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Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:

it's bro TMZ, if you just look at it like that, it totally makes sense.

AJ Daulerio is a giant fag though.

Wasn't TMZ going to start a separate sports gossip site? That's going to be one classic battle.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2010 17:55

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 14:43

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Thought this was the proper place to put this. Seems on par for Jay.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/08/espn-personality-jay-mariotti-arrested.html

quote:

ESPN's Jay Mariotti arrested by L.A. police
August 21, 2010 | 8:17 am

ESPN personalities and sports columnist Jay Mariotti was arrested overnight by Los Angeles police officers in the Pacific division.

He was booked on suspicion of a felony, but officials would not provide further details.

A source with knowledge of the case described it as a domestic disturbance charge involving his girlfriend. He was being held on $50,000 bail.

Mariotti is a well-known sports commentator who can be seen on the ESPN show "Around the Horn." He also writes for a sports website called Fanhouse.com. Known for his outspoken views, he used to write a sports column for the Denver Post and the Chicago Sun-Times.

Details of the arrest were not immediately available.

-- Andrew Blankstein

# ¿ Aug 21, 2010 17:13

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I don't know where else to put this, but is everyone ready for Colin Cowherd the sitcom

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bl...orter+-+News%29

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A popular sports radio talk show host has sold his life story to CBS for a sitcom deal.

A project based on ESPN talk show host Colin Cowherd was picked up by the network.

His radio show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd, is a syndicated program is known for Cowherd's obnoxious commentary that sometimes results in headline-making arguments with players and fans.

Cowherd drew blogger outrage a few years ago after using a Web site's comedy bit without credit, then writing back to the author, "WE WERE SENT IT....WE HAD NO IDEA..BUT THE INCESSANT WHINING...MEANS I WON'T GIVE YOU CREDIT NOW..GET OVER IT." Earlier this year, Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco bashed the host on Twitter after the player was singled out by Cowherd when noting "70% of the NFL and NBA players are broke within five years of retirement." Ochocinco wrote that Cowherd should "just say I don't like this black guy," then added "your girl is cheating on you."

The Cowherd script sold as a multi-camera comedy to CBS, with writers Bill Martin and Mike Schiff attached (Hank, Grounded For Life), as well as executive producers Eric and Kim Tannenbaum (Two and a Half Men).

Cowherd himself has a producer credit on the untitled project, which is at CBS TV Studios.

# ¿ Nov 15, 2010 17:25

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Wilbon is leaving the Washington Post

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/wilbon-leaving-wapo_b25621

quote:

Longtime WaPo sports columnist Michael Wilbon is leaving the Post to pursue his second life with ESPN/ABC full time. Memo announcing Wilbon�s departure below:

�In many respects this should come as no surprise to anyone here, but it doesn�t mean that making this announcement is any easier. The ESPN/ABC rocket ship that Michael Wilbon has been riding the past several years has finally left our orbit. Wilbon will soon be leaving the Post � a place he has called home for nearly 32 years � as he takes on an even greater role for his networks and their parent company, Disney.

Mike is many things. Talented. Gracious. Smart. Witty. He�ll tell you that despite his increasing fame and renown, in his mind he still considers this newspaper to be the only place he�s ever worked. So this decision did not come easy for him. In fact, he long hoped that he would not have to make it.

We�ll have occasions to toast Mike in the weeks ahead. But for now, let us just say that for a kid from Northwestern who began as an intern here in the summer of 1979 and went on to amass 5,982 bylines in Sports (before ArkType stopped counting with the arrival of Methode), 34 bylines on A1, 7 bylines in Metro, 3 in Style, 2 in Business, 2 in the Magazine and 1 in Outlook, it�s been one heck of a ride. We�ll make him earn a few more bylines before the end of the year. �

Wilbon�s career at The Washington Post spans nearly 32 years. In his position, he has covered ten Summer and Winter Olympic Games, every Super Bowl since 1987, nearly every Final Four since 1982 and each year�s NBA Finals since 1987.

# ¿ Nov 18, 2010 22:03

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ESPN's Howard Bryant got arrested for domestic assault

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/howard_bryant_writer_for_espn.html

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BUCKLAND � A senior writer for ESPN and the author of three books was arrested in front of Buckland Pizza and charged with assaulting his estranged wife and hitting a police officer who tried to subdue him, state police said.

