Wait, So It's Wrong To Ask A Guy About A Phone Call He Had With His Dead Mentor?
AwfulAnnouncing — Man, you know that feeling you get right before a cringe-worthy moment happens? Well, this takes that to a whole new level. Danyelle Sargent is a sideline reporter for FOX and yesterday she was set on getting Mike Singeltary's thoughts on a dinner he had with his "mentor" following his hiring by the 49ers. One small problem....Bill Walsh passed away over a year ago. ...

Hot Clicks: It's a Marisa Miller Monday
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“Coach, I Hear Walter Payton’s Liver Is Functioning Magnificently. Comments?”
Tirico Suave — Awkward moments make me swell with joy like parents at a graduation. Via Awful Announcing .

NESW Sports Headlines 10/27/2008
NESW Sports, Sports Videos — Hello, I’m Ethan Jaynes and you’re not. Here are today’s Headlines. 15 Greatest Sports Broadcasting Bloopers < on 205th NFL Mid Season Nintendo awards <NE Pats Draft Did Miss America curse the Lions < The World of Isaac Sports in the 80’s Youtube < Red Sox Monster I like Singletary a lot < Moondog Sports NBA Headlines This vid will get you jacked up for the regular season < Ball Don’t Lie Odds ...

Yesterday not a great one for sideline reporters
Shutdown Corner — Here's a fine moment in broadcast journalism with a reporter who seems to have forgotten where 49ers coach Mike Singletary spent his playing days. After the jump is another fine flub from Pam Oliver. She isn't blonde nor particularly old, so it's difficult to attach easy labels to her gaffe after halftime of yesterday's Giants-Steelers contest, as Troy Aikman glibly attempts to do. Thanks to Awful Announcing and Hot Clicks.

Mike Singletary Asked If He Called Bill Walsh After He Was Named 49ers Head Coach
FanIQ Blog — Mike Singletary had a really bad day yesterday. He spent his first game as head coach of the 49ers getting pounded by the hapless Seahawks and he had to inform the media about why he ordered Vernon Davis to get the hell off of the field. But it was apparently even worse than that. Before the game, a reporter had some interesting - and completely awkward - questions for Singletary. Let's listen in. Obviously, we have two problems here. One is that Walsh was never a mentor of Singletary's, and two, Walsh has been dead for more than a year. Yikes. Whatever dreams this reporter had of ...

Bill Walsh Sends Mike Singletary Words of Encouragement From Beyond the Grave
The Sporting Blog — There are sideline slip-ups like the one Pam Oliver made yesterday, forgetting what she was going to say on live television. And then there are sideline slip-ups like this one made by a FOX reporter prior to the 49ers game: ...

Video: Bad Days For Danyelle Sargent And Pam Oliver
You Been Blinded - Now in Dazzling HD — • Danyelle Sargent and Pam Oliver fumble during NFL on FOX broadcasts It’s killing me to write this post but sometimes we have to hurt the ones we love. Both Danyelle Sargent and Pam Oliver made the Black Erin Andrews list, and yesterday they both made mistakes on the NFL sidelines. First up, Danyelle Sargent. She’s working her way back on the scene after being fired from ESPN for saying “What the fukk was that?” during a live broadcast, and she’s followed that performance with a gem. Danyelle is talking to San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike ...

So Mike, How Did That Call to Walsh Go?
49ersNews.com — Wow, just wow…

Mike Singletary had an interesting day
Hail Mary Jane — Ok so yesterday must have been a tough day for 49ers head coach Mike Singletary. First his day starts off innocently enough with this interview. Ok so he had an airhead girl interviewing him. He can move on and have a productive day after that right? Wrong. During the 49ers loss to the Seahawks, Mike and his young tight end Vernon Davis got into it after Vernon got a pretty stupid penalty. Well after Mike went over and had a word with him, Davis took his stuff and left for the locker room and didn't return, I imagine that he probably cried back there. The video below is the press ...

The Singletary Rant Reeeeeeeeemiiiixxxxx!
Kissing Suzy Kolber — Ah, the trusty chestnut that is dubbing one piece of pop culture ephemera over another to point out their likeness in a humorous fashion. You know I love it. But what got Mike Singletary so worked up is not the listless play of bustastic former Terp Vernon Davis, but his angsty conversation with Bill Walsh from beyond the grave. Observe after the jump. Thanks to Hot Clicks.

Video: Fox Sideline Reporter Asks Mike Singletary About Bill Walsh [WOW!]
Sportaphile — This video is both outrageously funny and bad enough to make you cringe all at the same time. I felt slightly uncomfortable the first time I saw, but I still laughed. This reporter (who kinda looks like Megan Good), asks Mike Singletary about talking to his mentor Bill Walsh when he became head coach. The problem is Bill Walsh is not his mentor and he’s been dead for a while now. She was supposed to say Mike Nolan… What makes it 10x worse is when she goes “wait… what did I do wrong???”. Bitch… you are working the sidelines of a San Francisco 49er game and you don’t know that their greatest coach of all ...

They Will Let ANYONE on TV. This woman should be fired immediately!
The Mile High Report — They Will Let ANYONE on TV. This woman should be fired immediately!

