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Bill Simmons Is Pissed That <em>SportsCenter</em> Edited Out This Joke [UPDATE]

Up above, Bill Simmons and the rest of the NBA Countdown crew discuss how Dwyane Wade transmogrified himself last night into an All-Star once again. Magic Johnson wonders if he could do it again for Game 5, and Michael Wilbon says he'll benefit from getting two off days. ...

Mets Approached Cougar Site About Stuffing Ballot Box For David Wright

When the first vote totals for the MLB All-Star Game were released last week, David Wright was in second. A desperate Mets marketing department didn't want Wright to lose to Pablo Sandoval for the second year in a row, especially not with the game being held at Citi Field. So one employee decided t...

NFL teams are allowed to designate two "stars" who only have to face the media once per week. The Patriots' stars? Tom Brady and Tim Tebow. [NY Post] ...

Gary Hoenig, A Founding Editor Of <em>ESPN The Mag</em>, Has Been Laid Off

The first-ever hire at ESPN The Magazine, Gary Hoenig, has been laid off, three sources tell me. Hoenig was the executive editor at the magazine in 1998, and was promoted to editor-in-chief in 2003. He's been the GM and editorial director of ESPN's publishing division for the last five years. Hoeni...

Howie Schwab Among The Layoffs At ESPN [UPDATE]

Round 2 of the ESPN bloodletting began today, and a source tells us that Howie Schwab—remember Stump the Schwab?—was among those let go. ...

Tennis Channel CEO: Comcast Battle Like "Being Raped By Brutal Captor" [UPDATE]

Two weeks ago, a federal appeals court ruled that Comcast did not have to put Tennis Channel on its basic cable service and could, instead, throw it on a more-expensive sports tier. The court overturned an FCC ruling in the process. Tennis Channel was unhappy about this. In fact, Tennis Channel CEO ...

ESPN Mentioned Tim Tebow 137 Times In 120 Minutes

The Worldwide Leader has really outdone itself....

Next Round Of ESPN Layoffs Coming This Week

Layoffs are coming to ESPN's production unit this week, according to several sources. A tipster told me this morning that "tension is at an all time high in production operations," and the cuts will begin tomorrow....

Counterpoint: Baseball Games Are Exactly As Long As They Should Be

The most striking thing about the Baseball Games Are Too Long argument is the amount of time spent thinking about it. ...

Professional sports teams pay for wins. They do not pay for losses, no matter what Bill Shaikin says....

SB Nation went deep on Montaous Walton, the phony baseball prospect who created an identity on the internet, tricked the media, and secured an agent before finally getting arrested. Go read it. [SB Nation]...

Steve Phillips And Brooke Hundley: A Romance Told Through Filthy Sexts

You can head over here and read the long version of the affair between then-ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips and then-ESPN production assistant Brooke Hundley. Or you can get a pretty good idea of their very brief romance by reading their text messages. As the full story points out, this was a m...

The Mostly Sexless Sex Scandal That Shook ESPN

A few hours after the 2009 Home Run Derby, Steve Phillips bought Brooke Hundley a drink. They were at the bar of St. Louis's Millenium Hotel, a block from Busch Stadium, where more than a dozen ESPN staffers had gathered after wrapping up another day's work during MLB's extended All-Star weekend. Hu...

Keith Olbermann Will Host Turner's MLB Playoff Coverage

Well, Keith Olbermann has a job again. After months of showing up at ballparks, Olbermann is going to be the studio host for Turner's coverage of the MLB playoffs this October. The Hollywood Reporter reports he'll be on with Dennis Eckersley and maybe one other studio guy (Jim Miller broke the Olber...

Ex-ESPNer David Berson Is The Clear Successor To Take Over CBS Sports

David Berson is the new president of CBS Sports, a jump up from his previous role overseeing the difficult-to-remember-it-exists CBS Sports Network. Sean McManus will remain chairman of CBS Sports, but I've been told that his job will become increasingly figurehead-ish and Berson is going to take o...

Messed-Up Mugshots & Dead Jermaine Dupri: May In Local News Blunders

We Regret The Error is our monthly look at local news mistakes and the subsequent boilerplate apologies. Spy a blunder on your local news? Let us know....

One Reporter's Reflections On Covering John Tortorella, Bully

Dave Lozo used to write for NHL.com. He doesn't anymore, so he's free to tell you exactly what it was like to cover the Rangers for four years under John Tortorella. Spoiler alert: scary at first, then almost pathetic....

Pirates Broadcaster On The Pirates' Hot Streak: "This Is Kinky!"

The Pittsburgh Pirates, you guys! They've been spanking their fans for years, but now they've won 19 games in May. They haven't lost a series since May 5. Last night they won 1-0 for the fourth time in 11 games. And cuddly color man Steve Blass is just tickled by it all....

This Time, The Egg Avoided Jim Knox's Face

Let's recount our Jim Knox greatest hits:...

Bill Simmons Thinks Memphis Fans Get Tense Because MLK Was Shot There

For many years now, Bill Simmons has positioned himself as a kind of ULTRA fan. He's not simply the voice of the fan anymore. He is more fan than you. He understands fandom in a way that you could not possibly understand. He understands that when fans get loud, things are going well! And when fans ...