Even after the Buzz Bissinger blow-up, even after the Scott Van Pelt fond farewell, even after the acknowledgment of a semi-clever Agent Zero pun - Stuart Scott still says he doesn’t read blogs.
Dan Steinberg of DC SPORTS BOG was as cool as the other side of the pillow in wrangling up a quick Q&A with the erudite ESPN anchor. Steinberg saddled up to Scott during Wednesday’s Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am, and teed up a few questions for Stuart.
First and foremost: Does Stuart still shy away from sports blogs?
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I’d heard from LAT moles that the sports dept. was preparing an upcoming piece on sports blogs for publish, but didn’t know it was out until I visited (and looked above) the trusty, upstairs urinal at Red Rock in WeHo today:
David Wharton (Fight On!) penned the piece, which reports that sports bloggers are now being more responsible in their posting approach.
Truth is, we’ve been that way for as long as I can remember. We’ve a huge audience going back to 2003, and if we posted anything defamatory, we’d have had our a$$ sued off by now. Nothing’s changed here. Business as usual. Read more…
• WITH LEATHER keeps abreast of the topless travels of English soccer WAG Abigail Clancy.
(WL’s got the hook-up for more photos of Abby’s freed funbags)
• Michael David Smith of AOL FANHOUSE has the odds on who’ll become DEADSPIN’s next grand poopah.
• In the meantime, the soon-to-be Leitch-less site thinks it’s fabulous that gamblers can now bet on a gay sporting event.
• LAIST spikes up some provocative photos from last weekend’s Lushness X beach volleyball tournament.
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It’s been a great run for Will Leitch at DEADSPIN.com, and I wish him nothing but the best.
Except on June 17-19.
A.J. Daulerio of DEADSPIN had the recent fortune of sitting down for a chummy chat with ESPN personality Kenny Mayne.
The stoic, deadpan, “Yahtzee!”-screaming, kayak-riding Dancer with the Stars was the first subject for the website’s newest venture, “Interviews of a Lifetime” - a feature that will do for sports blogging what “Who’s Now” did for sports television.
But we kid the Deadspinning staff.
So, why did Kenny agree to do the interview? Money? Prestige? The fact he has a book coming out entitled “An Incomplete & Inaccurate History of Sport” which hits bookstores on April 22? The world may never know.
Anyway, some fun facts Daulerio dragged out of Mayne’s mind:
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The top story in the sports world so far this week is the leak of Jose Canseco’s new book “Vindicated.” The book wasn’t due out until next Monday, but a gent named Joe Lavin stumbled upon a copy and blogged about it. Will Leitch of DEADSPIN linked Mr. Lavin’s review of the book, and all hell broke loose. Every major media outlet is now reporting the news (or will be).
An interesting question to ponder: Would Mr. Lavin’s revelations ever have made the main media without Deadspin’s help? We think we both know the answer to that. Read more…
Today you’ll notice that Christmas Ape of KISSING SUZY KOLBER and DEADSPIN is now on board to post to his heart’s delight.
If you’ve read his fine work, you know why we’re ecstatic to have him. Plus, we can now finally sneak away for that worry-free colonoscopy we’ve always dreamed of.
Later today (5p ET) we’ll be appearing on Fox Business Channel’s “Happy Hour.” As if we needed an excuse to be early afternoon-deep in the Cutty.
Michael Hiestand of USA TODAY confirms our suspicions about the now-missing Chris Berman videos: ESPN told YouTube to take them down.
“How do you get that kind of toothpaste back in the tube?
