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Herbstreit: 'You will never see me gathering news and reporting information ever again'
Herbstreit: 'You will never see me gathering news and reporting information ever again'
We all know about ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit's reporting gaffe on Saturday that said LSU head coach Les Miles was headed to Michigan as the next head coach of college football's winningest program. But how much of it was Herby and how much was ESPN producers forcing him to 'report' this in the name of being first, not accurary? Herby talked to a Detroit radio station....
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So Wait … Is Les Miles Staying or Going?
The Big Lead — ... ? (Herbie went on WDFN in Detroit Monday and said he’s done reporting.) Here’s what we’re puzzled with: LSU has 30-some days before the National Championship. What, Les can’t take one afternoon and hammer out this deal? ...

Create The Caption #125
AwfulAnnouncing — ... at Applebee's after the game."- Hey, does my breath smell ok? Good. I'm meeting Rodney Harrions at Applebee's after the game. ________________________________________ Are you funny enough to create a caption for this photo of newly appointed Yankees Manager Joe Girardi sitting down to talk to the media at the MLB Winter Meetings? (Sorry if it's boring....couldn't find anything else. I have faith in you though.) Daily Links: Herbstreit Is Still Talking About Miles (Construda) Using Baseball Cards To Rate Execs, Good ...

Herbstreit Refuses To Report Anymore Throws ESPN Executive Under The Bus
SPORTSbyBROOKS — ... , but apparently Herbstreit is now hanging up his reporter's hat, but not before throwing ESPN executives under the bus. CONSTRUDA has this from Herbstreit while guesting on WDFN-AM this week in Detroit: " I would much rather talk about what teams are doing on the field. One thing I can assure you, you will never see me gathering news and reporting information ever again . " " Honestly, the best way to describe it is by the time Friday came around I had some information that trust me on this it was very accurate base on not a source but someone that was going to be involved ...

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