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Cris Collinsworth Dunks All Over Bill Simmons On Twitter, Then Deletes It
This right here is the savagest:...
The Only Thing That Makes The Media Better Is Diversity
Donald Trump won, and the media is grasping for answers as to why we didn’t predict it. Already, you can see the seeds of many bad solutions forming. ...
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Vox Scams Readers Into Thinking Prescient World Series Tweet Was A Scam [Update]
How incredible was it that the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians, baseball’s two most hard-luck franchises, would meet in the same World Series? Throughout the postseason, as the fates of the two teams converged, a certain prognostication from two years ago kept reappearing on Twitter:...
FYI: HBO Shows Are Not Real
It’s great to see people speaking out passionately for social justice. So it pains me to tell you that you’ve accidentally been directing that passion towards a world that is total fiction. ...
Report: Curt Schilling To Pull Himself Up By His Bootstraps, Get A Job
Ex-MLB pitcher and former ESPN analyst Curt Schilling will take a job with Breitbart, according to Gabriel Sherman of New York magazine....
<i>New York Times</i> Endorses Monarchy
In a move much anticipated by members of the royal court, the Kingdom of the New York Times has elevated a prince of Family Sulzberger to a position in line for the throne. ...
Dick Enberg Was Always The Right Man For The Moment
Dick Enberg hummed his way through his most famous call....
Blue Jays Play-By-Play Guy Won't Call Cleveland's Team "Indians"
It is news to me that Jerry Howarth, the radio play-by-play voice of the Blue Jays since 1981, does not use the name “Indians” when calling baseball games out of respect to Native people. But it’s not new news—Howarth has observed this practice for more than 20 years....
Report: Giants OT Ereck Flowers Shoved ESPN Reporter
It is unclear exactly why Giants second-year offensive tackle Ereck Flowers has it out for ESPN.com Giants beat writer Jordan Raanan. But he totally does....
Please, Invite Us To Your Manipulative Off-The-Record Cocktail Parties
This weekend, The Intercept published leaked documents from the Clinton campaign detailing cozy, lavish “off-the-record” events with top political journalists. This is an outrage. (That we weren’t invited). ...
The Identity Of A Famous Person Is News
We are in the midst of one of those periodic collective uproars that demonstrate that a surprising number of people employed in the field of journalism are not actually all that in favor of reporting. ...
MacArthur Genius Grants: Not Worth It
Before you ask, the answer is no—I have never won a MacArthur Genius Grant. Nor did I win this year. And thank god for that....
Professional Liar Takes Stand Against Fact-Checking
When seeking insights into how to make our nation’s press corps more honest and effective, I turn to one source: the guy who was the official mouthpiece responsible for lying our nation into the Iraq War. ...
Jason Pierre-Paul Is Suing ESPN Because Its Reporting Was Too Accurate<em></em>
New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is scheduled to face off against ESPN and reporter Adam Schefter in a Florida federal court next August. At issue is a tweet Schefter posted in 2015 containing two photos of Pierre-Paul’s medical records....
Craig Sager Remains The Best
Yesterday Craig Sager underwent a rare third bone marrow transplant with stem cells, in yet another attempt to treat the aggressive form of leukemia that has afflicted him since 2014. He knows the odds simply aren’t very good. (“I like to bet on horses, I like to bet on dogs,” Sager told the Associa...
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Layoffs Hit <i>Sports Illustrated </i>[UPDATED]
Sports Illustrated has laid off a number of staffers, according to multiple sources, as a part of approximately 40 layoffs of editorial staffers across Time Inc. properties, that POLITICO reported began on Thursday. This comes a week after 110 Time Inc. sales and advertising staffers were laid off, ...
Witnesses: Rio Media Bus Shot At While Returning Passengers To Olympic Park<em></em>
A bus carrying media personnel and volunteers between Olympic venues was attacked in Rio this evening, according to multiple media reports. Several people who were on the bus described the attack as gunfire. Initial reports said the bus was shot at on the Trans Olympic Highway when the attack happen...
Mets Tell Injured Yoenis Cespedes To Cool It With The Golfing
Yoenis Cespedes really loves golf. Loves it. Plays on game days if he can. Has probably played 10 rounds in the last couple of weeks, according to one Mets official....
Olympic Reporters Are Hungry And Cranky
Reporters are the complainingest people on earth, and these Olympics are giving them plenty to complain about—not a good combination. Today’s outrage: a severe lack of food options inside the media center. ...
Brad Nessler Will Replace Verne Lundquist In CBS College Football Booth
A CBS sports press release confirms what’s been rumored for weeks: longtime ESPN announcer Brad Nessler is coming to CBS, and after the 2016 season will replace the legendary Verne Lundquist as play-by-play man on “SEC on CBS” games....