Howard Bryant, 42, of Hawley Road in Ashfield, was arrested at about 12:15 p.m. Saturday and charged with domestic assault and battery, assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest, said state Trooper T.J. Tudryn of the Shelburne Falls barracks.

When reached at his home Sunday, Bryant said he wanted to withhold comment until after his arraignment Monday in Greenfield District Court. He referred questions to his agent, who also declined comment.

Five witnesses gave statements saying they saw a man arguing with a woman, police said. They said he choked her and pushed her into a car, Tudryn said.

When police arrived, he argued with them and struck Trooper Brian Doak in the chest with his elbow, Tudryn said. Doak was not injured.

�He pulled away from the police officers when they were trying to handcuff him,� Tudryn said. �He was uncooperative and resistant.�

It took Doak, state police Sgt. Richard Cardan, Buckland officer Paul Herbert and Shelburne officer Clinton Phillips at least three minutes to subdue him, Tudryn said.

Tudryn said Bryant is separated from his wife, who declined to speak to police about the incident.

Bryant was released on $5,000 bail on Saturday.

Bryant, a Boston native, was hired by ESPN in 2007 and is a senior writer for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine, according to his biography on the ESPN website. Prior to that he worked at The Washington Post for two years and has also worked at other newspapers.

He has written three books, �Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston,� �Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball� and �The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron.� He also contributed to five other books.

Officials for ESPN said it was too soon to comment on the arrest. �We are gathering information about it,� spokesman Josh Krulewitz said.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2011 17:18

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So remember that plan for TMZ to have an all-sports site? Well..

darrenrovell posted:

NY Post: TMZ's plans for a sports web site have "fizzled." Not enough dirt on players people are interested in (via @sbjsbd)

I guess when Deadspin also has the market cornered on athlete dirt that doesn't help.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2011 19:09

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I think we have the Philly version of the 2011 Red Sox are the 1927 Yankees

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/michael_rosenberg/12/20/philly/index.html

# ¿ Oct 10, 2011 15:47

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morestuff posted:

Let the hilarious, delusional overreaction from the Boston media begin!

Of course, Shaughnessy just had to bring up the Red Sox in describing the loss:

http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2012/02/06/giants_edge_patriots_in_echo_of_gnawing_2008_super_bowl_upset/

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Curses. Is this some sort of cosmic payback for what the Red Sox did to the Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series?

e: And then there's this bunch of :qq:

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When the Stanley Cup Champion Bruins visited the White House Jan. 23, President Obama said, �The Bruins, the Sox, the Celtics, now the Patriots. Enough already, Boston. What�s going on?��

Nothing, Mr. President. Nothing at all. After a decade of dominance, New England seems to be shifting back toward the Big Middle. The Bruins have been in a midseason slump. The Celtics are calcifying before our eyes. The Red Sox are pinching pennies, falling further behind their rivals in the American League. And the Patriots have lost two straight Super Bowls in the final minute against the New York Football Giants.

Instead of celebrating a grand slam - championships in every major sport over a period of four years and four months - New Englanders are spitting out pieces of their broken luck, bracing for the avalanche of grief from those annoying New Yorkers.

Again.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2012 18:18

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LARGE THE HEAD posted:

Anytime NBC Sports is mentioned I immediately think of this and it makes me smile. It's also 100 percent correct.

TV contracts for sporting leagues/events are getting toward major bubble status. I bet they do increase over time but not by a hell of a lot. There's an upper bound here that will be reinforced by cable companies doing what they do screwing over their subscribers.

You know all Olympic stuff will now be streamed live without him at the helm? You do need a cable/satellite account but it's a hell of a step in the right direction. I'm sure if Ebersol was still head of NBC Sports all the big events would still be tape delayed to death.

