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Displaying all articles tagged:
Espn
the sports section
Aug. 27, 2014
ESPN Sorry for Michael Sam Shower Report
After defending it yesterday.
By
Joe Coscarelli
blowhards
July 29, 2014
ESPN Suspends Stephen A. Smith for a Week
ESPN gives the First Take host seven days off.
By
Joe Coscarelli
disgusting things
July 25, 2014
Stephen A. Smith Mansplains Domestic Violence
“Let’s make sure we don’t do anything to provoke wrong actions,” he said.
By
Joe Coscarelli
quotables
July 10, 2014
People Won’t Stop Body-Shaming ‘Chubby’ Athlete
Athletes don’t always have six-packs.
By
Allison P. Davis
blog-stained wretches
Mar. 17, 2014
The All-New, Stat-Heavy FiveThirtyEight, by the Numbers
Nate Silver’s new mega-site is live. Time for first impressions!
By
Joe Coscarelli
blog-stained wretches
Mar. 13, 2014
Nate Silver Interview: The New FiveThirtyEight
The site debuts on Monday, but the numbers whiz is only 75 percent ready.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the sports section
Oct. 10, 2013
ESPN Columnist Mangled American Indian Father-in-Law’s Words on the Redskins
He meant exactly the opposite.
By
Joe Coscarelli
blog-stained wretches
Sept. 25, 2013
Nate Silver’s New FiveThirtyEight Wants to Hire More Nate Silvers
In sports, politics, and economics.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the sports section
Aug. 25, 2013
‘Sensational’ Trailer Ended
Frontline
Partnership, Claims ESPN
The network’s president says it was the “catalyst” for their breakup.
By
Margaret Hartmann
the sports section
Aug. 23, 2013
Report: ESPN Does NFL’s Bidding
Did ESPN pull out of an unflattering documentary because the NFL wanted it to?
By
Dan Amira
90s nostalgia
July 25, 2013
Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan Finally Getting ‘30 for 30’ Doc
Whyyyy, whhhhhyyyy.
By
Margaret Lyons
July 22, 2013
Nate Silver Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends
He dismisses grumblings from former
Times
colleagues.
By
Adam Martin
blog-stained wretches
July 21, 2013
What Made Nate Silver Leave the New York
Times
?
The promise of airtime and a lot of editorial freedom, according to Politico.
By
Delia Paunescu
media
July 20, 2013
Nate Silver Is Leaving the New York
Times
for ESPN
Where he’s expected to work with Keith Olbermann.
By
Caroline Bankoff
cable-stained wretches
July 16, 2013
Keith Olbermann Is Headed Back to ESPN, With a Caveat
He’s not allowed to talk politics.
By
Adam Martin
talking heads
July 12, 2013
Keith Olbermann Might Go Back to ESPN
Fingers crossed!
By
Joe Coscarelli
cover girls (and boys)
June 28, 2013
WSJ.
Magazine Can Put Old People on Their Covers, Too
Like 77-year-old Woody Allen.
By
Charlotte Cowles
spell check be damned
May 30, 2013
The National Spelling Bee: Our 5 Fave Spellers
Maybe a drinking game isn’t the best idea.
By
Lindsey Weber
cable-stained wretches
May 22, 2013
Profitable ESPN Cites Higher Game Fees in Cutting 300-400 Jobs
The network will lay some people off and leave some positions unfilled.
By
Adam Martin
advertisingpocalypse
May 2, 2013
Glenn Beck Is Returning to New York, On Television
Cablevision has picked up The Blaze.
By
Adam Martin
advertisingpocalypse
May 1, 2013
Who’s Advertising Directly to Obama on ESPN?
Someone he probably won’t hear.
By
Adam Martin
Apr. 30, 2013
Does ESPN Really ‘Regret’ Broussard Distraction?
ESPN had to know what it was doing.
By
Dan Amira
Apr. 24, 2013
Jon Hamm Will Host the ESPYs
Great, now we have to watch the ESPYs.
By
Margaret Lyons
cabletown
Mar. 5, 2013
Fox Sports 1 to Debut With the Star Power of Regis Philbin
He’s the only on-air talent mentioned in a preview.
By
Adam Martin
cable-stained wretches
Mar. 3, 2013
Keith Olbermann Is Making Nice With ESPN
After dinner with the network’s president, nothing but praise.
By
Adam Martin
espn
Nov. 12, 2012
If You Like College Basketball, You Should Probably Call in Sick Tomorrow
Every once in a while, ESPN does something kind of neat.
By
Joe DeLessio
July 12, 2012
If Only Joel McHale and Rob Riggle’s ESPY Handshake Could Last Forever
Did this handshake really need to end so soon? Couldn’t they have waited a little longer to announce what was the “Best Third Quarter […]
By
Jesse David Fox
Apr. 19, 2012
Rob Riggle and His Athletic Build to Host the ESPYs
The ESPYs, which as I understand it are like the Teen Choice Awards of the sporting world, have a host for the 2012 edition: Rob Riggle. The […]
By
Adam Frucci
daily lintel
Mar. 28, 2012
Jeremy Lin Did Lunch With Offensive Headline Writer
Forgiveness is a Christian value.
