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October:  Fin . [Fin.]
October: Fin . [Fin.]
We produce a lot of posts every month. Most of them disappear quickly. Some of them don't. Here are the 10 most popular posts from October, ranked low to high. A man has to have goals — for a day, for a lifetime — and that was this man's: to have people say, "There goes frozen, ...
ESPN vs. Deadspin: Sports-Media Spat Turns Ugly Online
ESPN vs. Deadspin: Sports-Media Spat Turns Ugly Online
time.com — The recent revelation that ESPN baseball analyst (and former Mets executive) Steve Phillips carried out an extramarital... affair with a young production assistant, who then allegedly stalked his family, was shocking enough — enough, in fact, to get ... (more) ESPN vs. Deadspin: Sports-Media Spat Turns Ugly Online
Bill Walton Will Not Be Back With ESPN
Bill Walton Will Not Be Back With ESPN
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com — It's not a firing situation, but Bill Walton will not be returning to ESPN to cover the... NBA. Walton has been dealing with back issues for years now (the reason for his original departure from ESPN), and has subsequently made the personal decision to ... (more) Bill Walton Will Not Be Back With ESPN
The ESPN Years
6.midmajority.com — History, as Winston Churchill once said, is written by the victors. I disagree. That only holds true... for the quick sweeps of human affairs, the kind in schoolbooks and multiple-choice tests. Interesting failures have more to teach us; the trajectories ... (more) The ESPN Years
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Deadspin Loves Itself, and Herm Snatches Away the Vibrator
Herm's Perm: Overpaid to Underperform — ... But then the Deadspin story hit - and logged more than 55,000 hits within 24 hours. As a result, we immediately had hopes for the elite "October: Fin." post. Aspirations as provocative as top-5 supremacy. Why? Because our assumption was that Deadspin couldn't possibly count every single separate ESPNHornDoggeryPost as uniquely separate. They were all about the same Bristol Bullshit. ...

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thebiglead.com 10/26/2009 — Steve Phillips, whose affair with ESPN staffer Brooke Hundley was exposed last week, has been fired from ESPN. This email came arrived at 8:26 pm from ESPN PR: Steve Phillips is no longer working for ESPN. His ability to be an effective ...
Deadspin’s assault on ESPN
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BREAKING NEWS: Steve Phillips Fired From ESPN
fangsbites.com 10/26/2009 — Happening now, just getting word that ESPN has terminated Baseball Tonight analyst for his affair with a 22 year old production assistant. From ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys who put this on his Twitter account: Steve Phillips is no longer working for ESPN. His ability to be an effective rep of ...
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duelingcouches.blogspot.com 10/26/2009 — "Baseball analyst Steve Phillips was fired by ESPN on Sunday night, less than a week after he admitted having an affair with a production assistant at the cable network. A representative for Phillips also announced the former Mets general manager was entering a treatment facility "to address ...
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