Archive for October, 2009

A Q&A with Dave Revsine of the Big 10 Network

Posted October 30, 2009, 2:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (No Comments)

This week we spoke to Dave Revsine, the Big 10 Network studio host who also can be heard doing play-by-play. You may remember him from his 11-year stay at ESPN. The sports casting thing nearly didn’t happen, though – Revsine, a Northwestern grad, got a perfect score on his LSAT and while wondering if law [...]

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NBA Predictions for 2009-2010 Go Here

Posted October 27, 2009, 4:15 pm by Jason McIntyre (112 Comments)

If you’re feeling really ambitious, pick all 16 playoff teams! Or feel free to settle for the final four, NBA champ, league MVP, and rookie of the year. [UPDATE: Here are details of the Glen Davis fight. He pounded his drunk friend for making cracks about Davis' girlfriend.] Then, come back in June and brag [...]

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Brooke Hundley “No Longer Working at ESPN”

Posted October 26, 2009, 12:19 pm by Jason McIntyre (61 Comments)

Steve Phillips was fired from ESPN last night, and Brooke Hundley, the 22-year-old who had an affair with Phillips, was served her walking papers this morning. Hundley, a production assistant who went Fatal Attraction on Phillips in September and then filed a restraining order against him, couldn’t be reached for comment.

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Steve Phillips Fired by ESPN [UPDATE]

Posted October 25, 2009, 8:49 pm by Jason McIntyre (376 Comments)

Steve Phillips, whose affair with ESPN staffer Brooke Hundley was exposed last week, has been fired from ESPN. This email arrived at 8:26 pm from ESPN PR:

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If the Cab Driver is Telling the Truth, Aqib Talib Will Probably Be Suspended for a Few Games

Posted October 23, 2009, 2:43 pm by Jason McIntyre (1 Comment)

Cabbie Aqib Talib Pounded Talks: “I’m looking forward to telling the judge what happened, that just all of a sudden this guy hit me in the back of the head while I’m driving down the highway at 70 miles per hour. It felt like a hammer. I only remember him hitting me once. I got [...]

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Brooke Hundley: Steve Phillips “bought me a strong drink and then cornered me … trying to persuade me to come to his hotel suite to spend the night.”

Posted October 23, 2009, 9:15 am by Jason McIntyre (113 Comments)

Steve Phillips allegedly texted “inappropriate things” to the 22-year-old ESPN production assistant he had an affair with, causing Brooke Hundley to file a restraining order against him in August, according to TMZ. The timing of the restraining order is important – Hundley filed it on August 20. On August 19, she dropped the disturbing letter [...]

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Landry Jones’ Girlfriend, Basketball Player Whitney Hand, is Not a Fan of His Mustache

Posted October 22, 2009, 3:45 pm by Jason McIntyre (35 Comments)

Landry Jones, the mustachioed Oklahoma quarterback, is dating Sooners’ basketball player Whitney Hand (better photo of her here). At Big 12 media day this week, Hand – the reigning Big 12 freshman of the year – was asked about the whole mustache thing: “He’s just really lazy and so, before the BYU game, he wasn’t [...]

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