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Craig Carton Allegedly Arranged Ticket Scam To Pay Huge Casino Debts
WFAN radio host Craig Carton, of Boomer & Carton Show fame, owed an outstanding debt of $2.5 million to a casino in 2016, according to the Security and Exchanges Commission’s fraud lawsuit against Carton, businessman Joseph Meli, and the pair’s companies....
Report: Radio Host Craig Carton Arrested In Alleged $2M Fake Ticket Scam
Radio personality Craig Carton, who co-hosts the Boomer & Carton show on WFAN and CBS Sports Network, has been arrested as part of an alleged fake ticket scam that netted $2 million, NBC 4 New York reports....
ESPN Radio Host Ryen Russillo Returns To Work, Talks About His Arrest And Suspension
Ryen Russillo, host of The Russillo Show on ESPN, returned to his program today for the first time since he was arrested on Aug. 23 in Wyoming after he allegedly entered someone else’s condo in the early hours, refused to leave, and ended up with no pants. ...
This Spikeball Rally Is A Work Of Art
It’s still summer, at least for a few precious weeks more, which means it’s still the perfect time to go play spikeball in a park near you. For those uninitiated with the game, it involves spiking a ball on a mini-trampoline and also some other stuff, but you do not have to know anything about spike...
Report: Floyd Mayweather Jr. Tried To Bet $400,000 In Cash On Himself
Floyd Mayweather went into the M Casino sportsbook Saturday afternoon and tried to plunk down $400,000 in cash on at least one bet on himself, according to this ESPN report....
Flying Frisbee Dog Is The Sports Highlight Of The Day
This dog may not have caught the frisbee, but he achieved flight....
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ESPN Radio Host Ryen Russillo Arrested In Wyoming For Misdemeanor Criminal Entry [Updates]
Ryen Russillo, host of The Russillo Show on ESPN, was arrested in Wyoming today. The details on the Teton County Sheriff’s Office inmate list are scarce, but the 42-year-old Russillo was charged with criminal entry....
Cleveland Radio Caller Uses His Moment On <i>SportsCenter</i> To Talk About Host’s Dildo
SportsCenter put Cleveland radio host Aaron Goldhammer on the air tonight after the Kyrie Irving trade, and he suggested they take some calls in a simulcast. Sounded fun! ...
Report: Chris Christie Gives Up Dream Of Being A Terrible Sports Radio Host For Now
Anyone who had hoped to one day call Chris Christie on the radio and tell him he’s a corrupt piece of shit will be sorely disappointed to learn that they’ll have to settle for tweeting at him, as the outgoing governor of New Jersey will not pursue an on-air gig at WFAN. ...
Two Of The Most Famous Olympic Photos Were All About Location And Dumb Luck
This weekend, Heinz Kluetmeier will become the first photographer to be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The longtime staff photographer at Sports Illustrated is undeniably hall-worthy. He’s shot iconic images of every major swimmer since 1970, from Mark...
Radio Host Don La Greca Completely Snaps On A Yankees Fan
YES Network radio hosts Don La Greca and Michael Kay had to endure the complaints of Yankees fan Steve from Brooklyn on Thursday’s show, but La Greca lost his temper after Steve suggested that Yankees rookie Aaron Judge, who’s struggled in the second half but is still an imposing hitter, should have...
The Fallout From Sportswriting's Filthiest Fuck-Up
The article hangs on a wall in my office. I am actually staring at it as I write this—it is taped, slightly crooked, to the white paint above my desk, positioned between a Chicago Blitz bumper sticker, a picture of my mother’s late Uncle John, and a photograph from the 1987 Mahopac High School fresh...
Robinson Moncada, A Precious Little Beam Of Human Sunshine, Is King Of The Sports Babies
Sports babies, generally, are good. A replacement-level sports baby is still one who is adorable and funny and gloriously chubby-cheeked, and a sub-replacement-level sports baby is still probably going to make you aww at least once. But a truly great sports baby? A truly great sports baby is on anot...
How SB Nation Profits Off An Army Of Exploited Workers
Depending on who’s defining it, to whom, and why, SB Nation is either a popular website best-known for puckish, irreverent coverage and such whimsical projects as Jon Bois’s 17776, or a sprawling network of “team” or “fan” websites, each tightly focused on a particular topic, like the New York Mets ...
The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Old Guy Fitting Through A Chair
Odell Beckham Jr.’s catch was cool, but this man fitting through the side of a chair at a pub had much more at stake....
Someone Placed A Whopping $880,000 Bet On Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Now here is a damn sports bet:...
Idiots Hold Idiot Summit
This week, the public was treated to a rendition of one of Aesop’s lesser-known fables, The Troll, the Moron, and the Stooge. There was no real moral, just a reminder that a sizable portion of the internet consists of opportunists tugging on their own nuts and screeching when they feel they haven’t ...
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Sports Writer Ethan Skolnick Arrested For Allegedly Beating Up His 70-Year-Old Dad [UPDATE]
Ethan Skolnick, a Miami-based former CBS Sports NBA reporter and radio host, was arrested Wednesday and charged with “battery on a person 65 years of age or older” for allegedly beating up his father....
How Doris Burke Became The Best Damn Basketball Broadcaster There Is
CLEVELAND—Doris Burke has never spoken a single word to Drake. And they never had dinner together, despite what the internet says. Before November of last year, when Drake famously wore a black shirt with Burke’s smiling face above the phrase “woman crush everyday” during a Toronto Raptors home game...
Fox Sports Is Having A Little Trouble With That Pivot
Being the person in charge of a media outlet’s assignment desk is not a glamorous gig. You ask permission to use other people’s hard work and hope they don’t tell you to fuck off, which they have every right to do. The Fox Sports desk, after the network pursued a video-first online presence, is one ...