BallHype SmorgasBlog 05.17.08
ballhype.com 5/17/2008 — -- Bill Simmons has some angry words for ESPN -- LeMom gets a timeout   -- OJ Mayo's entourage giving out freebies. Why wasn't I informed?? -- High fives during any time is awesome   -- Awh, he's a knucklehead   -- Giambi is a s e c r e t s -- T. Korn, as I like to call him, gots the dough   -- Oh, I almost got confused this Spurs court with a fish market ...

Bill Simmons Is Enjoying His "Rebellious" Status [Bill Simmons]
deadspin.com 5/19/2008 — Ever since his gauntlet-throwing interview with us last week , Bill Simmons has been doodling with his blogspot page . Amusingly, he seems to be drawing a parallel between himself and Tom Cruise's character in The Firm . He has a still of Cruise ...

ESPN The Remote Control?
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 5/20/2008 — They're just making stuff up now right? They have to be with this latest press release. I give you ESPN The Remote Control....just in time for Father's Day! ESPN Consumer Products, in conjunction with tvCompass, a provider of digital media ...

Bill Simmons Continues Passive-Aggressive Swipes At ESPN Via Blogspot [Media Meltdowns]
deadspin.com 5/21/2008 — As fascinatingly silly as this whole Bill Simmons online temper tantrum is — plus the inevitable change of direction Page 2 must undertake should he no longer write for them — it's getting pretty hilarious how conspicous he's being about ...

College Basketball | ESPN, WCC may move "Big Monday" game night to Thursdays
seattletimes.nwsource.com 5/22/2008 — ESPN and the West Coast Conference are in discussions that would move the WCC's weekly appearance on the network's "Big Monday" basketball lineup to Thursday nights, when it would compete with Pac-10 games on Fox Sports Net.

BELOW-AVERAGE JOE ONE MORE ESPN FLOP — NY Post: Sports 5/23/2008
IN a TV world gone nuts, ESPN is operating from the deep end. The nation's all-sports network (for crying out loud) has made both Monday Night Football and Sunday Night Baseball insufferable. ESPN has become the Sewing Channel, top heavy with...