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Australian TV Host Storms Off Set Because Of Rugby League

Australia's annual State of Origin rugby league series is apparently about a lot more than lots of punching and naked man-baby streakers—it's also a matter of regional pride. Which is why calling out the validity of a fan's allegiance to either Queensland or New South Wales can lead to straight to ...

Wantster Cuts Ties With Worst Charity In U.S.; Sticks With Chris Brown

Less than 24 hours after we reported Wantster had teamed up with America's Worst Charity and America's Worst Person, the cheap Pinterest knock-off is ending its partnership with Kids Wish Network (but affirms it's dedicated to promoting Chris Brown)....

Ric Flair Issued Arrest Order Over Failure To Pay Spousal Support

Pro wrestling legend Ric Flair owes his estranged wife more than $32,000 in spousal support, has been held in contempt of court, and now a judge in Mecklenberg, N.C., has issued a order for his arrest. Wooooo!...

Stephen A. Smith Gossip: James Dolan Wanted To Trade Iman Shumpert

You're looking at a very unique piece of video, dug up by Azaz of the Knicks FanBlog. It's from the taping of Stephen A. Smith's ESPN interview with Dwight Howard this weekend, but for whatever reason, one Youtube user was able to tune in to the satellite feed and record the taping. It's basically S...

Everyone's A Winner, Bargain's Galore!

Pictures of Tom Waits by Anton Corbijn over at Everyday I Show. ...

Worst Person In America Teams Up With Worst Charity In America [UPDATE]

Every day, optimistic PR people fill our tips box with mumbo-jumbo about new sports websites, book review offers, and other pitches that usually get auto-tagged as spam and are subsequently binned. Today, though, we received the following—and it's so perfect we can't help but share it with you:...

Let Them Wear Towels: How Far Have We Really Come?

Never mind the All-Star Game, tonight on ESPN gives Let Them Wear Towels. Over at ESPNW, Robin Herman asks How Far Have We Really Come?...

Well, This Is Just A Miserable Soccer Play All Around

You might've missed the Haiti-El Salvador Gold Cup match last night. Now you've seen all you need to see....

Marrying Television, Football Gained An Audience But Lost A Game

Dig Sherry Kafka's 1973 Texas Monthly article on Don Meredith: "Tuning In Dandy Don":...

Remembering Occupy Tebow: Jewel Of ESPN's Dying Comments Section

The ESPN comments section will no longer exist in its current form after today. The cesspool that allowed sports fans to anonymously post their unpunctuated thoughts about sports while hiding behind the shield of anonymity is being replaced by a system that will force users to tether their comments...

Awesome Little Kid To Shaq: “Don't Ever Disrespect Houston Again!"

This kid makes me want to root for the Rockets. H-Town, baby!...

Night-Shifting For The Hip Fleet

“Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet,” by Mark Jacobson. From New York Magazine, 1975, this piece was the idea that spawned the TV show, Taxi:...

“Howie Felterbush” Has A Wife, And She Was At The Zimmerman Trial Too

Despite telling USA Today he didn't wish to be photographed, George Zimmerman trial spectator "Howie Felterbush" did get captured by the cameras of Jacksonville's First Coast News, alongside his wife "Cindy" (who also provided a quote to the news outlet)....

A Redditor Has Been Leaking WWE Outcomes [Update: WWE Response]

In February on r/SquaredCircle, Reddit's pro wrestling forum, one poster kicked off a "prediction series," asking users to pick who they expected to win at that week's Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event. The winner was a user named "Dolphins1925," who posted just minutes before the start of the ...

Ex-NFL Player Charged With Leaving Toddler In Car At Strip Club

Former University of Florida linebacker Monty Grow, who later played two NFL seasons as a defensive back for the Chiefs and Jaguars, faces a child abuse charge after allegedly leaving a 3-year-old girl in his car while he hung out at a strip club....

“I Think That ‘E’ Made The Whole Fucking Difference”

From Hollywood: Stars and starlets, tycoons and flesh-peddlers, moviemakers and moneymakers, frauds and geniuses, hopefuls and has-been, great lover and sex symbols, Garson Kanin's appealing, gossipy memoir:...

Jack Nicholson: Macho Loser-Hero

From the collection “When The Lights Go Down,” here is Pauline Kael on Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest:...

ESPN Announcer On Japanese Fan: “I Need Some Rice, I Need Some Sushi”

I'm thinking Michele Smith of ESPN is going to regret this "joke" about that Japanese fan during last night's World Cup of Softball gold medal game....

Cable bills are higher, and ratings are down. Welcome to the sports network bubble. Here's the WSJ: "The fees cable operators pay to carry sports networks have risen 113% since 2002, according to Kagan. Last year cable operators paid regional sports networks on average $2.47 per subscriber to carry ...

Only The Ball Was Brown

From his website, here's David Kamp's 2006 GQ story on Early Lloyd:...