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Here Are Those Tirico Stories We Hinted At Last Week
Last week, while discussing Harold Reynolds' firing from ESPN for sexual harassment, we — in retrospect, somewhat flippantly — pointed out that what Reynolds was accused of paled in comparison to some of the allegations against Mike Tirico in Mike Freeman's 2000 book ESPN: An Uncensored History. We'...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Big Ten
We must confess that we can't wait each year for the crunch of shoulder pads; for cleats churning up chunks of turf and red-faced coaches screaming from the sidelines. But enough about lacrosse. College football season is upon us, and to celebrate, we're going to get back into tiny tidbit mode and...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Baseball with Joe Morgan: Please do not bail on us early, Joe. Joe? Hello? ... • 2 p.m. Page 2's Gregg Easterbrook: Scrooge, do not fear your senses! It is I, the ghost of Page 3! • 4 p.m. World Series of Poker: My once majesti...
Jim Bowden Knows When To Hold 'Em
So the big story of yesterday's trade deadline, as tends to be the case, turned out to be what not happened: Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden hung on to impending free agent Alfonso Soriano rather than flipping for prospects, or cash, or beans, or whatever. Because the Natinoals are...
Could This Be The NFL's First Lady?
Yesterday, the NFL announced its final five candidates to succeed Paul Tagliabue as NFL commissioner. The list includes the favorite, Roger Goodell, who started as an intern in 1982, as well as lawyers and executives. Tagliabue is retiring in August....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NCAA hoops w/Andy Katz: Are we the only two people in this chat? Is that an echo? • 4 p.m. Firestone Indy 400 winner: Who are you, Mystery Winner? How many guesses do I get? • 4 p.m. LIVE- World Series of Poker: Because if ther...
Americans Continue To Lead The World In Mysteriously Tainted Urine
The world's fastest man, Justin Gatlin, has failed a pee-pee test, and, stop me if you've heard this before, claims he didn't do anything wrong. Both his 'A' and 'B' samples came up positive for unusually high amounts of synthetic testosterone....
Keith Van Horn's Contribution To Society Has Been Judged More Valuable Than Yours
We all know and have long ago accepted that professional athletes make too much damn money, but nothing hammers that point home quite like peeking at SI.com's list of the 50 highest-earning American athletes in sports and seeing Chris Webber, Michael Finley, Jason Giambi, and Stephon Marbury all in ...
Rain Delays Bore Adam Dunn
If you're a 6'6" power-hitting left fielder, and you've got some time on your hands, what do you do? Well, you call into Marty Brenneman's radio show and ask him if he has his shirt on....
Oh, So This Is Where Floyd Landis Has Been
Note on the photo at right: Moments after it was taken, two bears on unicycles were seen riding the trail in the opposite direction, one of them wearing a purple jacket. But anyway, that's not why we showed you this. The 13th Unicycle World Championships are being held right now and run through Aug....
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. MLB with Keith Law: Having been born on Long Island, do you regret this 2004 quote: "I've liked baseball since I was old enough to watch the Yanks get swept out of the 1980 playoffs."? • Noon NFL with Matt Williamson: Did it ev...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Boxing historian Bert Sugar: Hasn't it always pretty much been two guys pounding on each other? • Noon NFL with Chris Mortensen: I have one question for you, and five questions for your hair. • 3 p.m. Page 2's Jim Caple: Would ...
So What's Next For Reynolds And ESPN?
So now that Harold Reynolds has confirmed that he was indeed fired for sexual harassment, we wonder for a moment: Is there any way he could come back?...
Honestly, They Better Sign Isaiah Rider Soon
Admit it: You wouldn't be surprised, at this point, if Carson Palmer was nailed for sticking up a Dairy Queen somewhere just outside Blue Ash, would you?...
Also, They Make Their Tamales Way Too Hot
It takes a special kind of person to come into a verbal confrontation with White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen and come out looking like the more unreasonable one ... but if anyone can do it, it's Andy Van Slyke....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Cowboys' TE Anthony Fasano: If you don't have any T.O. stories, we're leaving. • 3:30 p.m.. Raiders' S Darnell Bing: Art Shell is your coach. Who are you signing next, Jim Otto? • 4 p.m. "Summer House'' w/Chris Spielman: Oh yeah...
A.J Hawk's Shotgunnish Wedding?
If you were trying to book a wedding next March in Columbus, Ohio, over the last few months — not that anybody we know might have been — one of the primo spots in town was booked for a huge, lavish wedding between former Ohio State Buckeyes and current Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk and La...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11am. Baseball with Joe Morgan: How many phone books do you sit on to reach the microphone? By the way, have you talked to Harold today? Is he all right? • 1 p.m. Cold Pizza's Skip Bayless: Hey, how come you don't leave a reflection in...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m.. NBA writer Marc Stein: Help! I've been kidnapped by the Quite Frankly staff, forced to watch Stephen A. Smith against my ... shhh! They're coming! • 2 p.m.. Baseball with Buster Olney: I do so enjoy our little chats. Another sc...