Plagiarism and sexual harassment issues, all in the same week. It’s been a rough start of the 2011 year for ESPN.
Last week, anchor Will Selva copied the opening paragraphs from Orange County Register sports writer Kevin Ding’s preview of an upcoming Lakers/Spurs game and used it on-air.
“I made a horrible mistake and I’m deeply sorry. [...]
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ESPN in the News for All the Wrong Reasons
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on January 5th, 2011
NBA Fans Vote Yao — Really?
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on December 18th, 2010
Yao Ming is the runaway favorite to start at center or the NBA Western Conference All-Stars this year. He’s over 200,00 votes ahead of the next best center. Andrew Bynum.
Huh? What’s wrong with the NBA and their fans? Shouldn’t they want to see the NBA’s best in their All-Star game? Yao missed all of last [...]
Golden State Warriors Forward David Lee — Quotable Dimwit
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on November 22nd, 2010
“I know, I know, it’s an elbow scratch. But I was in the worst pain of my life. Now I know what it feels like to give birth.”
You see, David Lee got a wound on his elbow during a game last week. Granted, it wasn’t any ordinary wound. He immediately underwent surgery to fight off infection [...]
Posted in Baseball, Basketball 
Tags: Carl Crawford, david lee, Golden State Warriors, NBA 
Comments OffDo Celtics Regret Delonte West Signing?
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on October 29th, 2010
Delonte West is seving a 10-game suspension to start the 2010-2011 season. Yet, he’s finding a way to make headlines for the Boston Celtics.
Today, he fought with teammate Von Wafer during practice. According to an ESPN report, he fought with Wafer in the locker room following 3-0n-3 drills during practice. You don’t suppose it’s Wafer’s [...]
Posted in Basketball Tags: Boston Celtics, Danny Ainge, delonte west, Doc Rivers, Von Wafer Comments OffIf LeBron Goes Down, Blame Cleveland Radio Station
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on October 26th, 2010
This morning at 8:10 a.m. ET, Rover and his morning crew placed the King James Curse. As described by their website:
Rover has hired a witch doctor to place a hex on LeBron James. Tune in Tuesday morning at 8:10 AM to channel your negative energy towards LeBron and help the witch doctor. With a little [...]
Purdue’s Robbie Hummel Knows Bad Luck
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on October 16th, 2010
A week ago, Purdue’s top player, Robbie Hummel, was cleared to return to basketball action after tearing his ACL last season. With the announcement, he was quoted as saying:
“I’m jumping better, I’m able to dunk again, and I’m moving pretty good. I can do basically whatever I want, I’ve been cleared to (play five-on-five), but I [...]
Washington Wizards Need to Send Gilbert Arenas Packing
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on October 14th, 2010
The storied career of Gilbert Arenas added another chapter on Wednesday. Arenas has been fined by the Wizards for faking a knee injury so he didn’t have to play in their preseason opener. His reasoning? It was all in the spirit of the team. He was trying to get teammate Nick Young more time on [...]
Posted in Basketball Tags: Allen Iverson, Gilbert Arenas, John Wall, Nick Young, Washington Wizards 2 Comments »The NBA is Working Way Too Hard To Remain Relevant
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on October 7th, 2010
Over the summer, we had “The Decision” proudly brought to you by ESPN. It was a one-hour schmooze-fest promoting King James’ move to Miami.
Today, the Commish, David Stern, excitedly proclaims that this year might be one of the greatest.
“We’re going to have, really, our most successful season. I don’t think it’s good guys and bad [...]
LeBron Plays the Race Card
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on September 30th, 2010
It’s “The Decision” that won’t die.
LeBron is talking again about “The Decision” and the furor it raised throughout the basketball world. Last night, he did an interview with CNN where briefly tossed out race as a contributing factor to the negative backlash that he has received.
“I think so at times. It’s always a race factor.”
It’s [...]
Shaq’s a Hacker — It’s Cyber Shaq!
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on September 15th, 2010
Shawn Darling, known only because he once was a personal assistant for Shaquille O’Neal, is accusing Shaq of computer hacking.
Darling is accusing Shaq of:
”…repeated attempts to frame Darling of amongst other things possession of child pornography.
“By sending e-mails and by making phone calls to his agents and others, O’Neal engaged in a scheme to place Darling [...]
