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Major League Soccer's Facebook Account Likes Strippers
Several tipsters have sent in what appears to be an example of the dreaded "logged in to the wrong account" snafus that must keep social media interns awake at night....
Hockey Dad Kicked Out Of High School Tournament For Shining Laser Pointer In Opposing Goalie's Eyes
Some people are just straight up crazy. Take this father of the year candidate who was removed from a girls high school hockey game between Winthrop and Medway-Ashland after he was discovered shining a laser pointer in a teenage girl's eyes....
Mike Milbury And Jeremy Roenick Nearly Came To Blows On NBC Sports Tonight
A discussion of rough play in the NHL appeared to approach violence itself as hockey dad Mike Milbury and analyst Jeremy Roenick engaged in a heated argument live on NBC Sports Network. ...
Tiger Woods Does Not Want To Discuss Whether He Wanted To Be A Navy SEAL
Golf Digest published some excerpts yesterday from Hank Haney's upcoming book about his time as Tiger Woods's coach, and the part everybody's talking about is the portion that alleges Tiger "seriously considered" leaving golf to be a Navy SEAL....
Sportscaster Wants A Do-Over: "Son Of A Bitch. One More Time. Start It Over. Ready?"
But Craig Smylie of JET 24 in Erie, Pa., was on live done in by an editor who queued up the wrong footage from the night before at that moment when this aired early Thursday morning....
"Twitter Is Not Your Personal Playground," ESPN Reminds Its Employees
A mole sends along the following email, which was spammed out to ESPN talent on Monday:...
ESPN Had Another Headline Issue Today, And This One Included The Word "Gook"
Here's how the headline to this story looked early Saturday morning on ESPN's Soccernet site. We actually got a tip about it from Andy W, but dismissed it because we'd never heard of Lee Dong-Gook and figured ESPN had Westernized the order of his name (in other words, that his given name was Lee an...
Here's The Ludicrous Blown Call In Today's AC Milan-Juventus Match
In a call that reminded many viewers of England-Germany in the 2010 World Cup, AC Milan's Sulley Muntari was deprived of a goal and Milan of a wider lead over Juventus when this clear goal was declared to be, by officials.. no goal....
Fox San Diego Sports Anchor Implies Danica Patrick Is A Bitch
Ross Shimabuku, Fox 5 San Diego's current sports anchor could teach a master class in subtlety. Of course, no one would know a thing about what "subtlety" means, but the arts are a dying skill anyway....
Pirates Owner's Response To Team President's DUI Gives Us The Best Headline Of The Day: "Nutting Right On Coonelly"
I'm pretty sure the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette intends to tell us that columnist Ron Cook thinks Pirates owner Bob Nutting is correct for continuing to support team president Frank Coonelly, whose DUI arrest in December just became public knowledge yesterday. The headline was no doubt written that way ...
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Pirates' Flagship Radio Station Has Instructed Its Sports-Talk Hosts Not To Discuss Team President's DUI [UPDATE]
Put aside the fact that Frank Coonelly, the president of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was cited for DUI just before Christmas, only to have the news of it finally see the light of day today. The Pittsburgh sports-talk station that reached an agreement in September to broadcast the Pirates' games has now ...
JaVale McGee Volleyball-Served A Goaltend Into The Fifth Row
JaVale McGee watched Top Gun today, and the pulse-pounding rock of Kenny Loggins inspired him to come out and perform in tonight's Kings-Wizards matchup. Unfortunately, that meant this ridiculous goaltending call that had him smacking the ball into the crowd like he had beef with Iceman. Play-in ...
This Seton Hall Fan's Likely To Regret His Attempt At Court-Storming
Seton Hall upset Georgetown 73-55 tonight, and while most of the students who tried to celebrate in the traditional court-storming manner were prevented from doing so, one fan got through the wall of security and onto the court....
Football Recruit Schedules College Decision Announcement At Elementary School, Never Shows Up [UPDATE]
Five-star football recruit Davonte Neal let the excitement of National Signing Day pass him by, electing to make his decision today at an elementary school in his hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona. Recruiting pros said the decision would be between Arizona, Notre Dame, North Carolina, and Arkansas—w...
The Washington Capitals Are Playing "Shitty" According To NHL Network [UPDATE: No They Aren't]
Deadspin reader Jeff H. was watching NHL Network tonight, and caught this tidbit from Billy Jaffe, giving his no-holds-barred opinion on how poorly the Washington Capitals have been playing lately. [NHLN]...
Lakers Radio Guy Vigorously Applies Makeup Without Knowing He's On Camera, Realizes It Soon Enough
John Ireland, who doubles as a TV sportscaster, thinks out loud: (sigh) Damnit. I just HATE the way this cold weather dries out my skin. My forehead, especially. I mean, pretty much everything below the eyes is OK, but all it takes is even a few hours in one of these northern hellholes to make my...
Fired ESPN Editor Apologizes, Says "Chink In The Armor" Headline Not Intended As A Slur
Anthony Federico, the ESPN editor fired yesterday for his unfortunate use of the phrase "Chink in the Armor" in a headline about Jeremy Lin, has explained himself to the the New York Daily News. Federico said he meant no disrespect and was "devastated" once it dawned on him what he had done. The hea...
And Now For Your U.K. Weather, Where The Forecast Is "Bucketloads Of Cunt"
This is from Alex Deakin's 10:00 weather report last night on BBC 1, which forecast near-freezing temperatures in southern England and frost warnings in Scotland, northern England and parts of Wales....
ESPN Once Again Shares Headline Space With "Chink"
Here, courtesy of @mforbes37, is ESPN's latest appearance in international headlines. Thanks to my pathetic unilinguality, the very thing ESPN would like me not to associate with it is the only thing I can read....
Buzz Bissinger: I Don't Have A Problem With Linsanity Jokes, Because Nobody's Calling Him A "Gook"
Noted curmudgeon Buzz Bissinger dropped by CNN this morning to offer his thoughts on Linsanity and what he implied was an overreaction to coverage of racist or stereotyped portrayals of Jeremy Lin....