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The latest behind-the-scenes series is Olympic Channel’s “All Around,”...
We’ve seen quite a few documentary projects covering the in- and out-of-competition lives of athletes over the years, ranging from the likes of HBO’s Hard Knocks and 24/7 (on the NFL and boxing,...
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Jim Bouton, “Ball Four” author, former MLB pitcher, and TV sportscaster,...
Famed author, pitcher and sportscaster Jim Bouton has passed away. Bouton made a huge impact on the sports world for decades, first as a MLB pitcher, then as an author of the tell-all book Ball Four,...
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The A’s ran a “Rooted In Oakland” ad in an Australian newspaper, where that...
Differences in slang around the world mean we sometimes see locally-hilarious results from ads that might seem fine elsewhere, such as “Fly In Leather” turning into “Fly Naked,” “It takes a tough man...
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A “Varsity Blues” series is coming to mobile-focused platform Quibi, with...
There’s going to be a new project branded Varsity Blues, but it looks like it will be very different from the 1999 movie starring James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight and more. The new version will be a...
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A KFC restaurant in Eden, North Carolina was obliterated by an explosion,...
It’s certainly unusual to see a whole building explode, but that’s what happened with a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Eden, NC in the early hours of Thursday morning. Surveillance footage from...
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ESPN hires Ryan Leaf as a college football game analyst
ESPN’s latest college football hire will be quite familiar to many. That’s Ryan Leaf, known for his remarkable college football career with Washington State, his #2 selection in the 1998 NFL draft, his...
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The Rockies’ broadcasters scribbled out the score down 13-0 in the bottom of...
The 46-46 Colorado Rockies got absolutely killed at home in the first game of a doubleheader against the 43-49 San Francisco Giants Monday, and that led to the Rockies’ broadcasters on AT&T...
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There’s an 18-part series on Les Miles at Kansas coming to ESPN+’s Big 12...
One of the more interesting things going on at Big 12 Media Days in Arlington, Texas this week (well, aside from the Longhorn Network’s social media activity) is the revelation of further details about...
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David Price again rips Dennis Eckersley, this time because Eckersley dared to...
It seems David Price still is upset with Dennis Eckersley. In June 2017, Red Sox pitcher Price publicly confronted NESN analyst Eckersley on the team plane after Eckersley said “Yuck” on-air about Red...
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Dennis Casey Park’s butchered Canadian anthem at a CFL game in Vegas 25 years...
On many levels, Dennis Casey Park’s performance of “O Canada” at a Las Vegas Posse CFL game 25 years ago this week was seen as a horrendous failure. Park didn’t really know the tune and wound up...
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Aaron Boone’s ejection included “My guys are fucking savages in that fucking...
The New York Yankees’ game against the Tampa Bay Rays Thursday saw some early fireworks, including the ejection of Yankees’ manager Aaron Boone in the second inning (along with Brett Gardner banging...
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Exclusive: Fuse’s upcoming episode of “Sugar and Toys” includes a parody of...
There have been plenty of sports references on animated shows over the years, from The Simpsons through Futurama, Family Guy and much more, and through recent animated efforts focused entirely on...
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Giants get third extra-innings walkoff win in four games against the Mets,...
The San Francisco Giants have been on quite the run lately, and they kept that up with this weekend’s homestand against the New York Mets. The Giants had won five games in a row heading into the series...
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Amidst investigation into ex-GM’s cap circumvention, plus ownership and HC...
After six weeks of the Canadian Football League season, the Montreal Alouettes have produced plenty of off-field drama, but also plenty of surprisingly-positive on-field results. On May 31 (a day after...
View ArticlePittsburgh local news reporter Dave Crawley is suing Red Bull and others over...
Local TV news sees a lot of weirdness sometimes, but it’s really unusual to see a reporter suing companies over a stunt that went wrong. That’s what’s going on with Dave Crawley, a reporter for...
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The Pac-12 is exploring 9 a.m. PT kickoffs, which could begin as early as...
After regular complaints from coaches and others about late-night kickoffs, the Pac-12 is exploring the other end of the spectrum; early-morning kickoffs, beginning as early as 9 a.m. Pacific. And we...
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Orioles’ Stevie Wilkerson becomes first position player to record a save,...
MLB saves have seen a lot of changes over the years, from Allen Roth’s tinkering with the idea in the early 1950s through Jerome Holtzman’s original popular proposition in 1959 through differing...
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CFL DB Robertson Daniel recorded an interception in full Joker facepaint
The Calgary Stampeders’ 17-16 win over the Ottawa Redblacks in CFL action Thursday night had plenty of strangeness, including the Redblacks taking a late safety that gave the Stampeders the opportunity...
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Florida State follows up MLK Twitter gaffe with hilarious countdown gaffe
The Florida State Seminoles’ various official football Twitter accounts keep making headlines, and not for the right reasons. Around Martin Luther King Day back in January, the Seminoles’ official...
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Dynamo Moscow’s Clinton N’Jie apologizes for streaming sex video with “I had...
There have been plenty of social media missteps by athletes over the years, but new Dynamo Moscow striker Clinton N’Jie took that to a new level on the weekend. He put out a video of him having sex on...
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