Archive for September, 2007

Oscar Adds a Bikini Top and a Skirt to His Fishnet Ensemble

Posted September 25, 2007, 5:32 pm by Jason McIntyre (13 Comments)

So we’re all in agreement that the Fishnet King, Oscar de la Hoya, is not being photoshopped all over the internet, right? The man parties with hot Scores strippers (much to the chagrin of his wife, obviously), and likes to occasionally rock the banana hammock, a skirt, and some fishnets. What’s the big deal? At [...]

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Pat White Hearts Erin Andrews

Posted September 24, 2007, 8:55 am by Jason McIntyre (6 Comments)

If you still sweat ESPN’s resident sideline prowler Erin Andrews, then you’ll love this story: Pat White, West Virginia’s quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate, had just completed a dismantling of East Carolina. Andrews and her Mischa Barton arms approached White for a postgame interview. In his words: “When she came up to me,” White said, [...]

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Mike Gundy: I’m a Man, I’m 40

Posted September 23, 2007, 2:32 pm by Jason McIntyre (21 Comments)

Yes, it’s all about the NFL today, but hot damn if this isn’t hilarious. It’s Mike Gundy, the football coach at Oklahoma State. He’s got a few lessons to teach the media about negativity. Gotta love it.

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It’s Tough to Jab in Fishnets

Posted September 20, 2007, 11:56 am by Jason McIntyre (17 Comments)

So what’s the deal with the Oscar De La Hoya cross-dressing photos that delivered shock and awe to the internet Wednesday? We first saw them over on Deadspin, and instead of posting them, we waited for the inevitable denials from the Golden Boy’s lawyers. Six hours later, his people said they were an exquisite job [...]

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SI, Those Pesky Redskins Fans and Writers Double-Dipping: An interview with Nunyo Demasio

Posted September 14, 2007, 1:43 pm by Jason McIntyre (12 Comments)

In our ongoing quest to interview some of the brightest minds in sports media, today we present to you a Q&A with former newspaper scribe and SI writer Nunyo Demasio, who currently is in the midst of penning a book on an NFL coach. Demasio’s had a swift arc to his career – stops at [...]

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Two (Maybe Three) Bolt Papers for Yahoo; NY Times, Hurting (*Update)

Posted September 7, 2007, 11:10 am by Jason McIntyre (8 Comments)

The mass exodus from newspapers to the internet continues. The Big Lead has learned that two more sports writers have lost interest in being ink-stained wretches and bolted for the riches of the web: Jason King, an APSE-winning journalist from the KC Star, and Johnny Ludden from the San Antonio Express-News have both been hired [...]

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