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Columnist Booted From Basketball Game; Commish Doesn't Like Coverage
Morris Dalla Costa, a columnist for the London Free Press, was ejected from the final game of a National Basketball League playoff series between the London Lightning and Windsor Express tonight because of what he reported about one team. The Canadian basketball league apparently contains some harsh...
When Basketball Media Guides Were Brutally Honest
Long ago, as a factchecker for a college basketball encyclopedia, I quickly learned to fear the SWAC. Its member schools' media guides, the official and often sole sources for history and statistics, were riddled with errors, omissions, typos, and for many seasons, simply weren't produced at all. Th...
Dumb Question About Derek Jeter Drives Radio Host To Breaking Point
This is Bruce Drennan, a Cleveland sportscaster who hosts a call-in radio show called All Bets Are Off. During yesterday's show, a guy—a plant? an actual yokel?—called in and asked Drennan if he thought there was any chance that Derek Jeter might end up on the Indians. Much exasperation ensued, as ...
Columnist Angry At The Imaginary Murders DeSean Jackson Has Witnessed
You thought Phil Mushnick couldn't get any more Mushnick on your ass than he already has? Ohhhh, people. Oh, how you underestimate that cagey old fucker. Because today, Mushnick hopped into the Andy Rooney machine and set it to Full Bushy Eyebrow. Join me as he carefully evaluates the plight of ...
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There Are Already Dumb Things Being Written About Yasiel Puig
This has to be some kind of record. The Los Angeles Dodgers are just two official games into the season, and the Los Angeles Times' Bill Plaschke has already fired off his first "Yasiel Puig is tearing this team apart!" column of the year. It doesn't make any damn sense....
Shaka Smart-To-Marquette Reports Came From Student Journalist
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel now tells us Shaka Smart is not likely to take the head basketball coaching position at Marquette. Why, then, were TV stations in Milwaukee all breathlessly reporting the breaking news that he'd be the new leader of the Golden Eagles? A source inside one of those newsr...
Nancy Grace Derails Oscar Pistorius Analysis With Porn Obsession
An otherwise serious discussion of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial on Good Morning America today barely managed to finish without Nancy Grace hijacking it to talk about the amputee sprinter's porn habits....
Bob Knight Can't Stay Away From The Rape Metaphors
Bob Knight, who famously told Connie Chung in 1988 that ''if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it,'' once again went to the well of sexual assault-themed metaphors on Mike & Mike today....
Shaka Smart Not Actually Marquette's New Coach, Despite TV Reports
Here's a sampling of Milwaukee newscasts from this evening. They all assert that current VCU head basketball coach Shaka Smart is taking over for Buzz Williams at Marquette. One problem: that's not true. ...
Greg Gumbel Confuses Archie Miller For Brother; Interview Ends Abruptly
Archie Miller was a guest on CBS's half time show to discuss his Dayton Flyers' run to the Sweet Sixteen. His brother Sean, coach of the Arizona Wildcats can also reach the Sweet Sixteen with a win tonight against Gonzaga. Things got a little tricky, though, when Greg Gumbel brought this up and made...
<i>Associated Press</i> Issues Correction For "Gay" Nets Jerseys Note
On Friday, the Nets debuted gray alternate jerseys in a game against the Celtics. On Saturday, in the notes section at the bottom of the game recap, the AP reported that the "Nets debuted an alternate gay, short-sleeve, V-neck home jersey with Brooklyn across the chest in blue lettering." Whoops....
Columbus Crew Broadcast Features Soundtrack Of Woman Having Sex
Saturday's Columbus Crew vs. Philadelphia Union match broadcast on Time Warner Sports Channel featured a bonus, sexy interlude midway through the second half....
The MLB Regular Season Is Here, So Here's Vin Scully Speaking Australian
The Dodgers and Diamondbacks kicked off MLB's regular season today in Sydney, with L.A. taking Game One and Game Two underway now. Vin Scully is back, of course, and already giving us great sound bytes. Here he is introducing you to tonight's game with his attempt at speaking Australian....
CBS Announcer Andrew Catalon Drops "Polack" On Gonzaga Player
Gonzaga's Przemek Karnowski is from Poland. Late in the Bulldogs' 8-9 matchup with Oklahoma State today, he got fouled several times. CBS announcer Andrew Catalon decided to dub the Cowboys' strategy "Hack-A-Polack."...
CNN Wrote The Worst Kurt Cobain Lede Ever. We Tried To Top It.
CNN.com wrote an article about newly released photographs from the scene of Kurt Cobain's suicide. This is how that article begins:...
How Not To Tease An Article About The Missing Malaysian Airplane
Noooo! Why would you do this, KETV? Combining a fake disaster with a real disaster was a terrible idea!...
Denver News Station Accidentally Puts A Big Ol' Penis On The Air
See, this is why you don't just put the camera on some producer's Twitter feed while talking about a helicopter crash....
"I GAVE YOU A THUMB'S UP!" Providence Live TV Report Goes Poorly
Here you have WJAR sports guy Frank Carpano trying to deliver a live report on the Big East championship game for Providence's NBC affiliate. Yeah, there are some technical difficulties, but it's Frank's enraged thumb's up that we're laughing hardest about....