Univ. of New Mexico soccer player Elizabeth Lambert has become the posterchild for mean-spirited, unsportsmanlike conduct following a series of onfield incidents aginst BYU in which she pulled opponents’ hair, kicked them and tackled them (video after the jump). All with video cameras watching. Not smart. She’s been suspended; No “soccer flop” was needed here.
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Kornheiser and a hair-pulling Lambert
Outsports on ESPN Thursday
I am scheduled to appear on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” program Thursday at 3 p.m. Eastern. The subject is gays in sports in conjunction with October being gay and lesbian history month. Former lacrosse player Andrew Goldstein is also scheduled to appear. I am not sure what their angle is yet.
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ESPN’s Body Issue bares (almost) all
ESPN the Magazine’s Body Issue is finally out, and there’s plenty of what they promised: Skin. Shockingly, the magazine seems to feature as many men as women. Yes, shocking. What’s unfortunate is that some of our advertisers tell us they will pull their advertising if we feature the same exact photos that ESPN is allowed [...]
Football in 3-D
ESPN is reportedly ready to announce that it will broadcast the Sept. 12 USC at Ohio State football game in 3-D, available at several outlets in L.A., Ohio and…Texas. This is the latest foray into 3-D sports. According to the L.A. Times:
Last season the San Diego Chargers-Oakland Raiders game was broadcast in 3-D in a [...]
ESPN the Mag planning all-nude issue
After we posted the item about the naked French pole vaulter, I kvetched that American athletes are mostly afraid of posing nude, and when they do it’s usually women. Well ESPN, of all entities, may be to the rescue. ESPN The Magazine is reportedly planning an October 2009 “Body Issue.” The magazine editor-in-chief Gary Belsky [...]
Justin Timberlake’s sports “man crush”
Justin Timberlake was on ESPN’s SportsCenter recently, and the two co-hosts asked him 10 sports-related questions. Question No. 9 was whom he had a “man crush” on. His answer: reigning NBA MVP LeBron James.
“Man crush” is, as Urban Dictionary says, “When a straight man has a “crush” on another man, not sexual but kind of [...]
That wacky Mike Golic gets waxed
That wild and crazy ESPN personality Mike Golic lost a bet on the NCAA tournament (big shocker). To pay off the bet, he got waxed on his show yesterday. Fun, right? Look at us at ESPN, we’re so hip and wacky! But all he had waxed were his arms and legs. Big deal. I guess [...]
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 [...]
Homophobic ESPN commercial?
Another case of “is it” or “isn’t it.” It’s Mike Breen attempting a “fist kiss” with Shaq; Some people are calling it homophobic while others are defending it. Take a look, and then take into consideration some history: Shaq helping police chase down gay bashers, Shaq’s reaction to questions about having a gay teammate, and [...]
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 [...]
ESPN analysts debate best-looking QB
I’m sittng here at the computer with my TV tuned to ESPN. At the end of “NFL Live” there’s a mention by host Trey Wingo of a survey by some economists that indicated that good-looking quarterbacks are better paid than those who aren’t so handsome. It seems pretty ridiculous, but I found an article that [...]
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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Why ESPN analysts like Mark Schlereth suck
Over the last two years, I have been drifting more and more away from ESPN. I find the conversations terribly insipid and usually focused more on style than substance. Plus, I just think many of their NFL analysts suck. Take Mark Schlereth for example. This was his analysis of the NFL’s fine on Justin Tuck [...]
Cyd’s Sexy Spreads: Week 5
Note: Every week, I pick games against the spread on the Michael Irvin Show on ESPN Radio, and I’m putting them on our blog.
This is the hardest week to pick against the spread since Week 5. Why? Public opinion has set in and is now backed up by four weeks of results. And with Las [...]
Rodgers, Pack win; Kornheiser still annoying
In their season opener and first game since 1992 without Brett Favre as quarterback, the Green Bay Packers beat the Minnesota Vikings, 24-19. Favre’s replacement, Aaron Rodgers, was terrific, going 18 for 22 with one touchdown pass and one touchdown run. People who wrote off the Packers when Favre retired seemed to forget that this [...]
