Fox Sports Straddling The Porn Barrier, Be Wary of Worlds Colliding
Literally eating dick, Media Gossip/Musings October 2nd. 2009, 11:30am
We are still not sure what to make of Fox Sports’ “Cubed.” We tried to watch this week, but checked out after a couple of lame sex gags followed by an Asian joke. Anyone with the hubris to describe their creation as “The Office meets Howard Stern” can’t be funny. Regardless of Cubed’s humor, Fox Sports crossed a threshold with the latest episode. Not only did they have a porn star on the show, but they promoted it as the lead graphic on the website. As SI’s Richard Deitsch tweeted yesterday, “We are not in Kansas anymore.”
CubedonFOX tweeted this, to all 23 of their followers.
Big get for Cubed. “NFL Guru” @NikkiBenz is on today’s new episode! If you don’t know who she is, do yourself a favor and google her.
So, I go to Fox Sports looking for scores or the latest Whitlock wit and I am diverted to a saucy video and urged to google me up some hardcore porn. Ummm…thanks? brah.
There is a Victorian argument to be made about propriety, pristine journalism and filth. We’ll leave that to Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal. Sex sells. We’ve been known to dabble in the tits and ass trade ourselves on this website. If raunchy humor and double entendres were good enough for William Shakespeare, the greatest writer in this or any language, who are we to be prudish?
We should, however, be concerned with worlds colliding. Melding the two passions of sports and porn may seem like Bacchic perfection, but, as with George Costanza and his pastrami sandwich, it’s a little uneasy. We were in a good place sticking to suggestive pictures and ribald allusions. Let’s keep it there.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 11:32 am
/TJ
No Chicago Olympics.
/end TJ
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:36 am
If raunchy humor and double entendres were good enough for William Shakespeare, the greatest writer in this or any language, who are we to be prudish?
Not William Shakespeare. Just sayin’…
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 am
Fox Sports has had various Playboy Playmates as sportscasters. Different BUT…
Oh and no shock that Chicago is out. It’s either Rio or Madrid. My money’s on Madrid.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:40 am
+1 for humor, +1 for wordsmithery.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:41 am
Rio is getting it. That will probably be the worst Olympics ever
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:41 am
yelnik works for Cubed.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:43 am
good post Duffy. i wonder what Whitlock thinks of Cubed
keep it classy MSN
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:46 am
Only thing about Rio is that Brazil also has the 2014 World Cup. That’s going to be some major depth that the Brazilians are going to get into if they end up hosting BOTH events.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:46 am
No Chicago Olympics
No Michael Jordan, No Chicago Olympics
/Pele
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:47 am
depth*=debt
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:50 am
Dammit, TBL (and his cohorts) have linked to that stupid show twice, I’ve watched it twice, and even though the chick in it is hot, NO MORE, its f’ing stupid.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:51 am
does yelnik still comment? and what perverse shit did he do to get the /yelnik all the time?
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:53 am
If Rio gets it, prepare for a Duran Duran onslaught.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:54 am
irish: Pele’s gotta be laughing his ass off right now
Michael Jackson? who? lol
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:55 am
This is gold.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:56 am
It would be fine if they warned us suspecting users. I guess that is the problem with the big boys getting into the mother’s basement game, they don’t understand etiquite.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:57 am
If anyone didn’t suspect that name was a porn star’s, and something was up when guru was in quotes, yall need to get your antennas up.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:00 pm
If anyone didn’t suspect that name was a porn star’s, and something was up when guru was in quotes, yall need to get your antennas up.
Jay Mohr has no idea what the fuck you’re talking about
/Nikki Cox’d
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:05 pm
On occasion. I believe his crime involves incessant talk about self gratification.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:07 pm
so FoxSports is on top? reverse cowgirl?
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:08 pm
The political spin has already begun. They are throwing Chicago Mayor Daley under the bus
/gotta love politics…not
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:11 pm
em…would strongly discourage this if you are at work. I will be good for NOTHING for the rest of the day now
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
By Obama traveling there and getting knocked out in the first round, he destroyed what little credibility he has left. THE FIRST ROUND!!!!
What a goat. he needs to focus on more real issues…. like getting a new pair of mom jeans
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Geh, that chick looks like a reanimated corpse.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
By Obama traveling there and getting knocked out in the first round, he destroyed what little credibility he has left. THE FIRST ROUND!!!!
…he needs to focus on more real issues
Perhaps the same can be said of his critics.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:27 pm
/Going to go to Brazzers tonight and see some of her work.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Cubed makes Rosensquirrel’s loins uneasy.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Don’t worry. I’m sure it’s a family member or friend driving that bus.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Dabble? When there’s a roundup girl everyday? Not to Mention some of the NSFW stuff thats linked to. Pot meet kettle.
By the way. I like all of it, just don’t think it should be slammed by a blog when blogs do it just as much.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
I’ve seen some of the lady’s work. She’s got talent.
/Getting tissues ready’d
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:39 pm
It’s not even that I disagree, but it makes me laugh that TBL’s attitude is “Look, WE have found the perfect balance of sex and sports. Just do what we do, and all will be fine. If you go farther than us… well that just doesn’t work.”
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
The Daley political machine has always been a bus running over opponents. ‘Bout time it happened to them.
Don’t forget the 473 differrent posts about the Erin Andrews flap.
October 2nd, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Not the first or last times porn and sports mix. How many athletes date/marry Playboy bunnies/Penthouse pets? Jenna and Tito?
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:00 am
But what about all that talk of yours about “free speech” Duffy?
+0.5 Duffy anyway but you might be missing again the forest through the trees.
It is never that easy and virtually impossible to keep the masses, who according to even Hamilton on your $10 bill, “The Masses Are Asses,” from gravitating to the lowest common denominator in many a context.
Then again novelty of the “forbidden” or “taboo” wears off after everyone gets their kicks.
Having said that for those still into free porn, of course you can get your free shot of free no-catch no sign-up porn at keezmovies . com (no link allowed here) if you are still missing out …once you have been there and done that a few times, and if you are getting it for real anyway (as was I until my third and final breakup this past week), you won’t have use for it or to pay for other porn.
Disclosure 1: I have NO business relationship with that website and am just spreading the good word.
Disclosure 2: For October I am on a porn vacation too.
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:01 am
+1.5 Bruce
Totally …typical Duffian hypocrisy from his High Horse.
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:03 am
+2 T-Pac
Definitely …Duffy needs to get over his high horse self and understand that his work is still a work in progress and that TBL due to him has not “arrived” anywhere in the grand scheme …otherwise The Mission continues.