By
Joe Coscarelli
mea culpas
Feb. 22, 2012
ESPN Writer Fired Over Jeremy Lin Headline Still Repenting Publicly
Anthony Federico wants everyone to know he’s a good person at heart.
By
Joe Coscarelli
Feb. 21, 2012
Comedian Beats Jeremy Lin in a Game of P-I-G
If you listen to ESPN in the background while you do the dishes, you know that Jeremy Lin is the greatest basketball player of all time if […]
By
Jesse David Fox
daily lintel
Feb. 20, 2012
Fired ESPN Headline Writer Swears He Wasn’t Making a Chinese Joke
“This had nothing to do with me being cute or punny.”
By
Dan Amira
Feb. 19, 2012
ESPN Fires Employee Over Explosive Lin Headline
Also suspends on-air commentator who used “Chink in the Armor” line.
By
Andre Tartar
Bars
Jan. 13, 2012
Chickie’s & Pete’s Erects Philly’s Largest TV Screen
After scoring bragging rights to being the country’s best sports bar, the crabfries slingers decided building a bigger TV was in order.
By
Collin Keefe
making the sausage
Dec. 14, 2011
Polone: I’m Tired of Paying for Cable Channels I Never Watch
And if you don’t like sports but pay big cable bills, you should be irate, too.
By
Gavin Polone
Foodievents
Oct. 19, 2011
Where to Eat Steak with Steve Garvey
The former Dodger will answer questions at Morton’s over a three-course lunch.
By
Hadley Tomicki
children of impressive people
Oct. 6, 2011
Hank Williams Jr. Doesn’t Quite Get the First Amendment
He thinks ESPN violated his freedom of speech.
By
Dan Amira
godwin’s law
Oct. 3, 2011
ESPN Pulls
Monday Night Football
Theme Song Over Dubious Analogy
Fans will have to go without Hank Williams Jr. for the time being.
By
Caroline Bankoff
movies
July 26, 2011
Fox Grabs Film Rights for ESPN Oral History
’Those Guys Have All the Fun’ is part origin story, part delicious gossip.
By
Margaret Lyons
July 14, 2011
Brian Wilson’s Beard, Onesie Write Seth Meyers’ ESPYs Monologue for Him
Other than one super racist Yao Ming joke, Seth Meyer’s ESPYs monologue was killer last night, though it’s hard to get a read on the intensely […]
By
Halle Kiefer
media
June 7, 2011
Tommy Craggs, Tom Scocca Talk Deadspin, Grantland, and Pink Gorillas
Tommy Craggs and Tom Scocca, together as part of the major brain trust at Deadspin, aim their sniper rifles directly at Bill Simmons’s Grantland.com, which launches tomorrow.
By
Will Leitch
olympics
June 7, 2011
NBC Will Carry the Next Four Olympics
Even without Dick Ebersol.
By
Noreen Malone
jets
May 24, 2011
Rex Ryan, Internet Hero
Rex Ryan meets some Internet posters, but not really.
By
Will Leitch
dick ebersol
May 19, 2011
Dick Ebersol Is a Casualty of Kabletown
Dick Ebersol, the new Jack Donaghy.
By
Will Leitch
loose threads
Mar. 15, 2011
Lady Gaga and Fashion Labels Raise Money for Japan; ESPN’s Magazine Does a Style Issue
Also, the Barneys Warehouse Sale may be scrapped, see Crystal Renn’s latest editorial, and more.
internet-stained wretches
Feb. 18, 2011
ESPN Gives Bill Simmons His Very Own Sports and Pop-Culture Site
He stole our Lane Brown!
By
Nitasha Tiku
men are the new women
Feb. 4, 2011
How ESPN Is Redefining Masculinity: ‘Commentators Drool Over Other Men’s Abs, Thighs, and Guns’
See, all you sports-disinterested people forced into watching games? You do have something in common with real fans.
By
Amy Odell
Sept. 22, 2010
ESPN’s Pretty Good Sports Show Brings New Yorkers Together
This week’s Pretty Good Sports Show on ESPN.com continues its run of solidly funny episodes, defying the expectation that a non-comedic entity […]
By
Adam Frucci
Sept. 2, 2010
ESPN’s Pretty Good Sports Show Is Actually Pretty Good
There’s a lot to be skeptical about when you hear that ESPN is producing an online comedic video series centered around New York sports. I […]
By
Adam Frucci
espn
July 30, 2010
More Fun With LeBron and Arash Markazi
The end of the LeBron James–Arash Markazi story.
By
Will Leitch
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