Also, speaking of Disney being bullies, look at what they did circa 2000:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soapnet#2000.E2.80.9303

quote:

By the time Soapnet first aired on January 20, 2000, the channel aired only current ABC soap operas in the evening and early morning, so that people who worked during the day could watch at their convenience; programming was inclusive, as the channel is owned by ABC. Soapnet has high cable coverage due to Disney's aggressive policy of pulling ABC-owned broadcast stations and the popular ESPN channels from cable companies if they wouldn't agree to carry Soapnet as well; this was the main reason for WABC-TV being pulled from Time Warner Cable's New York City system for two days in May 2000, when it was originally controlled by Time Warner.[4]

And as of this year that channel doesn't even exist anymore. What nice foresight

I'm sure moving the BCS games to ESPN is also a big culprit. And I know in the ESPN book it said Disney bought ABC mainly for ESPN's untapped potential. They knew the channel's value well.

# ¿ May 3, 2012 16:01

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I can't believe it took this long for Mushnick to be brought up in this thread. I figured he'd say something like that about Jay-Z after he once chastised Obama for having Jay-Z on his ipod

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/let_clean_up_the_president_ipod_CFSsjMm2SHIwSnb6V65dJL

Also, he did a bad job defending himself concerning what he said

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/05/phil_mushnick_o.php

The thing about him is that if you've seen one column by him, you've seen them all. He holds grudges that lasts years. Goddamn is he repetitive

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# ¿ May 5, 2012 15:25

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

I also saw yesterday that USA Today were getting rid of some sports reporters. This included their horse racing reporter, right before the latest triple crown attempt:

http://shermanreport.com/layoffs-in-usa-today-sports-mccarthy-weir-pedulla-out/

I know USA Today isn't the most cited of papers but I also find that significant.

# ¿ May 24, 2012 15:06

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Upon Maria Sharapova just clinching a career grand slam, I couldn't help but think about this article last year saying she was a bigger disappointment than Kournikova:

http://bit.ly/LxavFB

# ¿ Jun 9, 2012 15:58

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Rick Reily is an idiot part 32437998

http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/06/18/rick-reilly-bet-that-tiger-woods-would-win-the-us-open-on-friday/

quote:

Write it down. At 2 p.m., PT, Friday, Tiger Woods took the Open lead and never looked back. � Bet me.

# ¿ Jun 18, 2012 21:11

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Well Rovell is now ESPN's problem

http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/06/20/darren-rovell-is-leaving-cnbc-for-espn/

# ¿ Jun 21, 2012 01:14

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For anyone familiar with WFAN, this is a great Grantland piece on their history, as they just celebrated their 25th anniversary. It's complete with interviews from Chris Russo, Howie Rose and Steve Somers, among many others:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8016912/don-imus-mike-mad-dog-fall-rise-first-all-sports-talk-station-wfan

# ¿ Jul 11, 2012 17:36

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NBC Sportsnet is gonna try their own morning highlights show without an on-screen host. Nice of them to try, but as usual I think they have an uphill battle against that other show with the Star Wars/Snooki/Harper fact sheet

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/07/nbc-cable-net-to-get-morning-highlight-show-with-unseen-host/1#.UA_o26PpWjS

# ¿ Jul 25, 2012 13:40

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commy gun posted:

Its shallow and almost completely devoid of substance but find another network that can generate similar interest for a show in the mid day time slot.

ABC?

Meanwhile, it looks like the sale of Bleacher Report to Turner/Time Warner is complete. Yes, you can make millions doing that:

http://allthingsd.com/20120806/turner-buys-bleacher-report/

# ¿ Aug 6, 2012 15:39

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I don't care if the Giants eventually won the world series this tirade by Russo when the Giants were knocked out of the 2003 playoffs is still gold:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDzAZ25hEi4

Likewise when a caller suggested to Francesa that Joba was a top-5 pitcher:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI5xJfYH7NI

Also I briefly posted in a Francesa-related forum a few years back. The regulars are so obsessive it's scary.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2012 03:17

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I don't know where else to put this but Mike Francesa is announcing that WFAN is moving to 101.9.

This is a pretty big deal all things considered. Apparently the Yankees wanted to be on FM and this is how it's gonna happen.

# ¿ Oct 8, 2012 18:04

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TL posted:

WFAN is staying on 660, 101.9 is going to be a simulcast of the AM station. I can see eventually them flipping 660 to something else, but they cut their signal to a huge degree if they go strictly to FM. You can pick up the FAN in Florida, for god's sake.

