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Athletes and the Dicey Posing-For-Playboy Debate

Posted May 27, 2008, 8:55 am by Jason McIntyre (28 Comments)

It certainly isn’t an easy decision females must grapple with: Do I pose for Playboy now, while I’m in the prime of my career, where I can probably cash a bigger check from Hugh Hefner and enjoy a slightly larger PR bump, or do I wait until my playing days are over (or my best [...]

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Media News and Notes

Posted May 23, 2008, 2:15 pm by Jason McIntyre (64 Comments)

How can ESPN possibly continue to align themselves with a radio hack like Mark Madden who says unconscionable things like: “I’m very disappointed to hear that Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor. I always hoped Senator Kennedy would live long enough to be assassinated.” On what planet is [...]

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Taking a Stab at the NBA Draft

Posted May 21, 2008, 1:25 pm by Jason McIntyre (87 Comments)

A month in advance, before the season’s ever over? Lunacy, you say! Such is life here. The mock draft below is who WE would take given the pick. We’ll do a follow-up post in a few weeks, which probably will render this one useless, mostly because there might be a lot of movement in the [...]

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Hunter Pence’s Girlfriend is a “Model”

Posted May 21, 2008, 12:45 pm by Jason McIntyre (57 Comments)

When he’s not walking through glass doors, Houston Astros outfielder Hunter Pence is supposedly dating this beauty. But TBL, this is just a regular girl, why does this matter? Well, it seems as if some other websites think she might have a penchant for modeling in thongs, and sometimes topless. Problem is, all of her [...]

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Brad Penny and the Curse of the Celebrity Girlfriend

Posted May 19, 2008, 9:00 am by Jason McIntyre (32 Comments)

Pat Burrell’s best statistical season came when he was dating Heather Mitts; they split and he went in the tank for years. Tom Brady won Super Bowl titles while dating actress Bridget Moynahan; he’s titleless since Gisele showed up. Carl Pavano celebrated his World Series ring in 2003 with Alyssa Milano, but they split after [...]

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Norman Chad: An Analogy, A Rift (or Two)

Posted May 15, 2008, 6:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (11 Comments)

The day he jinxed Mariano Rivera’s quest for a 0.00 ERA, our favorite sports humor writer offered up this brilliant analogy: Question: Are bloggers journalists? ZACH STILLMAN Chardon, Ohio Answer: Let me put it this way: Just because you start cooking rib-eye steaks on your George Foreman Grill doesn’t make you an executive chef. Next [...]

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Media News and Nuggets

Posted May 15, 2008, 2:10 pm by Jason McIntyre (1 Comment)

We heard this was the plan a few months ago, and now it appears as if offers are being made: ESPN, in an ongoing effort to flood the NFL zone and provide blanket coverage to the most popular sport in the country, is hiring a “beat” writer to cover each division in football. Recently, the [...]

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