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'Yes He Can' - ESPN Writer Pens Robert Griffin III Bio As Letter To President Barack Obama

Further blurring the line between sports and politics, ESPN The Magazine writer J.R. Moehringer has written an extensive and engaging profile of RG3 framed as a letter to President Barack Obama. Careful to note Griffin’s apolitical nature Moehringer should be able to avoid Rob Parker’s fate. An excerpt: Like you, Griffin started with an entrenched core of ardent believers, which grew and grew. In the past year, his popularity has exploded, […]

ESPN Producer Shares His Boston Marathon Experience With Mike and Mike

ESPN producer Matt Harrington was at the Boston Marathon yesterday as the bombs went off. This morning he shared his experience on the ESPN Radio show Mike and Mike Audio from ESPN Radio   ReactionLOL (0) It’s a Trappp! (0) Bias (0) Losing (0) Fail (0) Winning (0) Aww (0)

ESPN Jumps The Gun on Braves vs. Cubs Headline

ESPN SportsCenter headline writers jumped the gun tonight when creating the lineup of upcoming stories. Minutes after the Braves’ Justin Upton hit a dramatic walk-off home run, SportsCenter teased the game highlights with the headline “Cubs Power Past Braves.” Simultaneously, though, ESPN scrolled The Lead on the bottom of the screen that read, “Upton brothers both homer in 9th as Braves walk off vs Cubs.” Wishful thinking or editing mistake? […]

UPDATE: Tim Pernetti Resigns as Athletic Director at Rutgers Amid Video Scandal

Heads are rolling. ESPN reporter Brett McMurphy is reporting that celebrated Rutgers A.D. Tim Pernetti has officially been relieved of duty. Pernetti is accused of not doing enough when he found out about the video of former men’s basketball coach Mike Rice physically and verbally abusing his players. At the time, Pernetti chose a course of rehabilitation, suspending Rice for three games and fining him $50,000. Rice, however, was fired […]