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Stephen A. Smith Still Has Remarkable Confidence That Stephen A. Smith Can Continue Being Stephen A. Smith
Stephen A. Smith is taking his ESPN loser's lap to the airwaves, but is still passionately promoting STEPHEN A. THE BRAND to whomever gives him the opportunity to talk about himself....
Oh, Poor Lindsay Soto
Breasts have always been one of the biggest drawbacks for female sports reporters. Show too much, you're a bimbo. Show too little, you'll be replaced by someone who shows too much....
The Continuing Sports Media Evolution Of Condi Rice
According to sources at HBO, at a production meeting last week, staffers were informed that former Sec. Of State Condoleezza Rice's agent had inquired about her joining Bryant Gumbel's "Real Sports" reporting team....
The Most Interesting Spring Football Game Commentary You'll Ever Hear
Radio station Rock 104 live-streamed the Southern Miss Golden Eagles game for its hometown fans on Saturday, but those tuning in received something else entirely: Hillbilly sex talk, belching, and the N-word....
ESPN Has Found A Replacement For Emmitt Smith...Matt Millen
While ESPN de-bloats, they wouldn't be the WWL unless they also added a big name. The biggest one so far: Matt Millen, Ex-Lions GM/Architect of Destruction, will join their Monday Night Countdown on-site team....
ESPN Is Coming To You Live From Your Parents' Basement
Josh Elliot is one of the nicest people on the planet and I applaud him (and ESPN) for giving blogs some well-deserved national recognition. And, as you can tell from the video, ESPN won't ignore the stories criticizing them (or former LOUD TALKING employees) if that's what the sports blogosphere is...
Roger Millions Is Hard On Himself
The Blackhawks won. That's all that matters, Roger. Nobody will ever remember you said "cocksucker" on live TV during the pregame. [Total Pro Sports]...
ESPN's "Blog Buzz" Fails To Impress Bloggers
It is kind of odd that one of the blogs featured was an ESPN blogger. But this will become the new Extra Mustard in no time. [Sporting News]...
Hannah Storm Knows She's Being Watched By Drooling Morons
"I know that when I came here I dressed differently than a lot of the anchors they had previous, but I dress like I dress...I'm really not dressing necessarily to please anyone." [Houston Press]...
Tact? ESPN.com Knows Not Of This Thing You Call "Tact"
Yesterday, Dashiell noticed an unfortunate NASCAR commercial running during ESPN's coverage of Nick Adenhart. The general consensus was to give the WWL a pass. Today, however, no dice. What the hell is wrong with ESPN.com?...
Boob-Looking Announcer Gains Redemption
Former Iowa broadcaster Ed Podolak—whose only crime was loving life—will be back in the booth for Iowa football games next fall. That is just and wise. [The Gazette]...
It's Good To Be Bill Macdonald
Fox Sports West's Bill Macdonald has been a popular LA-based broadcaster for more than 20 years. Unfortunately, Halos Heaven ran some photos of him getting cozy with a young woman outside of Angels Stadium....
Dogs And Cats Have Officially Slept Together...Reilly On The B.S. Report
And they said this day would never come. Whatever feud may or may not have (allegedly) existed between Rick Reilly and the Sports Fella, it appears that rivalry has now been extinguished....
Cheryl Miller Will Put Her Resume Up Against Scot Pollard Any Day
Scot Pollard could not be bothered to show up on time for his NBA TV duties and his co-host, Cheryl Miller, was not too thrilled with his lack of professionalism. Or his actual basketball skill....
ESPN Continues To Piss Off The Local Radio Little Guys
An email came in from a frustrated ESPN radio employee who's angry at the WWL's latest ad campaign, ones that are presumably making fun of local sports radio hosts....
Brave Woman Gives Eyewitness Testimony Of The Salisbury Cell Phone Incident
The Sean Salisbury cell phone saga has always seemed to me to be a lot like the legend of Bigfoot; shrouded in mystery, leaving large tracks but not much in the way of tangible proof....
Calipari Watch, Day 2: Pretty Blonde Reporter Is Latest Victim Of The Madness
A Deadpsin operative checked into "Door Watch '09" last night to find that the Memphis Athletic Department had been replaced by an adorable blonde reporter. You can imagine how the comment horde dealt with that....
Orioles' Radio Station Turns Rain-Delay Into "Canceled" Game
Fans in Baltimore waiting for the Orioles game to resume yesterday after a 90-minute rain delay may have been confused when the game resumed, but the radio crew calling the action was nowhere to be found....