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ESPN's Chris Broussard Says Being Gay Is "An Open Rebellion To God"
Well, after ESPN had a fairly terrible morning covering the Jason Collins story, it looked like the network was making progress this afternoon: Smart news hour Outside The Lines would expand to a full hour to discuss the NBA player's announcement. Fantastic. ...
Mike Francesa Really Can't Stand This Jason Collins Story
Ugh, Mike Francesa thought. A gay player? Why do we have to talk abut this? Who cares? This is so stupid, a ploy by Sports Illustrated for some buzz:...
Here's Everything ESPN Covered Before Mentioning Jason Collins
The sports world blew up at a little after 11 a.m. this morning when Sports Illustrated posted its Jason Collins coming-out story. News takes a while to travel up to Bristol, apparently. How did ESPN cover it?...
How <em>Sports Illustrated</em> Broke The Jason Collins Story
A little over four weeks ago, Sports Illustrated senior writer Franz Lidz heard from a player rep that his client was ready to come out of the closet. Lidz didn't know who, but he let SI's editor, Chris Stone, know early on March 31, a Sunday, that something was afoot....
This Is Awesome: Robert Lipsyte Is ESPN's New Ombudsman
It's been more than five months since Poynter packed its bags and its independent review of Bristol's work and left ESPN as ombudsman. Considering how long it's taken, and how meh Poynter's run actually was, it was easy to forget ESPN ever even had an ombudsman at all....
Jim Nantz Nearly Jumped Into The Stands During The Super Bowl Blackout
CBS got hammered for its dreadful coverage during the Super Bowl blackout, and Jim Nantz is finally ready to talk about it. When the lights went out, the announcer says, he called his producer and offered to jump into the stands from the broadcast booth and race down to the field to offer aid to str...
Here's Al Michaels's Mug Shot
This is Al on Friday night, shortly after being arrested and charged with DUI. Is that a coy smile we see? An I'm Al Michaels, and I could do this 10 times before I lose my job smile? I think it might be....
Here's How Every Network Announced Dzhokar Tsarnaev's Capture On-Air
Most of us learned that the manhunt for Dzhokar Tsarnaev was over via Twitter or by listening to online feeds of law enforcement radio. But for those watching at home, the suspenseful moment of his capture—and learning that he was alive—would be a memorable if complicated moment: somber in light of...
It's A Bad Time For A "Pressure Cooker Redeems Itself" Story
Just chalk this one up to unfortunate timing....
Bomb Suspects' Aunt Suggests Nephews Were Set Up In Wild Presser
Maret Tsarnaev, whose nephews are implicated in Monday's Boston bombing, appeared before press in Toronto today and expressed in often bombastic language her belief that Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were not responsible for the act of terror....
In Fiery Press Conference, Bomb Suspects' Uncle Calls Them "Losers"
Ruslan Tsarni, the uncle of marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, gave an impromptu press conference outside his Maryland home today. He was pissed....
NFL Draft Prospects' Wonderlic Scores Leaked; No One Gives A Shit
Just yesterday, we realized that the NFL Draft is almost upon us, and not a single Wonderlic score had leaked out. We emailed league PR guy Brian McCarthy to ask if there had been any special emphasis on confidentiality this year. "No," he wrote back, "we didn’t do anything differently." Today, thre...
Today's Boston Bombing Media Shitshow, In 90 Seconds
Our friends at Gawker already took a stab at this, but we thought we'd condense today's mess of media reporting into something easily consumable for the crowd that may have been working and thus wasn't privy to the disaster taking place on television airwaves....
John Madden On Pat Summerall
There was simply no other broadcasting tandem in American sports as inseparable in viewers' minds as Pat Summerall and John Madden. The pair called NFL games for 21 years, for CBS and Fox. After Summerall's death yesterday at the age of 82, it's only right to let Madden send him off....
Reports: ESPN Cleans Up Its Bizarre Sourcing Policy
ESPN has had a rough time with attributing stories properly. Another outlet with an exclusive suddenly transforms into "reports" or "sources" on ESPN or ESPN.com. This isn't very polite, and competitors understandably have been cranky about the practice in the past. Just look at this, or this, or th...
Pat Summerall Dead At 82
The Dallas Morning News reports that Pat Summerall, who called NFL games for more than 40 years, has passed away....
The First Question For The Governor Was From A Conspiracy Theorist
At Deval Patrick's 9:00 press conference on today's bombings, the first question, the very first question, contained the words: "Is this another false flag attack staged to take our civil liberties?"...