A huge reason why WFAN (and so many other AM stations) is moving to FM is that the typical audience for AM stations are really getting up there in age. Not to mention now there's a whole younger generation that's never listened to AM radio. Signal streingth means nothing if you can't get young ears to listen (and besides, most radio stations now stream). That said, I'm kinda surprised they're doing it since ESPN Radio in NYC did it earlier this year and from all accounts, haven't been succeeding that well.

As for Beano Cook, I only know of him because Tony Kornheiser used to bring him up so often.

# ¿ Oct 11, 2012 21:53

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Look who's back and as big of an rear end in a top hat as ever

http://www.shermanreport.com/qa-jay-mariotti-on-two-years-spotlight-version-happened-return/

# ¿ Oct 29, 2012 17:46

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

I'm not surprised since they brought it up so much during the baseball playoffs.

Meanwhile, Rob Parker was fired for those RG3 comments he made last month:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/08/espn-fires-rob-parker/

# ¿ Jan 8, 2013 21:12

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Found this interesting piece over how Boston sports media is stale. It's probably a good indicator for sports media in general these days:

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/2013/01/boston-sportswriters-awful/

# ¿ Jan 28, 2013 19:12

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

Speaking of Olbermann, he actually wants to go back to ESPN:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/sports/keith-olbermann-expresses-interest-in-return-to-espn.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

Why not, I mean he's burned bridges with pretty much everyone else. Plus 16 years seems long enough.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2013 02:08

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Yeah, it will probably never happen. Then again, he did have a stint at MSNBC after leaving ESPN in the late 90's before his more well-remembered second tenure.

Meanwhile, according to Stephen A. Smith, there are still ties in hockey:

http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/march/stephen-a-smith-rants-on-ties-in-hockey-which-don-t-exist-anymore.html

Not that I expected him to be anywhere close to a hockey expert, but c'mon.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2013 18:37

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So today marks the announcement of the worst kept secret in sports media. Fox Sports One:

http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/FOX-Sports-announces-FOX-Sports-1-network-030513

It certainly looks like it has a better chance of succeeding than NBC or CBS' sports networks. Except maybe for that late afternoon Regis show.

# ¿ Mar 5, 2013 20:47

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Plus Simmons of all people doesn't approve

quote:

It's amazing to me that people get so worked up about First Take. Who cares? Just don't watch it. There are like 800 TV channels.

I am not defending this segment - http://youtu.be/j6x-O3kb1sI - I thought it was awful and embarrassing to everyone involved. Seriously.

But what bothers me about the reaction to that segment is people saying Richard Sherman "won." Nobody won. Everyone lost. Including ESPN.

I guess he can get away with it because he's Simmons.

And too bad they can't afford to go back to showing obscure sports.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2013 01:58

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tadashi posted:

Does anyone else watch The Lights? I had quit watching sports shows on TV almost entirely (I've just been relying on the internet for everything) until I stumbled on it recently. I know it's been on for quite a while but I enjoy that they show a lot more actual sports than Sports Center.

The ratings say barely anyone does (this is a good site for complete weekly ratings for sports channels, btw):

http://sonofthebronx.blogspot.com/2013/03/nbc-sports-network-nba-tv-mlb-network_8.html

For that matter, I don't remember seeing this posted, but there was a good article on why NBC Sportsnet as a whole is struggling:

http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2013/february/the-issues-hindering-nbc-sports-network-s-growth-part-i.html

While I'm at it, Bill Walton made comments on Simmons' suspension and told a Ray Lewis limo joke last night. I wonder if he's about to get suspended too:

http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php...imo-joke-video/

# ¿ Mar 15, 2013 15:10

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

Mariotti wrote a piece on Kobe.

For ESPN:

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9051655/nba-los-angeles-lakers-kobe-bryant-running-show

They say it's a one-time deal this article, but they started letting Stephen A. Smith get ESPN gigs again and look where he is now.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2013 18:03

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Toffile posted:

Because Time-Warner is circling the drain.

SI and their other magazines are going to be spun off into a separate company soon. They don't have a prayer.

