Sports Culture

Revelations In The New ESPN Book

ISSUE 47•24 | 06.10.11 | Sportsgraphic

Those Guys Have All The Fun, a history of ESPN published last month, gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the sports network that began on a landfill in Bristol, CT and soon became a broadcasting giant. more»
Dick Ebersol

ISSUE 47•22 | 05.29.11 | Strongside/Weakside
Lance Armstrong: I Never Failed One Of Those Shitty, Easy-To-Fool Doping Tests

ISSUE 47•51 ISSUE 47•21 | 05.27.11 | Sports News in Brief

AUSTIN, TX—Embattled seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong held a press conference this morning to sternly reiterate that during his career he passed every easy-to-mask, ineffective doping test he was ever given. more»
Neurologists Implore Professional Athletes To Wait Until They Are Dead To Send In Brains For Research

ISSUE 47•51 ISSUE 47•21 | 05.23.11 | Sports News in Brief

ST. PAUL—The American Academy of Neurology issued a statement this week urging professional athletes with suspected concussions to wait until they are deceased before sending in their brains for research. more»
On Phoenix Suns Executive Rick Welts Coming Out

ISSUE 47•21 | 05.20.11 | Fan On The Street
On Geoffrey Mutai’s World-Record Boston Marathon

ISSUE 47•16 | 04.22.11 | Fan On The Street
Notable Sports Collapses

ISSUE 47•15 | 04.15.11 | Sportsgraphic

Rory McIlroy went into the final round of the Masters with a four-stroke lead, but shot eight over on the last 18 holes, flailing uselessly all day. Add his meltdown to this list of all-time great collapses: more»
Area Man Already Tired Of Adjusting His Fantasy Baseball Roster

ISSUE 47•14 | 04.13.11 | Sports News in Brief

SAN JOSE, CA—Two weeks into the 2011 Major League Baseball season, 27-year-old Fred Romero has already begun complaining about the amount of time it takes to manage his fantasy baseball team, sources confirmed Wednesday. more»
The Red Carpet Turns Redder With A Special OSNYs Edition Of Who Would You Kill

ISSUE 47•11 | 03.16.11 | SportsDome

The Who Would You Kill boys let loose on the red carpet celebs at the OSNYs, with special guest killer Kevin Slowey of the Minnesota Twins. more»
Famous Offseason Workout Regimens

ISSUE 47•09 | 03.04.11 | Sportsgraphic

The truly great athletes have always spent the time between seasons making sure they're in peak condition. more»
Rick Reilly Columns Increasingly Laden With Cries For Help

ISSUE 47•09 | 02.28.11 | Sports News in Brief

BRISTOL, CT—For the past six months, the columns and essays written by ESPN's Rick Reilly, including "Why Michael Vick Deserves Redemption More Than I Do," "The Hot Stove And Why I Want To Put My Head In It," and "Caddying F... more»
On Unrest Cancelling Sporting Events In The Middle East

ISSUE 47•08 | 02.25.11 | Fan On The Street
Notable Trade Deadline Deals

ISSUE 47•08 | 02.25.11 | Sportsgraphic

Carmelo Anthony just became a New York Knick mere days before the NBA trade deadline, an event that joins these other blockbuster under-the-wire deals. more»
Umpires Compete For Love On OSN's Hit Reality Show 'Ump Husband'

ISSUE 47•05 | 02.07.11 | SportsDome

The remaining umps make a connection with Keri on their one-on-one dates, but at the end of the night one unlucky ump will be ejected. more»
Annoying Friend Always Flabbergasted By Over-Under

ISSUE 47•04 | 02.01.11 | Sports News in Brief

MIDDLE RIVER, MD—According to his irritated friends, local man Mike Dreyer is inexplicably shocked and angered whenever he hears the over-under oddsmakers have set for any sporting event whatsoever. more»
Toughness in Sports

ISSUE 47•51 ISSUE 47•04 | 01.28.11 | Sportsgraphic

Jay Cutler's supposed lack of toughness has people discussing the gutsiest performances in sports. Here are the ones we'll always remember: more»
Problems With Athletes' Charities

