press Page 11 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Last Night's Winner: Caroline Wozniacki Goes Solo
Is there anything worse than press conferences? The same boring questions get asked every time, and answered in the same boring way. Caroline Wozniacki noticed this, and decided she didn't need the media's help to continue on with the charade....
Wes Welker Makes 11 References To Feet In One Press Conference
In a mere nine minutes of Q&A, we noted Welker making an oddly high number of foot references. Here they all are for your sexual listening pleasure. The Patriots' trash-talking is a little more subtle than the Jets'....
26 Seconds Of Tim Tebow Charming The Pants Off Everyone
On Sunday, Tim Tebow threw for 308 yards and had two touchdowns in a 24-23 come-from-behind win over the Texans. He promptly tweeted a Bible passage and then charmed the pants off everyone in the postgame press conference....
The Uncomfortable Rex Ryan Press Conference, In Eight Seconds
As you know, Rex Ryan addressed the media earlier today. They asked him some stuff. This is more or less how it went. [Sports Grid]...
Rex Ryan's Awkwardest Of Press Conferences
Rex Ryan is facing the assembled media for his regularly-scheduled press conference. Let's watch!...
Field Trip: Simmons And Gladwell At The New Yorker Festival, Falling In And Out Of Love
Ever wondered how the chummy love-fest email exchanges between Malcolm Gladwell and Bill Simmons translate when the two meet face-to-face? Well, it's kind of like when a "certain kind of person" meets another "certain kind of person." I'll explain....
Fake Press Release Makes Worthless Cubs/Brewers Game Temporarily Interesting
How do you make a Cubs/Brewers interesting when they have a combined 126-155 record? You slip a fake press release supposedly written by Cubs GM Jim Hendry into the press pack! Here's a pic (via Paul Sullivan's Twitter) ......
Introducing Shawn Andrews: NFL Lineman, Aspiring Rap Impresario, Depression Sufferer
As beefing up their division rivals' rosters go, the Philadelphia Eagles rule. First was the QB to Washington. Now, the former All-Pro O-lineman they released in March signs with New York....
Blacks Totally Outrank Gays on the Whitlock Oppression Scale (W.O.S.)
You know that whole "analogy comparing black people's fight for equal rights and gay people's"? Well, it makes Jason Whitlock "uncomfortable." So knock it off, gay people. Gay bashers, too....
This Is Outstanding, Again
DJ Steve Porter is back with "Press Hop 2," mashing up the greatest press conference moments, dropping a beat, and throwing in a little autotune for good measure. Never change, egotistical sports figures....
BREAKING: GREENWICH ABSOLUTELY SWARMING WITH PEOPLE JUST SORT OF MILLING AROUND
Our man in Connecticut, Craig Fehrman, took this photo a couple hours ago across the street from the Greenwich Boys and Girls Club. Craig reports: "The only fans there were that kid and a parental-looking figure [in the Cavs jersey], who was spelling his last name like a pro."...
LeBron James Is A Cocksucker
Tomorrow is the day LeBron James becomes the most unlikable person in the NBA, and perhaps all of American sports. I used to think he was okay a year ago. No more. He's the villain now....
Dairy Council Takes The Fall For The Patriots
Remember when the Patriots ditched a nice little middle school event to, I dunno, go shoot up drugs or something? It wasn't their fault, says this New England Dairy Council press release, which was probably drafted at Belichick gunpoint....
Tiger Ingratiates Himself One First Name At A Time
Tiger's working really hard to get back into the public's good graces. Kicking off his comeback with that softball interview and a trip to the media-light Masters tournament were great ideas. Though everyone wants to bother him, no one will....
Tiger Woods: An Apology In Three Acts
Gawker.TV genius Mike Byhoff has reduced Tiger Woods's apology to its most basic elements: Tiger repeatedly saying he's sorry, Tiger repeatedly talking about family, and Tiger repeatedly sounding like some sort of yogi....
The Real Whores In All This? AP, Reuters, And Bloomberg
Three journalists — from the Associated Press, Reuters, and Bloomberg — accepted invitations to participate in the Tiger Woods apology kabuki. They should immediately be banished to whatever professional doghouse contains Judy Miller and the remains of Bob Novak....
No Wonder Why Tiger Woods Is Embracing Buddhism Again...
"As Buddha says, you've been shot with an arrow once (by the infidelity or the hurtful event), don't stick a second arrow into the same wound (by keep reminding yourself and feeling resentful)..."[SomeBuddhistThing(2nd Question)]...
Tiger Woods: "I Felt I Was Entitled"
It's hard to single out one defining moment in a 13-minute speech, but I think the clubhouse leader might be Tiger Woods saying that he felt he "deserved to enjoy all the temptations" around him. Eww....
Tiger Woods Press Conference: Open Thread
Give your witticisms a workout as Tiger reads from a script pulled from the sex addiction handbook. In case you're not near a television, watch it here....