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Did An L.A. Police Watchdog Bend Ethical Rules For Jay Mariotti?
The head of the Los Angeles police union has voiced concerns about attorney and LAPD civilian oversight board member Debra Wong Yang's brief representation of Jay Mariotti who, in a no-contest plea deal, saw six misdemeanor counts dropped....
Last Night's Winner: The Reporter Who Asked Brett Favre About His Wang
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like Brian Costello of the New York Post. If Brett Favre furnished us with his cock, then Costello rounded things out with an enormous set of balls....
Did A Jets PR Person Act As Liaison Between Brett Favre And Jenn Sterger?
Remember this? According to documents we've obtained, Jenn Sterger was contacted by Brett Favre — or by someone she was led to believe was Brett Favre — through an intermediary: Jets media relations manager Jared Winley....
Browns Now Charging You To Walk Through Parking Lot
And not because many Clevelanders weigh as much as a Kia Forte. No, the traditional tailgating spot for Browns fans is now charging money to enter, even if you're on foot....
Hooking Up At The Browns Game: Not A Tale Of Seneca Wallace And His Receivers
A security guard has turned to Craigslist's missed connections for a woman he spotted in the stands at Sunday's game, for friendship and maybe more. [Craigslist, via Cleveland Scene]...
Who Wants To See A Photo Of Amar'e Stoudemire Jumping Naked Into A Pool?
It was you guys, right? That ESPN The Mag Body Issue, is really, uh, shaping up to be, uh, something. [via the seemingly appropriately named All Ball]...
Duke "Fuck List" Author Gets Potential Book, Movie Deals
Oh the shame! Karen F. Owen (left, unsmudged), for all the hardship she's caused so many at this point, has piqued interest from some big guns in the movie-making and publishing worlds. A star is porn. Or born....
The Doug Gottlieb-Jim Mora Mini-Fight: "Is This Your First Interview? Jesus Christ."
Jim Mora Jr. was on ESPN Radio yesterday and he talked with Doug Gottlieb about Michael Vick and Donovan McNabb. Mora found Gottlieb's line of questioning as asinine as we find Doug Gottlieb. It was all very delightful....
Mariotti Pleads No Contest
Jay Mariotti pleaded no contest to a single count of misdemeanor domestic violence; the six remaining charges were dropped. Says his attorney: "Today's resolution ... ends the matter once and for all." Right. No one will ever mention this again. [LAT]...
Gregg Easterbrook Is As Smart About Head Injuries In Football As He Is About Jews In Hollywood
Look, I know we all pretend not to notice Gregg Easterbrook still making an ass of himself over on ESPN.com, but when the guy carries on as if he loves football head injuries almost as much as he hates the Jews, well......
The Worst Column Ever By Someone Not Named Bill Plaschke
A Syracuse columnist made a factual error. His next column consists solely of a correction repeated 50 times, à la classroom chalkboard. Meh, still better than Bleacher Report....
Delonte West Finally Sets The Record Straight About Banging LeBron James's Mom
Yesterday, at the Boston Celtics media day, 98.5's Rich Shertenlieb decided to brazenly ask The Question to the Celtics' newly re-acquired troublesome guard....
Meet Your New Undersized, Scraptastic, Very White New England Sports Cult Hero: Danny Woodhead
Danny Woodhead, the Jets castoff and Rex Ryan-anointed "little fucker," made his Patriots debut yesterday and is already being touted as the economy-sized Wes Welker. Chief among these proponents is Dan Shaughnessy. Of course. Let's look at the best of the worst....
Jeff Garcia and Maurice Clarett Make America A Sadder Place
Until its inevitable death next month, the United Football League will serve as an outlet for almost-rans to continue playing despite not getting tapped into the NFL steel-cage match. That's a good thing. I guess....
Ines Sainz Rips Women's Media Group A New One
Sainz basically told the Association for Women in Sports Media to go fuck off, she doesn't want their help. She also had harsh words for the journos and columnists covering the story. Please don't hate us, Ines....
God Gave Mark Dantonio A Heart Attack For Beating Notre Dame, Says Soon-To-Be-Suspended Radio Guy
We said it's time to let the MSU/ND game go. Matt Patrick, of a South Bend talk radio station, should probably have read us before he insinuated that God struck Dantonio down for cheating against the Catholics....
Won't Someone Think Of The Gay-Panicky Columnist's Children?
For a master class in how to write a breathtakingly stupid sports column from the Cokie Roberts school of "How will we tell the children about blowjobs?" argumentum ad moppet, please read FanHouse's David Whitley, hemming and hawing about gays on the Kiss Cam....
One Cross-Country Gal's Surname Must Be A Nightmare For Headline Writers
There's a high school cross country runner named Madz Negro who keeps making news due to her running prowess. This results in headlines from the Springfield, Ill. State Journal-Register like this. Or like this....
Newsreader Revealed As Pantsless Behind Desk
Confirming what we all suspected, one anchor was caught by cameras showing what really goes on underneath the desk....
Today, In Unintentional Rape Puns
Obviously this headline is a pun on the Orem Owlz's playoff opponents, the Raptors. Not anything else. Don't know why anyone would think that. [MiLB.com, H/T Jared]...