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This week David Jones of the HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS has a thoughtful piece on what appears to be the failing health of 83-year-old Joe Paterno.
Though putting it as delicately as possible, Jones description of Paterno’s Monday appearance at Big 10 media day in Chicago was ominous.
On Monday at the first of two Big Ten Football Kickoff […]
Why is Twitter so dangerous to professional athletes? We get to see who they really are, instead of the faux, pre-packaged personalities offered us by their sponsors.
The latest example of Twitter pulling back that curtain was the indelicate display put on by Serena Williams last Saturday.
Last weekend the ATP’s Farmers Classic was being played in […]
TheSmokingGun.Com recently pulled the U.S. Army records of Joe DiMaggio, via the Freedom of Information Act, to report on DiMaggio’s 30 months of U.S. Army service during World War II.
From reading evaluations written by U.S. Army Majors Emile Stoloff and William Barrett, DiMaggio was reported to have exhibited an astonishing level of narcissism, which included […]
Read more...Here’s a protip for all you aspiring sports reporters out there. If you really want to know what a pro athlete thinks about something, wait five years.
(Thanks Geoff)
On Feb. 5, 2005, Ernie Els shot a first round 60 at the Heineken Classic in Melbourne, Australia. Of his round, Els said at the time:
“This (Royal […]
Last week ESPN pulled a story from its internet website server written by staff reporter Arash Markazi that chronicled a night out in Vegas with LeBron James and his entourage.
ESPN Editor-in-Chief Rob King later explained that the story was spiked because, “Arash did not properly identify himself as a reporter or clearly state his intentions […]
Read more...Judd Zulgad of the MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE and Jay Glazer of Fox Sports have the scoop of the year so far, reporting Tuesday morning that Brett Favre has told Viking officials and his teammates that he will not play this season.
Zulgad of the Star-Tribune, who had the first report of the possible Favre departure, reports Tuesday:
NFL […]