As a side-effect, TNT/TBS/CNN will only have Bleacher Report to fall back on for sports news. That just looks bad.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2013 17:49

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

The Nuggets picked the absolute worst time to go on a 13-game winning streak.

Also, SI says Rick Reilly is staying with ESPN. That's puzzling.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2013 14:06

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

Here's a spotlight on a bad Jason Collins piece:

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/02/heres_the_most_ignorant_jason_collins_column_ever/

# ¿ May 3, 2013 00:01

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Darren Rovell everybody

https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/331909389965475840

quote:

No one forces people to work at Nike factories. They work there to make a living and are given what the marketplace says they're worth.

# ¿ May 8, 2013 01:10

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

ESPN is supposedly firing some 400 staffers today:

http://deadspin.com/source-espn-lay...dium=socialflow

I'm shocked, it seems like they print money. But on the other hand, they're really spending now (the SEC Network, the US Open tennis contract, etc).

I heard one radio host was let go:

Jason McIntyre

Media scoop: ESPN & Mike Hill (radio, sportscenter) have parted ways. RUMOR is Hill is headed to Fox Sports. I'll have more detail later.

Interesting on the ESPN departure of radio/TV guy Mike Hill: His contract wasn't up. "Mutual" parting - even mid-contract - is odd.

# ¿ May 21, 2013 16:43

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

Some updates on those firings:

quote:

A reader writes that ESPN's "Denver Office in the Denver Tech Center was shut down yesterday. All 20 staff members were let go." A second source told us the same thing about the Denver office.

quote:

The majority of the layoffs today and tomorrow are in Technology...something like 40 people, at least that's what I've heard. All three HR people assigned to Technology are handling layoffs today and tomorrow. No idea what is going on in the other departments. I was told ESPN was forced, by Disney, to do the layoffs due to profit margins. The end numbers / percentages, may not be exactly what they're telling us as we're being laid off. The last time there were layoffs, ESPN used it as an opportunity to get rid of older, higher paid workers, while continuing to fill jobs, including the same jobs of people who were laid off (Supervisors in Operations, for instance). I haven't quite figured out why they didn't try salary reductions, or at least offer salary reductions as an option / alternative to being laid off. It doesn't seem like they're quite the people caring company they'd have people believe they are.

Also, 2 weeks ago Disney's stock hit an all-time high.

# ¿ May 21, 2013 18:06

Vertical Lime: Dec 11, 2004

Apparently they're cancelling the ESPNU late night show they debuted a few months back.

Also:

quote:

An ESPN source tells us that all departments "are under review." As The Big Lead is reporting, layoffs today (and more tomorrow) are concentrated in sales and technology. Production layoffs "will occur once the review is done," says our source. "Some departments started their review before others so that all the layoffs didn't occur at the same time." So, the bad news is going to continue for at least another week.

# ¿ May 21, 2013 22:13

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morestuff posted:

PTI was pretty good back in the day. A debate show doesn't need to have a formal setting or tackle "important" topics to be entertaining, informative and not insulting.

Yeah, I watched it religiously the first few years. That format was fresh at the time and it indeed was entertaining.

It's still not bad compared to other debate shows, but I guess the stigma of Kornheiser on Monday Night Football and Wilbon doing NBA studio stuff has taken it's toll.

# ¿ May 29, 2013 00:34

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ElwoodCuse posted:

If I remember the ESPN book, PTI was basically how they talked with each other every day. Someone wanted to make it into a show and Tony said "that's terrible, no one would watch that."

Also, when the show started people at the Washington Post who had it on couldn't tell the difference aside from the fact they didn't curse. That's how genuine it was.

# ¿ May 29, 2013 16:35

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soggybagel posted:

I really really liked Max Kellerman on Around the Horn. Plus I like boxing so I liked when he'd talk about it

I watched Around the Horn until he left. I thought it wouldn't last without him.

What did I know :shrug:

# ¿ May 30, 2013 15:09

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 14:43

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Keith Olbermann has been signed to work TBS' postseason baseball studio show. This makes a lot of sense given his baseball knowledge:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/keith-olbermann-returning-tv-turner-562696

# ¿ Jun 5, 2013 14:50

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