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ESPN President Admits They've Been Trolling the World re: Tebow, and that It's Time to Cut that Shit Out

Let's cut that boy some slack. All he's really done so far in his life is play football, win more than he's lost, be really, really open with his relationship with God, say super hokey, humble shit when the cameras are on him, and not have sex ever. The not having sex ever aside, the guy hasn't rea ... More >>

Listen To DJ Red Alert's Farewell Mixes For Kiss-FM

After 30 years of broadcasting at 98.7, Kiss-FM went dark over the weekend, shuttling a few of its personalities to its longtime rival WBLS-FM to make room for ESPN Radio's move to the FM band. To mark the occasion, DJ Red Alert—who served as an ambassador for hip-hop with his weekend mix show ... More >>

How "Perfect" Was Philip Humber's Perfect Game?

You got a guy who is 29 years old and making a comeback from Tommy John surgery - and, to top it off, hasn't won a game this year. He throws a perfect game and nobody - and I mean nobody, including me - wants to put a damper on it. (Did I mention that his wife is nine months pregnant?) All I want ... More >>

ESPN Apologizes For Being Racially Linsensitive

The New York Knicks' mega popular new point guard Jeremy Lin said today that he's "overwhelmed" by the heaps of praise being thrown upon him after his seven game winning streak. Even President Obama said that he was impressed by Lin this week. Perhaps that stress got to him, as the Knicks lost to th ... More >>

Ryan Braun Fails PED Test; Iran Won't Return Drone; MTA Worker Allegedly Stabs Boss

​Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun has tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug, ESPN reports. Braun, who was last season's National League MVP, reportedly failed a test adminstered during the playoffs. "It's B.S.," the 28-year-old told USA Today. A spokesman for Braun released a ... More >>

ESPN: World Wide Leader in Cover-Up

When is a scandal connected to sports not a scandal? Apparently when ESPN decides not to report on it. There is one huge missing piece in the Syracuse-Bernie Fine sex abuse scandal that the media seems to have agreed not to investigate, namely, who at ESPN knew what and why didn't they do somethin ... More >>

Wilson Ramos, MLB Catcher, Rescued From Kidnappers; Top Mexican Official Killed in Helicopter Crash; Solyndra Emails Released

​Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos was rescued yesterday after being abducted outside his home in Venezuela. Ramos was living in Valencia, a town outside of Caracas, during the MLB offseason and was held in a mountainous region while his captors demanded a ransom. ESPN reports "the fi ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street Buys Television Ad Spots

Insert "the revolution will not be televised" joke here. This Occupy Wall Street ad, which first surfaced a few weeks ago and is the work of David Sauvage, has appeared widely this weekend on ESPN, CBS, and Fox News (heh), among others. The ad was funded via Loudsauce, which is a kind of Kickstart ... More >>

Occupy Wall Street Arrests in Foley Square; Greek PM to Resign; NYC Marathon

​"At least 20" marchers were arrested yesterday as Occupy Wall Street protesters took to Foley Square. The New York Times City Room blog says the marchers "split into two groups, with about 200 on the sidewalk outside the court buildings and a larger group across the street on a large pedestri ... More >>

New X Games Event is Sisyphean Ordeal of Dirt Bike Stupidity

Above are the highlights for the X Games' (short for "Extreme Games," in case you were an old person in 1993) newest event: Enduro X. As you can see, the ladies competing had some trouble with the course, located in Los Angeles' Staples Center. ESPN, who runs the Games, says the new event has "has ... More >>

Miller High Life Will Save Yankee Fan From the Vicious Clutches of the IRS

​America is great, indeed! Remember how terrible we all felt when Christian Lopez, the lucky guy who caught the ball knocked out of the park in Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit, was maybe going to have to pay a bunch of money -- $5,000 to $14,000 -- to the IRS, just because he was coordinated enough ... More >>

NBA Owners Will Lock Out Players at Midnight

​Labor negotiations between NBA team owners and players broke down this afternoon as the two sides couldn't reach a new collective bargaining agreement. The players union presented an offer that was rejected by the owners at their three-hour meeting in New York. This comes after one of the lea ... More >>

Keith Olbermann Takes New York Times Out to the Ballgame; Anthony Weiner Invests in Them

​Media reporter and movie star David Carr takes on a giant ego in a feature from this weekend's New York Times Magazine, posted online today, about Current TV host Keith Olbermann. After Olbermann's unceremonious exit from MSNBC, the loudmouth anchor spent most of year the silent except for on ... More >>

Amina Abdallah Araf al Omari, Kidnapped Gay Syrian Blogger, Might Be Made Up

Not her?!​The defiant lesbian blogger Amina Abdallah Araf al Omari (a.k.a. Amina Arraf or Amina Abdallah), who was reported kidnapped on her blog "A Gay Girl in Damascus" by a cousin this week, may not exist at all or otherwise has a lot of explaining to do. Her story circulated everywhere fro ... More >>

Derek Jeter Book Shouldn't Be Such a Big Deal

​I've been trying to avoid this ever since I got a review copy in the mail of The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter by ESPNNewYork.com's Ian O'Connor. (I hate just about any book about an athlete with "journey' or "quest" or "trials" in the title.) I read or skimmed about half the book and ... More >>

400-Pound Sumo Wrestler Finishes Marathon, Breaks World Record

via​Good news! Kelly Gneiting, a former U.S. sumo champion from Arizona who weighs 400 pounds, finished the Los Angeles Marathon in 9 hours, 48 minutes, and 42 seconds on Sunday, winning himself the much-coveted Guinness World Record of "Heaviest Person to Complete a Marathon." He jogged the f ... More >>

March Madness Day 2: Obama Makes His Picks, Biden's Bookie Won't Accept His

via ESPN​ESPN released Barack Obama's March Madness bracket today, along with a video of the president making his picks. Depending on your political leanings, you think this is either a lighthearted exercise showing the president is a normal guy, or a potentially catastrophic waste of time whi ... More >>

Does This Look Like 'Zion' to You? Iran Thinks So.

