Chris Berman Is Somewhat Perturbed With The Help [Chris Berman]
deadspin.com 1/31/2008 — We have no idea why it has taken eight years for this video to come out ... but we think it was worth the wait.

EXPN: Remember September
expn.go.com 2/1/2008 — by Jon Coen: The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic coasts of the United States are extreme. I'm not talking extreme in the shovel racing sense of the word, but extreme in the literal sense—extreme (adj) going to great or exaggerated lengths; exceeding the ordinary or expected. There are not many places where people surf in board shorts in the summer and 5 mil wetsuits in the winter.

(Update - FEB'08) XETV news in San Diego refuses to show X GAMES; claims they're "not real sports", but that Red Bull stunts ARE (and they DO show ALL of those!)
ballhype.com 2/1/2008 — February 3 --- Update: So, XETV ( San Diego's "Fox 6" ) never mentioned the 2008 Winter X Games including the local superstar Shaun White and his Gold Medal run on Sunday night..., But on Thursday night (January 31), they showed a 'Red Bull Crashed Ice' event , which anchor (and XETV Sports Director) CS Keys was calling a new extreme sport that was ...

ESPN The Magazine WINTER X GAMES Features (pdf version)
expn.go.com 2/2/2008 — GRETCHEN BLEILER grabbed her some Gold at 2008 Winter X Games in Aspen, CO this weekend. --- With this issue of ESPN The Magazine, she becomes the first action sports female athlete ever featured on the cover. --- Here are 11 downloadable pages of WINTER X GAMES features from the new ESPN The Magazine, including the cover story "The Gretchen Bleiler Show"... =) ENJOY

Will on Bill. Interview with Will Leitch on New Book, ESPN and Bill Simmons
laist.com 2/5/2008 — Will Leitch, editor of Deadspin was interviewed by LAist today. In the interview Will talks about the Super Bowl, ESPN, his new book and Bill Simmons. "I think the blogs haven't given Bill the respect he deserves but I also don't think Bill gives the blogs the credit that they deserve."

ESPN ANSWERS WISH OF AILING GIANTS FAN — NY Post: Sports 2/3/2008
CHARITY, we're occasion ally reminded, is its own re ward. To give anony mously, no press releases attached, is the purest act of kindness. There's a 12-year-old boy from New Jersey who has to beat big odds to make it to 14. His name and affliction...