The Advocate is showcasing a video of one of their reporters with the Los Angeles Frontrunners. It shows the group in a positive light and focuses on how accessible the group is for people of all ages and running experiences; The people in the L.A. Frontrunners come across great. Still, the reporter relies on some [...]
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USA Today explores Penner’s transition back
In April 2007, Los Angeles Times sportswriter Mike Penner became Christine Daniels, announcing in a column that he was transitioning to she. Last October, Daniels ditched her chosen name and became a man again, writing under the name Mike Penner. It was a confusing re-transition for many, and USA Today this week has tackled the [...]
Test: Are you smarter than Peyton Manning?
The Wonderlic test is given to prospective NFL draftees to test how they process information. A single-digit score means you are not the brightest player out there (Vince Young scored a 6 the first time he took it), while 50 is considered perfect (Harvard grad and onetime Bengals punter Pat McInally has the only confirmed [...]
Cardinals win Super Bowl! … in Milwaukee
Courtesy of Deadspin comes this Sunday night headline from the website of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. The JS story went on to say that President McCain called to congratulate the winners.
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Detroit station disses Matt Millen on air
Former Detroit Lions general manager Matt Millen, fired after the franchise went 31-97 in his eight years, popped up on NBC as a guest analyst during the Super Bowl pregame show. The NBC affiliate in Detroit, WDIV, did not take kindly to Millen’s appearance and inserted a crawl across the screen. Talk about a station [...]
ESPN apologizes for ‘fist kiss’ ad
ESPN has apologized for and stopped running an ad promoting its NBA coverage that some found homophobic (see background story here), and that GLAAD lobbied against. Ted Rybka at GLAAD sent us the network’s apology.
We have dozens of executions of the “NBA on ESPN RV Tour” online campaign and none are intended to be offensive [...]
Porn interrupts Super Bowl broadcast
Talk about a climax: Viewers watching the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl on Comcast cable in Tucson, Ariz., saw 10 seconds of porn that somehow made its way onto the broadcast following Larry Fitzgerald’s dramatic 64-yard touchdown catch late in the game. (Link to video after the jump).
Immediately following the TD, instead of a [...]
John Rocker drops the F-bomb again
Nine years after John Rocker was suspended from baseball for racist and anti-gay slurs, he’s still at it. Before allegedly being tossed from the grand opening of a new W Hotel in Buckhead near Atlanta, Rocker reportedly called local sports talk show host Steak Shapiro a ‘Jew faggot.’
“[Faggot] is one of his favorite terms and [...]
What were they thinking?
This past Sunday during the Eagles’ latest NFC championship game debacle, an even worse abomination — if you can believe that — appeared on the TV screen: the sight of four famous athletes sticking their tongues out for money.
Yes, I’m referring to the ridiculous commercial featuring Peyton and Eli Manning vs. Venus and Serena Williams [...]
Mock Nike ad is anti-ballet, not anti-gay
Here we go again. Some art design student made a mock Nike ad that ran in CMYK magazine. The ad’s tag line read: “The only thing worse than going to the ballet is going to the ballet to watch your son.” Some gays apparently got GLAAD involved because the ad is supposedly anti-gay; Ted Rybka, [...]
Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival contest
A cool little contest has come down from ESPN and the Tribeca Film Festival. They’re calling all filmmakers, aspiring filmmakers, jocks, fans and the like to develop a short 30-second trailer to promote the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival. The challenge is this: Take a scene from Cool Runnings or Remember The Titans (they’ve chosen the [...]
Week 17 NFL picks
With myriad playoff spots on the line I figured I would go public with my Week 17 picks in relevant games. Post yours and let’s see who did better.
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Brady Quinn punched in face by teammate
If true, it’s a crime against beauty — Cleveland Browns coach Romeo Crennell won’t confirm or deny that injured quarterback Brady Quinn was punched in the face by defensive lineman Shaun Smith in the team’s weight room. Various reports say Smith hit Quinn with his fist or with a weight. If true, it would be [...]
Michael Phelps tops Anderson Cooper
That Anderson Cooper, the newly muscular and somewhat openly closeted CNN anchor and “60 Minutes” contributor, would get topped by an Olympic athlete isn’t much of a surprise. But that it was Michael Phelps and it unfolded on TV last night in a pool with both in bathing suits and shirtless, provided a nice perk [...]
Mayne Street
ESPN’s been promoting the hell out of their new Web series, Mayne Street, featuring Kenny Mayne as he navigates the scary world of corporate ESPN. They’re three episodes in, and I did find myself laughing out loud at one of the episodes. The other two: Not so much.
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