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ESPN Has Received $260 Million In State Tax Breaks In 12 Years
ESPN has been in Connecticut since its inception in 1979, transforming Bristol from a doorbell-manufacturing town with a borrowed name and little else to the roosting place of the Worldwide Leader in Sports. In return, the state has been very forgiving to ESPN come tax time....
Ronda Rousey Curses On <em>SportsCenter</em>, Asked To Enter "Cuddle Tree"
UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey went on SportsCenter today for a predictably ridiculous interview in which her Saturday bout against Miesha Tate was treated less like a title fight than as an opportunity to see two saucy broads who really don't like one another going at it. The best p...
1980 ESPN Report About Pool Shark Is Ron Burgundyishly Hilarious
On a slow Christmas news day, WAVY-TV (Hampton Roads, Va.) unearthed this gem from 1980: longtime sports director Bruce Rader's feature on a pool shark who happened to be female. It aired on ESPN, which was just a year old at the time and which in those days would apparently ask local stations for s...
Paralyzed Player Looks Upon Gravely Injured Player: Regrettable Angle?
Much of last night's ESPN coverage from the New Orleans Bowl matchup between Tulane and Louisiana-Lafayette focused on former Green Wave safety Devon Walker, who was paralyzed from the neck down after a helmet-to-helmet collision last year in a game against Tulsa. When Tulane cornerback Jordan Sulle...
Deadspin 2013: The Year In ESPN Being Weird, Horny, And Dumb
We had a lot of ESPN-related coverage this year, because ESPN continues to be fertile ground for mockery. Here's everything we had to say about the monolithic sports network this year....
10 Years Ago Today, Joe Namath Wanted To Kiss You
Ten years! Where does the time go? A decade ago tonight, a Monday Night Football game between the Jets and Patriots, a drunken Joe Namath slurred and flirted his way through the most awkward sideline interview of all time....
The Problem With Riley Cooper's Redemption
There are two legitimately fascinating stories hiding in ESPN's "Hot Read" on the redemption of Riley Cooper, and neither of them are told. One is buried and glossed over, the other ignored altogether, in favor of a trite and vaguely insulting tale of overcoming self-inflicted adversity....
The <em>Highly Questionable</em> Crew Breaks Down A Cat Falling Off A Car
The upside of a slow news day is that Bomani Jones, Papi, and Dan Le Batard get to run down the viral videos of the moment. Poor kitty. Poor, stupid kitty....
Ed Werder Doing A Segment With Spittle On His Lip Is The Grossest Thing
Being a Deadspin blogger means looking at a lot of really nasty stuff—horrifying snake bites, catastrophic injuries, gross dicks—but for some reason, nothing has ever grossed me out as much as Ed Werder's spittle just did. I don't know how to explain it, but I am shaken....
Report: Mack Brown To Resign As Texas Head Coach
ESPN just came back to commercial in Kentucky-North Carolina to report that Mack Brown will resign as head coach of Texas. According the Longhorn Network (operated by ESPN) is reporting that Brown has informed his team and recruits that he will resign following the Alamo Bowl against Oregon....
Which Experts Predicted A Florida St.-Auburn BCS Title Game?
Originally published on Pundit Tracker....
No, ESPN Didn't Accidentally Leak Nick Saban As The New Texas Coach
We received this tip about ESPN using an interesting slug for a story about Mack Brown resigning. (The bookmarks bar is blacked out to hide identity.) Did Nick Saban sign a five-year deal to be the new Longhorns coach? Nah. It's fake....
Shawne Merriman Took Off In The Middle Of An Interview On ESPN2
Former Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman came on Highly Questionable this afternoon, purportedly to discuss the 11th Annual Lights On Foundation Coat Drive. The Lights On Foundation is a Merriman charity and it fights homelessness. ...
35 ESPNers Do Their Best Dick Vitale Impersonations
This week marks the start of Dick Vitale's 35th year at ESPN. That's longer than many of his colleagues have been alive. To celebrate, ESPN has put together this video of 35 on-air personalities offering up their memories of Vitale, well wishes, and in most cases, impersonations....
Columnist Who Wants Super Bowl At Lambeau Frets About Snowy Super Bowl
Should the NFL allow the Super Bowl to played in outdoor, cold-weather stadiums? ESPN columnist Ashley Fox, whom we've met before around these parts, seems to be very conflicted about the issue....
Every "Suck" Uttered On ESPN Over The Past Month
Right before the weekend, ESPN told its anchors to refrain from saying "sucks" so much on the air. The word is "simply not appropriate for ESPN," wrote ESPN bosses in a memo, adding that they didn't want to turn off "sports fans of all ages." Above, you'll find a video of ESPN's on-air folks—includi...
"Mark May, Suck On These Nuts": Your OSU-MSU <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
ESPN brought the College GameDay crew to freezing-old Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship game today between undefeated Ohio State and one-defeated Michigan State. Turns out people don't like Mark May. Who knew?...
ESPN Asks Its TV People To Stop Saying "Sucks" So Much
ESPN is a roll with these memos. Just yesterday the Worldwide Leader told its talent to be extra extra careful when talking about rape allegations ("Today's developments in the Jameis Winston investigation are likely to be emotionally charged. Please consider that ..."). Today, network brass has a n...
ESPN Reminds Talent: Don't Say Anything Stupid About Jameis Winston
Like anyone else, ESPN talking heads can occasionally lapse into dumb talk on controversial topics. Nobody knows that better than ESPN brass, who must see the world as a vast lawn filled with an infinite number of rakes for Chris Broussard to step on. A couple hours ago, the news desk and talent off...