Buzz Bissinger throws a tantrum on Costas

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 Buzz Bissinger throws a tantrum on Costas
May 1, 2008 | I missed that pompous ass Buzz Bissinger's ridiculous performance on "Costas Now" Tuesday night because I was busy watching galumpteen million playoff games, and all on boss-car-washing night too. Bissinger appeared in a "round-table" discussion with Costas, Deadspin founder Will Leitch and Cleveland Browns receiver Braylon Edwards, who represented the people being covered. They ... [link]

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The Roundup: Anger at College Football
Published 5/1/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... (Legend of Cecilio Guante) Yup, the Bills drafted some real characters. (Beast Mode) Remember how commenter KC Resident wrote about Greensburg, Kansas? The Jayhawks went there. (CBS News) Most emailed story to us this week: Softball? (ESPN) Current Yankees on the DL: Posada, A-Rod, Hughes. (NY Post) More Buzzy ruminations: Joe Posnanski, Throwing into Traffic, What’s Alan Watching, Salon, Sporting Blog. Hope that knee’s OK, Bobby, because the Heels will ...

Bissinger launches a profane, boneheaded attack on the Internet for being profane and boneheaded
Published 5/1/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Bissinger launches a profane, boneheaded attack on the Internet for being profane and boneheaded King Bees Buzz ...On Your Way Down the Drain. The segment opened with a packaged piece in which Leitch gave a boilerplate defense of his site’s existence, then more of the same between Costas and Leitch live at the round table. Costas, who has recently taken some get-off-my-lawnish potshots at the blogosphere, joked, “To my surprise, I find you very palatable in person.” After a few moments, Bissinger could take no more. Perched sideways on his chair as though the very act ...

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