Archive for July, 2009
USA Today’s Christine Brennan on the Erin Andrews Situation: “Women sports journalists need to be smart and not play to the frat house.”
Posted July 22, 2009, 10:00 am by Jason McIntyre (No Comments)
With the exception of a few male journalists, very few media members have spoken out about the creepy Erin Andrews hotel videos that have made ESPN sideline reporter a fixture in the national media for the last 48 hours. Last night, via twitter and facebook, USA Today’s award-winning sports columnist, Christine Brennan, weighed in:
[ Read More... ]Richard Jefferson Goes On Howard Stern to Clear the Air on Dumping His Cheerleader Fiancee By Email and Giving Her a ‘Settlement’
Posted July 16, 2009, 9:02 am by Jason McIntyre (No Comments)
Richard Jefferson, who became an internet superstar yesterday after news surfaced that he dumped his cheerleader fiancee, Kesha Ni’col Nichols (we’ve got a tiny cachet of photos of her here) a day before their ritzy wedding, has finally opened up about the split. At first glance it looks like dumping your fiancee via email and [...]
[ Read More... ]Richard Jefferson Leaves His Cheerleader Fiancee, Kesha Ni’col Nichols, at the Altar
Posted July 15, 2009, 9:00 am by Jason McIntyre (No Comments)
Richard Jefferson, who was just traded to the San Antonio Spurs last month, got cold feet and pulled a Jake Plummer – he called his gorgeous cheerleader fiancee, Kesha Ni’col Nichols the weekend before their $2 million wedding and called it off.
[ Read More... ]A Q&A with Sports Illustrated’s Grant Wahl
Posted July 14, 2009, 1:10 pm by Jason McIntyre (No Comments)
Today’s interview is with Sports Illustrated‘s Grant Wahl, who covers soccer and college basketball for the magazine. He’s got a book out that you may have heard of: The Beckham Experiment. Wahl’s also the guy who wrote the first SI cover story on Lebron James (where we first bumped into Wahl, in 2002) and he [...]
[ Read More... ]At the All-Star Break: The Spenders are in First Place, the Frugal are (Mostly) Mired in Last
Posted July 13, 2009, 3:45 pm by Jason McIntyre (43 Comments)
Figured it might be fun at the All-Star break to do a quick look at the MLB standings … as they relate to team payrolls. Is there a correlation between spending and winning? If you don’t spend, are you more likely to wind up in last place? Findings: * Five of the six last-place teams [...]
[ Read More... ]Antonio Cromartie is Creeping into Shawn Kemp and Travis Henry Territory: 7 Kids in 5 States
Posted July 13, 2009, 10:00 am by Jason McIntyre (36 Comments)
In 2007, Antonio Cromartie of the Chargers emerged as one of the top young cornerbacks in the NFL, intercepting 10 passes. He was named first-team All-Pro. Last year, Cromartie, 25, mysteriously struggled. Mostly, his problems were tied to a nagging hip injury, but this weekend, some off-the-field troubles were revealed. Like dealing with his seven [...]
[ Read More... ]UFC 100 Eve: MMA’s Turn For A Statistical Revolution
Posted July 10, 2009, 3:30 pm by Jason McIntyre (14 Comments)
Stephen Montemayor, one of our three interns, is a senior at the University of Kansas and sports editor of the University Daily Kansan. This is Super Bowl weekend in MMA: UFC 100 predictions are all over the place. UFC 100 results will be a top five google trend Sunday morning. Remember the name Rami Genauer. [...]
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Tim Tebow vs. Tommie Frazier [bigleadsports.com]
KC Joyner: Romo is a Top 5 Quarterback [bigleadsports.com]
HS Player Attacked While Chasing Ball [usatoday.com]
Agassi on Olympics & The State of Tennis [bigleadsports.com]
Andre Dawson Talks Cubs, Biz of Baseball [bigleadsports.com]
Pat O'Brien Hosting Olympics Again [usatoday.com]