​The Olympics are for intra-national bonding, and being kind to one another despite our various geopolitical borders, and sex among swim teams, and beating the crap out of everyone who's not the U.S.A.! Which is why Iran is very upset that the logo for the 2012 London Olympics looks like a sho ... More >>

Jack Griffin Fired at Time Inc., But Fighting Back; Bill Simmons Loads New Website

Sports Guy Simmons​The warring of rich white men behind the scenes at magazine companies can be as dull as it sounds or, as in the case of Jack Griffin's firing from Time Inc. at the hands of Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, it can be amusing, provided the powerful people are pissy and willing to ... More >>

LeBron James and the Missing ESPN Story

Somewhere in his back pocket: ESPN​If you blinked, you might have missed it: on Wednesday ESPN's website ran a story that was unfavorable to LeBron James. It was yanked after about 15 minutes. According to Stefan Bondy in today's Daily News, James was followed "inconspicuously by an ESPN repor ... More >>

Cleaning Cleveland: A LeBron James Photo Essay

Guess what it stands for​Rolling Stone writer and pro shit-talker Matt Taibbi called the ESPN LeBron James special The Decision "a landmark moment in the history of human self-involvement." That's one of the most polite ways anyone has referred to the LBJ week-long free agency spectacle. Every ... More >>

ESPN Zone Shutters on This Sad Day for Meatheads in Times Square

​The ESPN Zone in Times Square closed its doors today, leaving tourists and meatheads stranded to find another watering hole big enough to handle the amount of testosterone that routinely flooded through its doors. Locations in Baltimore, Chicago, Las Vegas, and Washington D.C. also shut down, ... More >>

Reggie Miller Back to Torment Knicks Fans

​To the entertainment and delight of Knicks fans everywhere, Reggie Miller is back. Filmmaker Dan Klores, director of acclaimed documentaries as Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story, Crazy Love, and Black Magic -- the history of the rise of basketball in historically black colleges and uni ... More >>

Morning Joe's Willie Geist on Isiah Thomas, Patrick Ewing, and the Necessity of End Zone Dancing

Remember this guy?​Anyone who watches Willie Geist on MSNBC's Morning Joe, or somehow manages to rise in the dark at 5:30 a.m. to watch Willie's own show, Way Too Early, knows that he's a pretty significant sports fan. So we thought we'd check in with Willie to get his take on the current stat ... More >>

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Steve Phillips' Leave of Absence Upgraded to "Fired"

​Last night ESPN announced that "Steve Phillips is no longer working for ESPN. His ability to be an effective representative for ESPN has been significantly and irreparably damaged." Phillips had previously been suspended from the network, then gone on a leave of absence, but the revelation of ... More >>

Steve Phillips' Suspension Upgraded to "Leave of Absence"

​ESPN suspended its analyst and former Mets GM Steve Phillips after word got out about his affair with production assistant Brooke Hundley, who is accused of stalking his family. Now Phillips is taking a leave of absence, which would seem to indicate that he doesn't expect to be coming back an ... More >>

X Games 3D: The Movie Tests Your Tolerance to Awesomeness

ESPN Hits Back at NY Post for Nude Andrews Pix, Bans Reporters

We were wondering what the fallout might be from the New York Post's smarmy coverage of the Erin Andrews nude story. While Andrews' and ESPN's lawyers were quickly jumping on web sites that even linked to the footage allegedly filmed via a peephole, the Post was running fuzzy nude stills from the pu ... More >>

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A-Rod's Cousin, "Best Friend" and "Mule" Revealed; Fans Say No Hall for Doper

We thought "cousin" might be a term of art when A-Rod used it to refer to the running buddy with whom he shot up steroids back in his Mariners days. Now ESPN has found A-Rod's cousin and he is indeed a cousin, Yuri Sucart, though he is not disposed to talk. "If you want to talk to my husband, why do ... More >>

A-Rod to Answer Steroid Charges on ESPN (Update: He Juiced)

Allegations having been brought by Sports Illustrated that Alex Rodriguez used steroids in 2003, the Yankees third baseman will make a statement about it on ESPN, perhaps as soon as today. The Daily News' Bob Raissman says the ESPN statement, done in interview format with reporter Peter Gammons, "is ... More >>

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Derek Jeter Swings His Bat in New TV Movie

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Rolling for Dollars

How a Bunch of Independent Skateboarders Unionized and Won

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ESPN'S Ho-Mo-Sexual Safari

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Skateboarders bring their half-pipe dreams to New Jersey's city of last resort