Ben Roethlisberger Named in Sexual Assault Charge

Ben Roethlisberger has, in fact been named as the person involved in a sexual assault. ESPN acts as if no determinations have been made surrounding the charge. ESPN resident lawyer, Roger Cossack said: “We don’t know much… Their gonna talk to witnesses who were around. They’re gonna talk to witnesses who may have been at the scene wh are gonna have something [read more...]

Notes: Tony K. Suspended Over Hannah; WADA (& the USADA) – Presaging a Surveillance State, Tomlinson for Westbrook?

Hannah and her sausage casing. The hardest working man in sports business, Tony Kornheiser, was suspended by ESPN Monday for two weeks his remarks about an outfit worn by ESPN SportsCenter anchor, Hannah Storm. Pardon the Interruption co-host, Washington Post columnist, WaPo podcaster, and radio show host, Kornheiser made his remarks on his radio show last week. Of Storm’s red knee-high [read more...]

Tiger Woods, the Aftermath

The 12-step program for Co-Dependents of Sexual Addicts reads: 1. We admitted we were powerless over compulsive sexual behavior — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God. 4. Made [read more...]

Of the Sports Godhead Network and Tiger Woods (of ESPN and public and not-so public lynchings)

Ever wonder what his young mind was really thinking about being thrust into the public's eye at age, before anyone will even listen to him? Thursday afternoon, Steve Bunin hosting Outside the Lines, asked this question about Tiger Woods’ pending Friday at 11 A.M. press conference: And isn’t opening himself up to a roomful of reporters and taking their questions for an [read more...]

The Tiger Woods Press Conference – and, Of the Sports Godhead Network and Tiger Woods (of ESPN and public and not-so public lynchings)

Ever wonder what his young mind was really thinking about being thrust into the public's eye at age, before anyone will even listen to him? Update: Tiger Woods press conference… he apparently asked the attendees to come to the conference because he considered them friends – including those from Golf Writers of America. Do they feel like assholes now? Probably not. And [read more...]

Notes: Leach Alleges He Was Set Up by Hance, James in Lawsuit

In Mike Leach’s lawsuit against Texas Tech, Leach alleges that ESPN college football analyst Craig James questioned his wide receiver son Adam’s role on the team and the coaching staff’s ability to recognize his son’s talent. Leach also alleges that the elder James used his business relationship with Tech chancellor Kent Hance to get Leach fired. The lawsuit also says that [read more...]

The Mike Leach Affair: Lessons in the Nature of Power

I bring you recognition and money and you bring me a pink slip... A wildfire has touched off in Lubbock, Texas. And the incendiary device is power. By now, football fans and most sports watchers know about Texas Tech wideout Adam James, his alleged concussion, and the firing of Mike Leach by Tech chancellor, Kent Hance, who just last year, resigned Leach [read more...]

*Breaking* George Michael, Sports Television Pioneer, Dies

George Michaels, 1939-2009. George Michael, whose Sunday evening Washington, D.C. sports show, “The George Michael Sports Machine” was the model for ESPN’s SportsCenter, died of cancer today: George Michael, a high-rated and hyperanimated Washington sportscaster whose use of game highlights on his syndicated sports program became the model for successful broadcasters such as ESPN, died Thursday morning at Sibley Memorial Hospital, according [read more...]

No More Tiger Woods Blah Blah Blah…

Tiger and Elin. (Now that the weekend has passed and everyone has been able to discuss, pontificate, and discuss some more, it is time to end the Tiger Woods coverage. Yes, we have reached the point where it is “that” time…) Tiger Woods’ statement: I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most [read more...]

More Tiger Woods & the Media: Which Truth Will Set You Free?

But, but Deadspin said they were all telling the truth!.... After three commentaries about Tiger Woods, the thought here was that the Woods issue was a done deal. Unfortunately, some sports writers and websites alleged to cover sports are as content with being perceived as media versions of Jaime Grubbs. They search for new “angles” to Woods’ “transgressions” like common sidewalk [read more...]

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