ISSUE 47•51 ISSUE 47•03 | 01.21.11 | Sportsgraphic

A recent Dallas Morning News report revealed that many charities run by sports stars are poorly managed, with some organizations appearing to exist only to employ the athletes' friends. Some extreme examples: more»
Other Notable Sports Figures Of 2010

ISSUE 46•50 | 12.15.10 | Sportsgraphic

Not all of them garnered the attention or the acclaim of LeBron and Landon, but it wouldn't be fair to talk about the year in sports without mentioning these athletes. more»
Features Of The New espnW.com

ISSUE 47•51 ISSUE 46•49 | 12.10.10 | Sportsgraphic

Women make up a quarter of the ESPN audience, and now the network has just soft-launched a new website for female sports fans. Here are some of the planned features. more»
Fans Admit They Have No Clue Why They Want Former Player To Manage

ISSUE 46•46 | 11.24.10 | Sports News in Brief

KANSAS CITY, MO—Local fans admitted today they have no clue why they desperately want a former star player to manage their favorite team next year, saying that if they looked at the situation rationally, he really has no managerial experience whatso... more»
That Exactly Why Team Picked Up Player In Offseason

ISSUE 46•47 | 11.23.10 | Sports News in Brief

NEW YORK—That right there, that play in which the team's main offseason acquisition outshone everyone else on the playing field for that brief period of time, is exactly why this team brought that player to this organization for a large sum of money... more»
Sports Commentator Trophies

ISSUE 46•46 | 11.19.10 | Sportsgraphic

John Madden's Thanksgiving tradition of awarding turkey legs to the day's top players has inspired other sportscasters to hand out honors of their own. Here are some of the more notable commentator-awarded trophies. more»
Study: Majority Of Highlights Boring

ISSUE 46•45 | 11.17.10 | Sports News in Brief

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA—A three-year study of highlights across all major sports concluded that 94 percent of televised top plays and incredible displays of skill were in fact pretty boring. more»
Report: Fans Enjoy Waving Things Around

ISSUE 46•42 | 10.27.10 | Sports News in Brief

NEW YORK—A joint report from all professional and amateur sporting leagues unanimously confirmed Thursday that fans enjoy waving random things around, typically above their heads, while attending athletic events. more»
Lazy ESPN.com Poll Asks Readers If They Like Sports

ISSUE 46•41 | 10.19.10 | Sports News in Brief

BRISTOL, CT—Lazy ESPN.com editors posted the poll question "Do you like sports?" on the website's homepage yesterday, offering "yes" or "no" as the only two response options. more»
No One Knows Who Female Star Athlete In Nike Commercial Is

ISSUE 46•51 ISSUE 46•38 | 09.24.10 | Sports News

NEW YORK—A recent Nike commercial featuring star players from both the NBA and NFL also includes an evidently prominent African-American female athlete, though sources confirmed Thursday that not a single viewer knows her name or what sport she plays. more»
Tips For High School Athletes

ISSUE 46•36 | 09.10.10 | Sportsgraphic

As America's teens return to class, they return to the playing fields as well. Onion Sports prepares them for what may be the greatest time in their lives. more»
Department Of Just Saying: 'Been A While Since An Athlete Has Died During A Game'

ISSUE 46•34 | 09.01.10 | Sports News in Brief

WASHINGTON—In a report written in collaboration with the Bureau of Just Throwing It Out There, the Department of Just Saying noted Wednesday that it had been a good long while since an athlete had died on the field during a major sporting event. more»
Sports Movie Protagonist Receives Some Bad News Before Big Game

ISSUE 46•33 | 08.25.10 | Sports News in Brief

CITY DESPERATELY NEEDING A WIN—Despite his sudden rise from obscurity to become a record-breaking performer, a handsome and seemingly flawless sports film protagonist learned some tragic news Tuesday, completely altering perspectives on the night's ... more»
USC's Rules Violations

ISSUE 46•24 | 06.18.10 | Sportsgraphic

The NCAA says Reggie Bush took cash while playing for the Trojans, but that was hardly the only thing that came to light during its investigation of USC. more»

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