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Yeah, Eat It, Bayless
We love all of our readers, but this morning ... we have our favorite. For today, at least....
Mark Cuban Could Kick Any Writer's Ass
Well, Deadspin readers have spoken, and after about 20 hours of voting, it wasn't particularly close: You say Mark Cuban would kick Bill Simmons' ass....
Lenny Dykstra, Cosmopolitan
We know we make fun of ESPN a lot here, and much of it is justified, of course, but we are nothing if not fair. The big investigative steroid story gracing the cover of ESPN: The Magazine this week is, for lack of a better word, outstanding. Legitimately all-encompassing, it's sober, smart and ful...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NCAA BB with Fran Fraschilla: It's the old American success story you've heard a million times: A man named Fran coaches a team called the Jaspers and ends up working for ESPN. • Noon. NBA with Chad Ford: Too bad about that dre...
Vote: Simmons Vs. Cuban. Who Wins?
If you haven't seen it yet, we highly recommend you check out Our Boy Bill Simmons' newest "Curious Guy" entry, which is a discussion with none other than ... Mark Cuban! Yes! We're living in a happy place right now, friends....
More Mock Press Conference Shenanigans
An alert reader clues us into some ESPN tech snafus last Sunday, the first day of the mock Steve Phillips press conference things....
OK, Seriously, Knock It Off You Guys
All right, we know we've mentioned this already, but we're still kind of obsessed with this daily SportsCenter feature of Steve Phillips "playing" the role of every team's GM. At first, we thought this was just going to be a Boston thing, playing with the Theo Epstein press conference last week. ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NFL with Chris Mortensen: Any trade rumors today? Keep in mind that ESPN has hired a fact-checker, and he wants to see all your notes. • 2 p.m. MLB Steroid Investigation: We heard that there was a Dog and Pony Show going on in ...
Internal Shakeups At ESPN's Original Entertainment
We hear serious rumblings of some big changes in ESPN's Original Entertainment. We hear that current executive producer Mike Antinoro is leaving the network for destinations yet unannounced (off to play with Bugs Bunny and Dan Snyder with his old buddy Mark Shapiro?), and that Executive Vice Presi...
Sean Salisbury Loves To Teach The Ladies Tricks
In his ESPN chat today, "analyst" Sean Salisbury "announced" the launch of his official Web site. We've been scanning it, and we're sad to say there isn't a single "Battlebots" reference. However: Salisbury does post a bizarre press release thing about some "seminar" on teaching women about footb...
Sure, Yeah, Critics, ESPN's Totally Listening
Maybe it's that ridiculous Steve Phillips mock press conference thing that "SportsCenter" is doing right now, but for whatever reason, there's all kinds of anti-ESPN invective out there today....
An Interview With The "Lee Corso Is A Penis" Guy
Remember that guy who held up that "Lee Corso Is A Penis" sign behind the ESPN ranter a few weeks ago? Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer has an interview with the guy. Fittingly, the guy wouldn't give this last name because, of course, he wants to work for ESPN....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NFL with Sean Salisbury: So once again you talk about the NFL and we pretend to be interested, all the while aching to talk about our true love — Battlebots. It is an amusing little dance, is it not? • 1 p.m. Ohio State's Jess ...
Hey, Other People Mock ESPN Too
We occassionally check out the new version of Cracked, the relaunch of the old humor weekly, and they've got a mostly humorous mockup of ESPN.com's homepage....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:30 a.m. Soccer star Eddie Pope: Thanks to this chat I can now name one player in the MLS. • Noon. Women's NCAA with Mechelle Voepel: What is this "women's basketball" you speak of? • 1 p.m.: NFL with Michele Tafoya: Oh yes, share wi...
The Sad Faces Of Buster Olney And Jeremy Schaap
For anyone who wondered just what sacrifices that legitimate journalists like Jeremy Schaap and Buster Olney have to suckle from ESPN's cash teat, look no further than this morning's "SportsCenter." In it, baseball analyst Steve Phillips answers mock questions in a mock press conference, pretendi...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Page 2's Scoop Jackson: Please describe your last actual scoop — and while we're waiting for you to come up with that thought, we'll observe a moment of silence for the dearly departed Page 3. • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: B...
Another Reason Deadspin Readers Are The Best
We're going to be a wee bit self-promotional today, so bear with us. We have to be on a plane at 3:30 ET today — well, as George Carlin might say, we will actually be in the plane — so we're gonna zoom along. We'll call it the triumvirate of indulgence. Here's the first one....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Focus: Thank God you're back. This is the only place where I can talk about Cleveland backup QB Charlie Frye without fear of reprisals. • 1 p.m. College BB with Andy Katz: Don't be alarmed, but Bobby Knight was...
Hammering Jason Whitlock
We have to say, we have much pity for any black ESPN columnist who brings up the notion that life for black people might be a little different than it is for white people and has the cojones to enter a chat room about it. It's becoming a tradition at ESPN.com, actually; whether it was the late Ral...