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LeBron James Says He Wasn't Blindsided By TNT Reporter Asking Him About Erin Popovich
After the Cleveland Cavaliers won last night to level their series against the Pacers at one game apiece, TNT reporter Allie LaForce asked LeBron James about the death of Gregg Popovich’s wife, Erin Popovich, which had been reported earlier in the night. From James’s reaction, it seemed that it was ...
How I Made A Dumb Video Making Fun Of Sinclair Broadcasting And Somehow Started A Media War
This past weekend, the media watchdog group Allied Progress began airing a message on Sinclair Broadcast Group stations urging viewers to contact the FCC and ask the agency to stop Sinclair’s consolidation of local news. This is something that the FCC could do, if it wanted—Sinclair is in the proces...
How Local News Stations Are Rebelling Against Their Sinclair Overlords
The workers at Sinclair-owned local news stations want you to know something: They are at least as pissed off as you’d expect them to be about being forced to bow to their fear-mongering corporate overlords, who make them do things like repeat Trumpisms about the fake news media and trade on their ...
The <i>L.A. Weekly</i>'s Cheesy Astroturfing Campaign Against Its Former Writers Can't Stop The Boycott
In the four months since a mysterious group of rich people took over the L.A. Weekly, news outlets across the country have continued to experience brutal cuts to newsroom staffs and other harsh austerity measures. More than 50 journalists from the East Bay Times and the San Jose Mercury News were la...
ESPN's New $4.99-A-Month Service Is Taking Away Some Programming On ESPN3
Today ESPN announced the official launch date (April 12) of its new subscription streaming service, called ESPN+. In addition to studio shows and an on-demand library, ESPN+’s main draw is “thousands of live sports events,” which according to the release includes MLB, NHL, and MLS games, as well as ...
How America's Largest Local TV Owner Turned Its News Anchors Into Soldiers In Trump's War On The Media
Earlier this month, CNN’s Brian Stelter broke the news that Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner or operator of nearly 200 television stations in the U.S., would be forcing its news anchors to record a promo about “the troubling trend of irresponsible, one sided news stories plaguing our country.” The sc...
MLB Says It Found "Insufficient Evidence" That Miguel Sanó Assaulted A Photographer<em></em>
In December, a Minnesota photographer said that Twins third baseman Miguel Sanó assaulted her after a photograph signing at a store where she volunteered. According to her account, which she posted on Twitter, Sanó first flirted with her during the signing and afterward grabbed her wrist and tried t...
Former Tennessee AD John Currie Called Fans "Wacko," Asked Reporter To Help Support Greg Schiano Hire
The wildest day of the college football season was a Sunday in November, when word leaked that Tennessee was set to hire Greg Schiano. Schiano, the defensive coordinator at Ohio State, had been named in a deposition by Mike McQueary as witnessing Jerry Sandusky abuse a child at Penn State. This was ...
<i>Sports Illustrated</i> Is For Sale
Meredith Corp. is indeed exploring a sale of Sports Illustrated, Time, Fortune, and Money magazines, according to what staffers were told in a conference call with CEO Tom Harty this afternoon....
ESPN Employees "Blindsided" By John Skipper's Cocaine-Extortion Story
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, former ESPN president John Skipper elaborated on the “substance abuse” issue that he had previously said caused his resignation from the network last December. In the interview, Skipper said someone who sold him cocaine (Skipper described this person as a...
Report: The NFL And ESPN Are Bugging The Heck Out Of Each Other
ESPN and the NFL are getting on each other’s nerves. A new report from Sports Business Journal outlines a slow boil of escalating feuds, which could eventually end the partnership of the two sports giants....
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Jemele Hill Denies That Chris Berman Left Her A "Racially Disparaging" Voicemail [Update]
Ex-ESPN employee Adrienne Lawrence filed a discrimination lawsuit against the company this past weekend, and her suit included the claim that Chris Berman left SportsCenter host Jemele Hill a “threatening and racially disparaging voicemail.” Hill released a statement this evening, confirming that sh...
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Former ESPN Employee Who Accused John Buccigross Of Sexual Harassment Files Discrimination Lawsuit [Update]<em></em>
Former ESPN employee Adrienne Lawrence, who spent two years working for the network through a fellowship program, has filed a lawsuit against ESPN alleging that she was the victim of sexual discrimination and harassment....
Fox News VP Who Whined About "Darker, Gayer, Different" U.S. Olympic Team Leaves Network
Fox News executive vice president John Moody—who complained about a “darker, gayer, different” U.S. Olympic team in a disastrous column last month—has retired from the network, as first reported by CNN....
For Reporters, The NFL Combine Can Be One Awkward Feeding Frenzy
INDIANAPOLIS — “This is already a degrading experience.”...
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Fox News VP Bemoans Diverse U.S. Olympic Team: "Darker, Gayer, Different" [UPDATE] <em></em>
The Olympics start tomorrow. Figure skating! Bobsleigh! International politics! Russian doping! A chance to tell everyone about how the Olympics is a global con that leaves host cities in crippling debt! Whatever your hobby horse, there’s plenty to get excited about right now. With that in mind, let...
Barstool Employee Unhappy About Being Filmed In The Shower By His Boss
On Saturday, Barstool Sports president and short-tempered Adderall pill Dave Portnoy posted a video of one of his employees, Adam Smith, naked in the shower. Portnoy published the video to Twitter and then deleted it because, he said, Smith “cried like a baby about his dick being on the internet.”...
Don't Ever Trust This Moron With Your Money
The guy who supposedly lives by the phrase “Don’t be a pussy” took the Super Bowl favorites and the under. Betting against Clay Travis works....
Reading Product Plugs From Joshua Tree Helped Me Understand My Industry's Twisted Heart<em></em>
In November, Uproxx editorial director of music Caitlin White published “Breaking Up In Joshua Tree Helped Me Understand My Own Twisted Heart,” originally under the third-person headline “A Writer Finds Loss And Rebirth In A Road Trip To Joshua Tree.” The post was a true original, alternating intens...
Report: Britt McHenry Is Fake News
Britt McHenry, who should really update her handwringing-about-rap shtick since N.W.A isn’t what the kids listen to anymore, was named this weekend in a New York Times report as one of the celebrities, “celebrities,” and media members who have purchased phony Twitter followers through a company call...