bob Ryan: Scribe

Over at Grantland, Bryan Curtis has an entertaining feature on Bob Ryan:...

Bob Ryan's Twitter Account Is An Exercise In Muted Despair

When Peter Gammons sends out one of his patented butt-tweets, it's an occasion for laughter, because old guys who don't understand technology are always funny. But retired Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan's misuse of the social media platform makes us feel sad. Ryan definitely wants to say something,...

Bob Ryan Announces On Bill Simmons' Grantland Podcast That He's Retiring From Sports Journalism Because Blogging And Tweeting Have Ruined It

Also ruining sports journalism? Irony. [ESPN Boston]...

<em>Around The Horn</em> Takes On The March Madness Selection Process

This is a clip from an Around The Horn episode about a week ago, in which the four journalists du jour took on the March Madness selection process — a topic that seemed to be on everybody's mind. "How much difference between the innies and the outies?" wondered show host Tony Reali. "What do you t...