If You Needed Any Further Evidence of the Uselessness of Sideline Reporters
FanHouse — Filed under: 49ers, NFC West, NFL Media Watch, NFL VideoIt's long been established that, outside of tight pants and nice bodies (I'm talking about you, Craig Sager!) sideline reporters add nothing of value to the experience of watching a sporting event. The least we could ask of them, however, is that they have the slightest bit of knowledge about the games they cover. Judging from the way he lambasted Vernon Davis, Mike Singletary let this dimwit off much too easy. Insulting every fan, the guy you're interviewing and Bill Walsh's ...

Danielle Sargent, huge fan of the NFL
The Sports Hernia Blog — UPDATE: The video is no longer available but Sargent said to Singletary, "I heard Bill Walsh was the first to call and congratulate you." Errrrrrr, yeah. Well done!  Here are some other poignant words Danielle could've said to other league personalities if Fox had the ability to transport her all over the country yesterday:"Coach Lewis, you guys just lost to the Texans 35-6.  Do you think Paul Brown is happy he's dead?""So Darth Raider, you're 2-5 now and have roughly 20 wins in your last 90 games.  Are you surprised Al Davis isn't dead yet?""Way to pull out the victory, Chad.  What would be your first words to Dan Marino if he were still with us today?""Ok ...

Mike Singletary had an interesting Sunday.
Clubhouse Cancer — First, the new 48ers coach has to put up with this ridiculous interview from a brain-dead moron named Danyelle Sargent: UPDATE: We see YouTube has pulled this vid. This dimwit asks Singletary what the first thing he told his “mentor” Bill Walsh when he first got the job. Just proves you can still blow your way to the middle at ...

Mike Singletary Asked About His 'Mentor,' Who Is Dead
RealClearSports - Blog — Believe it or not, new 49ers head coach Mike Singletary was involved in two memorable video clips yesterday. Of course, there was his tirade after the game, which is quickly making its way into the collection of all-time coaching blow-ups. Well, before that, he was interviewed by FOX sideline reporter Danyelle Sargent, and it did not go well. In the area of fact-checking, I'd think "making sure the person in question is still alive" would be near the top of the list.

Not Just Another Pretty Face [NFL]
Deadspin — Hooo boy. The reporter here — I'm pretty sure — is Danyelle Sargent of Fox, making the Gaffe of the Season so far. And what makes this more sad/amusing is the fact that Sargent was involved in a controversy while at ESPN in 2006 when, thinking her mic was dead, blurted "What the fuck was that?" while still on the air. So here's another one for the scrapbook. Now what probably confused the young lady was this quote, in which Singletary once said that, when first contemplating a career in coaching, the first call he made was to Bill Walsh. But the fact that she didn't know Walsh ...

Monday Night Stuffage
Fang's Bites — I think I can see a light at the end of the tunnel in my horrific work stretch. I believe I can resume my Amazing Race episode recaps in about a week or so. That would be good. In the meantime, I'll provide some links and then shortly after that, I'll provide some press release reading for you. The guys at Deadspin come up with a gem in which MLB.com's Harold Reynolds is heard wanting to slap ESPN's Steve Phillips. Classic soundbite. Thanks to Awful Announcing for that link. Scott Miller of CBSSports.com talks with Fox Sports' Head Honcho Ed Goren about the ratings for Game 3 of the World Series. The Sports Media ...

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Danyelle Sargent Crashed and Burned on ESPN and Now Fox … What’s Next, CBS?
The Big Lead — Are you in the camp that feels sorry FOX’s Danyelle Sargent, who memorably dropped an F-bomb on ESPN two years ago, and this weekend, completely bungled an interview with 49ers coach Mike Singletary? Do you feel bad that anytime she walks into a job interview in the next 15 years, this is all anyone’s immediately going to think of? (For what it’s worth, Singletary and Bill Walsh did have a friendly relationship.) Or do you lean toward the side of, “you can never say the F word when you’re wearing a mic, and homework is necessary. The ...

SARGENT ADDRESSES HER OFF-AIR ERROR
ProFootballTalk.com — FOX’s Danyelle Sargent could have hid under a blanket all week after her off-air mistake while conducting a sideline interview of 49ers coach Mike Singletary.  She opted instead to face the situation straight on, appearing Tuesday morning on The Dan Patrick Show . During Sunday’s pre-taped interview, Sargent mistakenly said that Singletary called his mentor Bill Walsh after being hired last week as the interim head coach of the team.  The problem is that Walsh died last year.  (Despite popular belief that the video has been taken down, it’s still available right here ...

Mike Singletary, What a Swell Guy - He Put Family Before Football, and Look at Him Now!
The Big Lead — San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Singletary is a hero to us all - the kind of guy willing to drop his pants in the locker room to inspire greatness; the kind of guy who doesn’t make a sideline reporter feel bad as she makes two painful-to-watch errors; and the kind of guy who was a dominant, a heat-seeking missile of a middle linebacker who won a Super Bowl and made it to the Hall of Fame. And he saved his crumbling marriage to the woman who once said, “I’d sure like to meet someone like him who is white.” One morning at the kitchen table Kim laid it all ...