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Giannis has become the Paul Bunyan of basketballThe fake sports news on Twitter is getting a bit out of control. I’m aware that part of responsible internet usage requires users to vet sources. It’s not like people haven’t been getting burned by fake Woj and fake Schefter accounts for years, but handles like CockSources and Ballsack sports — whil...

Sources: Sometimes Sources Are Just FlacksAt 3:12 p.m., I (and presumably many, many other people who write about basketball) received a PR blast in my inbox:...

Always-Wrong ESPN Fuck-Up Chris Broussard Wrong Yet AgainResets the “Chris Broussard Has Worked __ Days Without Fucking Up A Report” sign in the Deadspin office....

Anonymous NBA Agents: Nobody Wants To Play With Kobe Bryant

ESPN has dropped a feature on Kobe Bryant in the latest issue of ESPN: The Magazine, and it's a doozy. The title "Is Kobe Bryant the reason for the Los Angeles Lakers' downfall?" seems misleadingly non-committal, as author Henry Abbott clearly believes that the answer is an unequivocal "yes." The ...

Source Tells ESPN That Cris Carter's Son Will Sign With The Vikings

An anonymous source has informed Adam Schefter that Duron Carter, son of Hall of Famer Cris Carter, will sign with the Minnesota Vikings. ...

Reports: ESPN Cleans Up Its Bizarre Sourcing Policy

ESPN has had a rough time with attributing stories properly. Another outlet with an exclusive suddenly transforms into "reports" or "sources" on ESPN or ESPN.com. This isn't very polite, and competitors understandably have been cranky about the practice in the past. Just look at this, or this, or th...

ESPN Reprimands <em>SportsCenter</em> For Accurately Sourcing A Story: "IMPORTANT: DO NOT CREDIT SPORTS BY BROOKS"

ESPN has a habit of not handing out proper credit for other outlets' reporting. It's happened a lot over the last year or so. But last night, the network went so far as to order SportsCenter to stop giving credit....

Anonymous Jets Source Believes Anonymous Jets Sources Were Made Up

This year's edition of the Jets' public meltdown began in earnest this week as the Daily News ran a series of anonymous quotes from the locker room blasting Tim Tebow's gimmickry and poor quarterbacking. (You could just have easily framed the same quotes as a positive story, about how the locker roo...