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<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. ...
<i>Rolling Stone</i> Deletes Article About Derrick Rose's Rape Trial And Adam Silver (UPDATE)
Rolling Stone deleted an article titled “Why Derrick Rose Rape Trial May Wreck NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s Legacy” late last week without any notice, The Politico reports. According to their story, the NBA had multiple complaints about the article:...
Curt Schilling Went On The Radio To Defend His Right To Think Young Girls Are Attractive
Curt Schilling, who yesterday went on TV to defend Donald Trump’s ogling of a preteen girl and to let everyone know that he himself has noticed and remarked upon the beauty of his daughter’s friends, refuses to log off....
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....
Story On Fox Sports 1 Ratings Reads Just Like A Fox Sports 1 Press Release<em></em>
Nielsen’s television ratings determine almost alone whether a TV show is considered successful, whether it stays on the air, and how much advertisers pay to run commercials during it. They are incredibly important to everybody in the television business, and reporters breathlessly cover them, from t...
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Pedro Martinez Recognizes Columbus Day By Stereotyping Native Americans [Update]
Pedro Martinez tried to recognize the Indians’ sweep of his former employer the Boston Red Sox tonight during the TBS postgame show; instead, he got real racist....
Donald Trump Beat The Press
On Saturday, as Republicans lined up to denounce Donald Trump and the pussy-grabbing candidate brooded in his tower, BuzzFeed’s editor-in-chief, Ben Smith, published a piece arguing that what was unfolding was not just a defeat for Trump’s image, but a victory for the established traditions of journ...
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). ...
Ana Navarro Obliterates Trump Surrogate Offended That She Keeps Quoting Donald Trump
Trump surrogate and CNN commentator Scottie Nell Hughes got angry with fellow commentator Ana Navarro tonight for directly quoting Donald Trump’s “grab them by the pussy” line. It did not end well for Scottie Neil Hughes....
Why Is The Ringer Publishing A Jeb Bush Flunky's Craven Bullshit?<em></em>
One of the more annoying side effects of Donald Trump’s rise to the top of the Republican party’s power structure has been watching the conservative politicians and operatives who count themselves among the #NeverTrump brigade scrambling to make sure that the man’s stench doesn’t rub off on them. Th...
Joe Buck's Addiction To Hair-Plug Treatments Almost Ended His Career
Well, there’s a headline I never really expected to write....
Idiots Argue Modern Ballplayers Are Fat In Stupid <i>USA Today</i> Op-Ed
Two professors and the CEO of a weight-loss company published an op-ed in USA Today—based on their recently published research letter—arguing that the vast majority of baseball players are too fat, and that they “owe it to themselves and to the children who look up to them as role models” to get in ...
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. ...
The Blue Jays Are Beefing With The Local Media
The Toronto Blue Jays are in a tight race for the American League wild card, and last night’s loss to the Orioles didn’t make things any easier. They are now facing a three-game series against the Red Sox, and need to hold off the Tigers and Mariners, who are 1.5 and two games back, respectively. It...
ESPN Runs Memphis Grizzlies Puff Piece Written By Guy The Grizzlies Just Hired<em></em>
This morning, ESPN published a positive and forward-looking profile of new Memphis Grizzlies head David Fizdale, focusing on his first practice yesterday. It was written by veteran NBA writer and ESPNer Michael Wallace—an awfully strange choice considering that last week Wallace announced that he wa...
I Think Nate Silver Is Broken, Maybe?
Here are a couple tweets from politics polling seer Nate Silver, founder of ESPN math website FiveThirtyEight....
Colts Radio Announcer Is Really Happy The Game Is "Finally Fucking Over"
The Colts won a nervous game against the Chargers yesterday, finally locking up the victory with a fumble recovery in the final minute. This was a great relief to longtime Colts radio announcer Bob Lamey:...
This Is On Yahoo!'s Home Page Right Now
Twelve hours later, and Yahoo! has yet to get the news. Good luck, Verizon....