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MondayNovember172008

Machogear: ESPN Markets A Toy To Dateless Wonders, Loser Children

Hey, Black Friday may be over a week away, but ESPN has already pushed out its own special holiday gift guide. Basically, the Worldwide Leader wants you to lay down some of your hard earned money during these tough...

MondayNovember102008

In Troubled Economy, Boxing Dies While Wrestling Thrives

After a successful pay-per-view fight betwixt Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Jr. this weekend (and at least one even bigger fight on the way in a few weeks), you would think that everything would be coming up roses for...

FridayOctober242008

Heads Up: Self Abuse Takes On A Whole New Meaning

So what makes someone not erase the tape this was filmed on? Oh yeah, the concussion. [Failblog]...

TuesdayOctober142008

Heads Up: Call Of Duty 5 Trailer Makes Us-Nay, Forces Us-To Count The Days Until It's Unleashed

We play Call of Duty 4 so much, we feel it was only yesterday that it was released. That’s why when the trailer for the follow up was released, we were all “but we’re not done playing with 4...

MondayAugust042008

ESPN Opens A Pandora's Box By Making The Red Sox A Punch Line In The Manny Ramirez Trade

For those who’ve forgotten, ESPN does have a playful side. The fact they haven’t made a good Sportscenter commercial since Charlie Steiner implored us to “follow him to freedom” was made moot when their quick witted ad agency started...

ThursdayJuly172008

Um, No One Took Pictures Of Cristiano Ronaldo And David Beckham Together At The ESPYs!

The ESPY Awards, hosted by Justin Timberlake (when did this transformation happen, exactly?) took place last night, but won’t be aired nationally until Sunday. The event drew a star-studded crowd of athletes and there’s no point in telling you...

FridayJune202008

ESPN Euro 2008 Gamecast Live Commenter Isn't Biased At All

There was finally a goal after 124 minutes of play during the Croatia V Turkey quarterfinals and it looked as though Croatia had fulfilled their semifinals destiny by scoring within the extra time of extra time. It appeared as...

SundayFebruary172008

Dwight Howard's Tribute To Superman

We were mightily hungover yesterday after Arsenal was thrashed by Manchester United, but we managed to prevail over exhaustion, gather enough energy to move from the toilet to the couch and tune into the NBA All-Star game dunk contest....

TuesdayFebruary122008

Chris Berman Isn't Too Fond Of Al Michaels

No really. You have to wait until the end of the video, but it’s there. So keep that in mind when you gather all of your cubicle freaks friends to watch the vid with the volume full blast. Seriously,...

MondayFebruary112008

Chris Berman Provides Tips On Exporting Codeine From Canada

This isn’t as controversial as Marv Albert sexually assaulting whomever it is he assaulted, but we’re sure the anti-druggies will be all over this one. As for us, thanks Berman! We squared away our strategy for exporting fireworks into...

WednesdayFebruary062008

Our Misspellings Are Never This Bad: ESPN Drops The Ball On PTI.

This is a caption from last night’s episode of PTI. Why does Michael Wilbon look so glum? Maybe because the ESPN interns are morons and blatantly (though inadvertently…maybe) wrote “Nig Finish” in place of “Big Finish.” Smooth. Move. That’s...

WednesdayJanuary232008

Kelly Tilghman Thanks Jesus For Dana Jacobson

Times, they are a’changin’ for women in the sports broadcasting industry. They’re no longer a rare face on sportscasts, but that ubiquity has its price. Hot on the heels of Kelly Tilghman’s lynching episode, ESPN’s Dana Jacobson thought it...

MondayJanuary142008

Heads Up: Texas (Stadium) Tears For Tony Romo

Terrell Owens comes to Tony Romo’s defense after the Cowboys’ loss yesterday. Jeez, first he’s linked to Jessica Simpson; then his offensive line causes him to have a breakdown mid-game; now he’s got a crying supporter on video. There...

FridayJanuary112008

Heads Up: Behold The Tall Man's Two-Inch Vertical!

UNC’s Tyler Hansbrough dunks on 7’7 Kenny Wright of UNC-Ashville. Come on! How unathletic do you have to be to prevent a guy a foot shorter than you dunking a ball four feet above your head? [YouTube] So if...

FridayJanuary042008

The Dolphins Ex-Coach Isn't At Fault For Their Pitiful Team. It Was The Fault Of A Samoan, A Mormon And A Mexican, Duh.

Wait for it. Wait for it. And bam! Dan LeBatard’s expertise on why the Miami Dolphins had such a horrendous season is, a bit…unorthodox. Wait, for this country, not so unorthodox we thinks. We scooped this link up from...

TuesdayDecember112007

Will ESPN Clear Out College Football and Pro Bowling To Show The EPL?

ESPN is trying to make a splash by buying the rights to show EPL games away from BskyB and Setanta. But their target isn’t pleasing the US fans of English soccer, it’s expanding their European audience. That sucks. We...

MondayDecember102007

ESPN Wants To Know If You'd Like Kevin Garnett Get Hurt

ESPN, the same network who can’t go fifteen minutes without talking about the Patriots or Red Sox, has decided they’d take the Boston sports scene down a notch. On their website’s Page 2 section Friday, ESPN.com decided to ask...

ThursdayAugust162007

Top 53 Sports Movies Ranked By Critics; Somehow USC Ranked No. 1 There, Too

While ESPN’s Sports Guy has been promising his list of the best sports films since forever, Rotten Tomatoes beat him to it and released a list of the best 53 (like a football roster, get it?). The problem is,...

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