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I See No Way This Can Be Good For Anyone
Dallas radio station jumps to the defense of the high school girls basketball team that lost 100-0, challenges the winner to a game. Of course this will tragically backfire. [Uwe Blog]...
Sideline Ladies Want Their Shot At Big Boy's Play-By-Play Club
But the Sideline Princess is fine, thank you: "That's not to say that women don't have a place in play-by-play, but … I really like being the eyes and ears on the field." [Buffalo News]...
Now You'll Have To Pay Even More To Watch Joe Buck
Try to picture the notorious TV dustup between Will Leitch and Buzz Bissinger on HBO if Joe Buck, and not Bob Costas, had been the host. Anything? Nope, I'm drawing a blank as well....
Washington Post Columnist Mines Deadspin Comments, Finds Comedy Gold
From Sally Jenkins' Washington Post column: "A wit named Gourmet Spud posted this sendup of his autobiography on Deadspin: "From Breaststrokes to Breasts-Tokes: How I Spent My Summer Olympics Vacation" by Michael Phelps." [Washington Post]...
Everything Stephen A. Smith Makes Up Is Important!
Stephen A. Smith's latest ESPN "scoop" is being met with catcalls and derision by its subject, Chris Bosh of the Toronto Raptors, and a Toronto Star reporter who called Smith an "entertainer."...
In Wisconsin, The Buzzsaw Defeats Truman
Well. At least the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel had supreme confidence in the Arizona Cardinals' defense....
Still Waiting For Larry Fitzgerald Sr. To Spell Anquan Boldin's Name Right
"He has the first-ever team to have three receivers — Fitzgerald, Anquan Bolden and Steve Breaston — on a Super Bowl team who each have over 1,000 yards." [Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder]...
The Earplugs! They Do Nothing!
It's the 50 worst announcers in sports today, and I agree with every single name on the list except one. [Yahoo Sports]...
Buzz Bissinger: Foul-Mouthed Inspiration To Fertile Yale Minds
Surprisingly, he cursed a lot during his lecture: “I would never imagine him as the writer of the story I love." [Yale Daily News]...
GoDaddy.Com Reveals Its Annual Suggestive Ad Destined To Anger People
It's always amazing to me that GoDaddy.com scrapes together enough money each year to buy time during the Super Bowl, but they do....
Sean Salisbury Finds A New Home
Salisbury signs a three-year deal with 105.3 The Fan to do a mid-day radio show. [DallasBasketball.com]...
Al Michaels Loves His Job, Hates Vegetables
"If you threatened me at gunpoint and insisted I have two on my plate, one would look like a big, juicy Porterhouse and the other would look eerily similar to lemon meringue pie." [The Big Lead]...
Did John Rocker Go Crazy On An Atlanta Radio Host Last Night?
An Atlanta sports radio host is saying that our old pal John Rocker kind of went bonkers at a nightclub opening both were attending last night, and had to be restrained....
Your Playboy Sexiest Sportscaster Finalists Are Revealed
Charissa Thompson. Bonnie Bernstein. Molly Sullivan. Lauren Shehadi. And some Erin chick I've never heard of. [Playboy.com]...
Another Hapless Radio Pundit Has His Don Imus Moment
Bill Cunningham is a conservative talk radio host who really knows how to get his name in lights. Unfortunately, like Don Imus a few years back, he may have gone too far....
The Greatest Sportscasters Of All Time; A List That's Sure To Confuse You
Not sure when The American Sportscasters Association put out its list of the top 50 sportscasters of all time, but here it is. Berman's in there! And Joe Buck!...
Unfortunately, Tim McCarver Will Not Go To Prison Because Of This
Weird little story about a moonlighting Fox Sports "stat guy" who illegally used USMS transportation to shuttle around Buck, McCarver and Aikman. [Smoking Gun]...
Corky Strikes Back: 'The Internet Is Like A Sewer ...'
The Hall of Fame voting comes out in a couple of hours, so it's only appropriate that we check in with our old friend Corky Simpson, the writer who did not vote for Rickey Henderson....
Ancient Journalist Apologizes For Chasing Rickey Henderson Off Of His Lawn
Retired Tucson Citizen columnist Corky Simpson says he's very sorry for leaving Rickey Henderson off of his Hall of Fame ballot, and also that they've apparently canceled Murder, She Wrote....
ESPN Trots Out "Quite Frankly" For Old White People
Awful Announcing reveals that Rick Reilly will finally get the consistent face-time to justify his $17 million ESPN contract. America, lock up your Ed Hardy T-shirts and your dental metaphors because "Homecoming" is here....