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"Good Job, Good Effort" Kid Has Two Nicknames For Kevin Garnett, And One Of Them Is Unprintable
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Young Jack has opinions....
Ohio State Self-Reports 46 Violations, But Really, Who Gives A Shit?
The Cleveland Plain Dealer obtained a list of 46 secondary violations committed by Ohio State over the past 12 months, which they self-reported to the NCAA. They've posted all the documents, but here is a choice sampling:...
Illinois Sophomore Meyers Leonard Gets Surprise Visit From Marine Brother
This happened way back on Thursday at the Illinois shootaround leading up to the Illini's game with Michigan game on ESPN. Meyers' older brother, Bailey, surprised Meyers as he returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. It was the first time the brothers had seen each other since last summer....
Urban Meyer Thinks The Ohio State Job Will Be His Last
Asked if Columbus is his last stop, Meyer replied: "I think so. I'm never gonna make those [comments], I've made some comments before that came back to haunt me because you just don't know. But I hope so."...
Florida Mom Wants To Change The Name Of Her Child, Spurrier Urban Wiley
I want to reveal to you a big secret, that college football would rather not have you know: sometimes coaches don't stay with a single team forever, and sometimes they even take other jobs. Scandalous....
If You Want To Throw Up, Here's Kirk Herbstreit And Chris Spielman Gushing Over Urban Meyer
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Spoiler alert, they love him and he'll lead Ohio State to six consecutive national titles....
Urban Meyer's OSU Contract Includes Country Club Membership, Bonuses For Graduation Rates
Urban Meyer (who posed for photos this morning with Archie Griffin and Luke Fickell, who will stay on staff) is now officially head coach of The Ohio State University. The deal has been signed (and can be found below), and includes all kinds of fun clauses....
Urban Meyer's Press Conference Was Interrupted By A Fainting Camerawoman, Possibly ESPN's
Admit it: when you hear them calling for EMS at new Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer's press conference, your first thought is that it's for Meyer himself (who reportedly suffered a 2009 heart condition). But given what happens to the camera on ESPN's feed of the conference (and reports ...
ShortCenter: All Over Urban Meyer's New Job
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
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Urban Meyer Reportedly Will Take Ohio State Job, Hire Kirk Herbstreit As Assistant [UPDATE]
Sports Illustrated, via Eleven Warriors and Sports by Brooks, is reporting that Urban Meyer is set to take over as Ohio State head football coach. ...
As If A Competitive Waterskiing Wipeout Wasn't Enough, The Guy's From Ohio State
So collegiate waterskiing is apparently a thing. Nationals were this weekend, and OSU's Kyle Dammeyer went down hard and soggy. If you missed this video in Hot Clicks, don't miss it here, and turn up the sound; the announcer is gold....
Rejoice: ESPYs Ratings Hit Their Lowest Point In Sixteen Years
We wrote this morning about the brewing anti-ESPN revolution the "Free Bruce" campaign exposed. No longer was ESPN everyone's mostly benevolent overlord—now it was the Soviet Central Committee, purging ne'er-do-well reporters wherever they might pop up....
Awaiting the ESPYs, But (Still) Missing Norm MacDonald
It's the Wednesday after the MLB All-Star Game, which means if the Triple-A All-Star Game isn't your bag, your only other "sports" programming option for the evening is the ESPYs. Seth Meyers is hosting, but don't count on the gags to be nearly as subversive as some at the WWL will have you believe...
The Seth Meyers-Lynn Hoppes Pre-ESPYs Bro-Down Skewers ESPN
Last we checked in on Page 2's Lynn Hoppes, he was breathlessly name-dropping third-tier celebrities, en route to this whole thing. (Of note: ESPN has since pulled the offending Hoppes video from its YouTube account. Did Brock Lesnar's attorneys complain?) Hoppes is ESPN's expert in the macho-tinged...
Tim Tebow Dreams Of A World In Which College Athletes Get Paid Enough To Buy Scooters And Eat At Outback
Tim Tebow was on the Daily Show last night with a brand new tagline: Author. If you haven't heard, by way of the book's trailer (this is a thing that is apparently done quite regularly now) or his Colorado-to-Florida book tour, the 23-year-old quarterback has released his first-quarter-of-life mem...
The NHL Doesn't Seem To Think The Islanders Can Control Their Players
Your morning roundup for Feb. 13, a day in which a Supreme Court justice prepares to celebrate five years of playing mum at work....
Time To Put The ESPN Ombudsman's Photo On Milk Cartons
Number of ESPN columns praising Don Ohlmeyer in the last 68 days: one. Number of Don Ohlmeyer's ESPN Ombudsman columns in the last 68 days: none....
Last Night's Winner: Pat Forde's Hierarchy Of Urban Meyer's Needs
Far and away the bestest genre of sportswriting is the one in which an adult informs a stranger what he should and shouldn't be doing with his career. I give you Pat Forde on Urban Meyer:...
Urban Meyer Is Stepping Down Again
Per GatorZone.com's Scott Carter: "Meyer, 46, informed Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley over the weekend that he was contemplating resigning and the two finalized the plan Tuesday." [GatorZone]...
The Cam Newton Scandal Spirals Into Incoherency
So much ink has been spilled in the last 24 hours over Cam Newton, yet so little has actually happened, that we felt obligated to break it all down. Here's hoping this doesn't become a daily feature....