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ESPN Fires "Chink In The Armor" Scribe
ESPN has acted swiftly and definitively to the outrage of its own creation. The headline writer? Gone. The anchor (Max Bretos) with a similar slip of the tongue? Suspended. Thirty days. The radio guy who made the same mistake? Someone else's problem—he's not an ESPN employee. Phew. ...
Mike Tomlin: Not A Fan Of Cameras
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin dropped by Lexington yesterday to check out the top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats' SEC match against Ole Miss as a guest of UK head coach John Calipari, a Pittsburgh-area native....
Dereck Chisora May Have A Death Wish, As He Spat Water In Wladimir Klitschko's Face Just Before Today's Fight
It's the seventh round of Dereck Chisora's WBC title challenge against Vitali Klitschko, but the most interesting action took place before the bout began. ...
Former NBA Star Tom Gugliotta Ejected From Game He Was Watching From The Stands [UPDATE]
Retired NBA star Tom Gugliotta was ejected by referee Karl Hess in the second half of of North Carolina State's home loss to Florida State today....
Opposing Teammates Fight Over Lionel Messi's Game-Worn Shirt Like Teenaged Fanboys
Here is a story that does nothing but perpetuate Soccer's "bunch of flopping sissies" reputation....
How Boring Are The Mike Brown Lakers? They Put Jack Nicholson To Sleep
We first became aware of this via a tweet from The Score's Scott Lewis, and went to the video to see if, indeed, Jack Nicholson was sleeping courtside in the fourth quarter of last night's 111-99 Lakers win over Phoenix. It sure looks like he's napping, though if you look closely Jack's reading s...
"What About His Eyes?" Other Moments In Media Stereotyping Or Racism About Jeremy Lin
Last night's unfortunate turn of phrase used on ESPN.com's mobile site gives us reason to examine a few other ill-advised media moves when it comes to discussing Jeremy Lin. The above comes from WNYW on Thursday morning, and features anchor Greg Kelly (recently cleared on some unsavory criminal c...
The Best Basketball Story Of The Year Has Nothing To Do With Jeremy Lin
This story may be a week old, but it's a good one. Cory Weissman is a senior at Gettysburg College (Division III) who hadn't stepped foot on a basketball court since suffering a stroke during an off-season workout as a freshman that left him "fully paralyzed on the left side of his body." Prior to...
ESPN's Headline Writers Join In The Linsanity: "Chink In The Armor" Edition
Linsanity is an unstoppable force that one can only hope to contain. Yes, according to many of you who read ESPN's mobile site, this is an actual "Chink in the armor" headline that the leader of sports—worldwide—blared to smartphone and other gadget users following the Knicks loss last night. ...
Ricky Rubio Pulled Off An Insane Blind Pass
Rubio: just playing street ball out there. [via Zach Harper]...
20 Years Ago, Tim Wakefield Had A Fast Rise And Fall In Pittsburgh
In May 1992, Pittsburgh's two daily newspapers at the time—the Press and the Post-Gazette—went on strike. The walkout left the city without a paper of record for eight months, an unremarkable footnote of Yinzer history that happened to coincide with a most remarkable moment for the city's sports tea...
David Brooks Has Written The Dumbest Jeremy Lin Column So Far* (*Non-Bissinger Division)
"The moral ethos of sport," writes New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks today—and let's pause right there for a word of professional advice: if you use the word "sport," you should not be writing about sports, unless you are British and you also write "maths," in which case you may write abou...
MSG Is Going Back On The Air
After seven weeks of dickwaving, Time Warner Cable and the MSG Network have reached a preliminary agreement that will return MSG to the 1.1 million households that have been blacked out. It's tempting to thank Linsanity, but the reality is more prosaic: the sides hammered out a compromise only under...
Tim Wakefield Is Retiring After 19 Weird, Fluttery Seasons And 200 Wins
The knuckleballer's mystique has long fascinated us. Our curiosity was only further piqued when Phil Niekro, Charlie Hough, R.A. Dickey, and Tim Wakefield went on a two-day retreat together in Georgia in the offseason. They're a fraternity of oddballs who throw odd balls....
Dereck Chisora Slapped Vitali Klitschko At The Weigh-In Before Tomorrow's Title Bout
In the annals of boxing blunders—and the exploits of Mike Tyson have made those some very thick books indeed—you may be unlikely to find an act so brazen and stupid as what Dereck Chisora did today in Munich at the weigh-in for his WBC heavyweight title fight against Vitali Klitschko. ...
J.R. Smith Chooses The Knicks And The Money
When last we left J.R. Smith in China, he was starting international incidents and breaking Stephon Marbury's ankles. Today Smith announced he's choosing the Knicks and their $2.5 million exception....
After All That, Jeremy Lin Actually Went To Dinner At Del Frisco's Steakhouse Tonight
This looks to be the first major misstep in Jeremy Lin's Knicks career: After we reported that many of Manhattan's finest dining establishments would shuffle their schedules to seat Jeremy Lin (and five guests) tonight at eight, he went instead to Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse, a reader repor...
Fox 5 New York: "Gary Carter Will Be Remembered As One Of The Elite Pitchers In Baseball History"
WNYW's Adrienne Supino did her best to report on the passing of Gary Carter tonight, but struggled a bit when it came to knowing which position the Hall of Fame catcher played in the majors. It wasn't the first Fox blunder today when it came to Carter's death....
Florida State Erased A Nine-Point Deficit In 70 Seconds To Beat Virginia Tech
Michael Snaer proved the hero again for Florida State tonight, hitting a three-pointer in the final seconds to help the Seminoles beat Virginia Tech 48-47....