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ESPN Fires 'Con Artist' Columnist

Rob Quinn — Thu, 03 May 2012 01:34:58 CDT

ESPN has fired a writer who went from being a poster on the message boards at gambling site Covers.com to being a star columnist at ESPN.com without anybody checking her real identity. Sarah Phillips was sacked soon after Deadspin ran a lengthy expose questioning her identity and accusing...

Sports Cartoonist Bill Gallo Dead at 88

Rob Quinn — Thu, 12 May 2011 00:14:00 CDT

The New York Daily News is mourning a man described as one of the greatest talents sports journalism has ever seen. Cartoonist and columnist Bill Gallo, who worked for the paper for the best part of 70 years, has died of pneumonia aged 88, reports the New York Times . Gallo,...

After Reporter Harassment, NFL Will Brush Up on Rules

Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:00:53 CDT

The NFL says that although there was "unprofessional conduct," New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and his staff acted promptly to correct the situation that arose last weekend when TV Azteca reporter Ines Sainz said she felt uncomfortable in the team's locker room. Commissioner Roger Goodell said today that as...

Shut It, Athletes; Just Tweet

Harry Kimball — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:48:07 CST

Frank Deford doesn’t want to hear your outrageous predictions or tearful faux-apologies, athletes, and he doesn’t want to read about them in the papers, either, reporters. “Come on, guys, just because some jock babbles incoherently, you don't have to pass it on,” he admonishes his fellow journos. That’s why Deford...

Sex Rehab for Steve Phillips? Oh, Please!

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:48:49 CDT

Steve Phillips and his fellow celebrity sex addicts prove "all that's required to claim that a man's transgression is really a disease over which he is powerless is a large bank account, a small degree of fame, a clueless wife. And a straight face," writes Andrea Peyser in the New...

March Madness Sets Standard for Online Sports

M. Morris — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:42:54 CDT

If you're reading this with an NCAA tournament game streaming live in another browser tab, you're in good company: In 2008, nearly 5 million people watched March Madness online, reports the Chicago Tribune. The tipping point between novelty and mainstay came 4 years ago, when CBS made access free, setting...

Play-by-Play Booth Still Boys-Only Club

Kevin Spak — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:43:43 CST

Andrea Kremer’s done nearly everything in sports journalism: produced, directed, and won Emmys for her stories. But come game time, she—like most women sports journalists—are stuck on the sidelines, the Washington Post reports. The play-by-play booth is reserved almost exclusively for men, who will broadcast the Final Four,...

Sports-Talk Shoutfest Has Ruined Politics on TV

Kevin Spak — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:11:17 CST

ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption , a show in which two sports writers “make fun of each other’s male pattern baldness and argue about sports,” often at high volume, is on many fans’ watch list, including political scientist Christopher A. Cooper. Unfortunately, PTI “has ruined American politics,” Cooper writes in the Atlanta...

Mariotti Quits Sun-Times , Newspaper Biz

Kevin Spak — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:19:00 CDT

Jay Mariotti has resigned from the Chicago Sun-Times , the controversial sports columnist tells the rival Tribune , after observing the toll the Internet has taken on newspapers. “I don't want to go down with it,” said the 47-year-old known for his contrarian opinions and run-ins with colleagues and athletes alike, adding...