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"Black Grantland" Hires White Hot-Taker Who Whines About Rap Music
So, there's some news today regarding Jason Whitlock's ESPN website, which at least at one point was supposed to be a "black Grantland." First, it's still a thing that is happening. Second, Whitlock's close to signing his second official hire: Washington Post columnist Mike Wise....
Mike Ditka's Wardrobe Sponsored By Goodwill
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Tits Out For The Tide: Your <em>College GameDay</em> Sign Roundup
ESPN's College GameDay traveled once again to Tuscaloosa, where a surprising number of Jameis Winston sign-holders were in attendance. You know he beat Auburn, right, Bamafan?...
ESPN Can Predict The Future
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The University Of Florida Paid Stephen A. Smith $26,500 To Speak
Stephen A. Smith spoke at the University of Florida last night and his words didn't come cheap. The ESPN shouter agreed to be paid $26,500 for 45 minutes of speaking, 15 minutes of questions and answers, and a "reception for student leaders," according to his contract with the university. ...
Daniel Tosh Goes After ESPN For Ripping Off Web Redemptions
On last night's Tosh.0, host Daniel Tosh went after ESPN for biting one of his fixtures—the "Web Redemption" segment. So Tosh fired back by giving SportsCenter his own version of the Sport Science treatment:...
ESPN Hires "The UFC's Skip Bayless" As MMA Analyst
Disgraced former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen—who has retired and is banned from fighting by the Nevada Athletic Commission until mid-2016 because of two failed drug tests (which also cost him his job as a UFC broadcaster for Fox Sports)—is joining ESPN as an MMA analyst, the AP reported Tuesday. ESPN s...
One Of The Weirdest Moments Ever On <em>Monday Night Football</em>, Made Weirder
How bad was tonight's Eagles-Panthers blowout? So bad that Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden started making protein shakes in the booth. That was weird enough, but we scraped together the best Soviet-era electronica to make it even weirder, and more stupid....
Try Again, Tirico
Buttfumble chanteuse Mike Tirico came into tonight's game expecting to see Michael Vick behind center for the Carolina Panthers. We don't know why! ...
MAC Commissioner Squirms Out Of Questions About ESPN TV Deal
The Mid-American Conference and ESPN agreed to a new TV deal last August for 13 years and an undisclosed amount. All we know is that the MAC used to earn $1 million per year from its old deal, and now it'll earn more. As part of the deal, MAC schools have to put on at least 35 high-quality productio...
Michelle Beadle Takes A Salmon To The Face
Thanks to John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on the salmon cannon, a device designed to help stupid fish get around dams so they can migrate and spawn, we have this wonderful GIF of Michelle Beadle getting a salmon to the head. Should've been you, Cowherd....
MSU QB Suffers Most Horrific Injury In History, Per Kirk Herbstreit
Here's ABC/ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit getting his words a bit mixed up as he describes Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook suffering—literally!—an on-field cardiectomy....
"Urban Meyer Is A Juggalo": Your <em>College GameDay</em> Sign Roundup
Quality work from Michigan State this week on College GameDay. Here is your sign roundup:...
Further Evidence Bill Simmons & Ellen DeGeneres Are The Same Person
Yesterday a commenter remarked on some similarities between ESPN word-jock Bill Simmons and entertainer Ellen DeGeneres. We conducted a detailed forensic analysis of their faces, and you can see the shocking results in the above video....
That Whole ESPN Report On RGIII Was Kind Of A Mess
On Sunday, ESPN had a big Trouble-in-Landover report that was actually two stories rolled into one. The juicier one, a claim that a locker-room outburst was proof that Robert Griffin III had "alienated" his teammates, was quickly disputed by a whole bunch of reporters who were in the room. Now the s...
Photoshop Contest: What Is Keyshawn Johnson Standing In Front Of?
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Let's All Listen To Lou Holtz Talk About "Hard Wood"
"That's what Holtz means... hard wood."...
"Trevone Enjoys Boykin Dudes": Your <em>College GameDay</em> Sign Roundup
Here's the "best" of what West Virginia had to offer on ESPN's College GameDay this morning....
<em>College GameDay</em> Brings Back Greatest Halloween Segment Ever
Those creepy, uncanny masks the ESPN College GameDay crew put up each Halloween are back. Enjoy the Brian Kelly, Mark Helfrich, Bill Snyder, and Mark Dantonio nighmares! ...