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Why Bill Simmons was fired
A week after ESPN president John Skipper announced his decision to not renew Bill Simmons' contract, two primary theories have emerged for why ESPN is letting its most talked-about writer go.1....
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Bill Simmons is done working at ESPN
Bill Simmons has done his last work for ESPN, Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated reports.ESPN president John Skipper last week announced he was not renewing Simmons' contract. While the contract...
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Why being let go by ESPN is the best thing that could have happened for Bill...
The first time I read Bill Simmons was in the earliest days of his ESPN tenure; I was a displaced Bostonian living in New York City, and it was a thrilling experience, all that incorrigible homerism...
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ESPN legend Bob Ley rips up FIFA agenda in anger on live TV during election
ESPN's Bob Ley ripped up a FIFA press release on live TV Friday morning while discussing FIFA's presidential election, which Sepp Blatter won in a landslide.After FIFA delayed the start of its...
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ESPN's National Spelling Bee commentator predicts a huge change for next...
For two days each year, millions of viewers tune in to the Scripps National Spelling Bee to watch kids attempt to spell words like nunatak. Paul Loeffler, ESPN's lead spelling bee commentator and...
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Patriots Coach Bill Belichick avoids direct answers on deflated footballs
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Coach Bill Belichick shed little light Friday in his first public remarks since the report was issued on the Patriots' use of deflated footballs.He avoided direct answers to...
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Caitlyn Jenner will make first public appearance while being honored at the...
Caitlyn Jenner will make her first scheduled public appearance at the 2015 ESPYS on July 15, which will also air live on ABC. Jenner will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.The announcement from...
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This meme about a disabled Army vet losing to Caitlyn Jenner for an ESPN...
A meme that says Army vet Noah Galloway was the runner-up for Caitlyn Jenner's ESPY award has been making the rounds on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.The only issue: ESPN has confirmed that it is...
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Yahoo paid $20 million to stream a bad NFL game for free
Yahoo will stream Week 7's NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars for free online, the NFL announced on Wednesday.It's the first time the league has sold broadcasting rights to a...
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American Pharoah becomes the first Triple Crown winner in nearly 40 years
At long last, the Triple Crown drought is over.American Pharoah led all the way to win the Belmont Stakes by 5 ½ lengths on Saturday, becoming the first horse in 37 years to sweep the Kentucky Derby,...
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ESPN host Stephen A. Smith makes terrible joke about Women's World Cup...
Stephen A. Smith, ESPN's controversial host of "First Take," made a joke on air suggesting female soccer players at the Women's World Cup didn't try to block a free kick because they didn't want to...
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ESPN's Jason Whitlock is out at 'Black Grantland' before it even launched
ESPN's Jason Whitlock has been replaced as the head of TheUndefeated.com, the African-American-focused boutique site that he described as "Black Grantland" when the company hired him in 2013, ESPN...
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NBA Draft expert explains why teams are in love with Kristaps Porzingis — the...
The biggest mystery of Thursday night's NBA Draft is Kristaps Porzingis, a 19-year-old 7-footer from Latvia. While there are reasons to be skeptical, there are also good reasons why NBA teams have been...
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'Give me a break!': Donald Trump blasts media in sarcastic, taunting statement
Real-estate magnate Donald Trump is out with a fiery new statement mocking the media for its coverage of his presidential campaign.Trump's Tuesday statement focused on ESPN, which canceled an upcoming...
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Trump on the businesses dumping him: 'They'll be back'
Real-estate magnate Donald Trump predicted Tuesday that some of the businesses separating themselves from him will soon return."These people bailed because they want to be politically correct. Yeah, I...
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Giants' Jason Pierre Paul has right finger amputated, according to medical...
This story is only getting worse.After previous reports that a July 4th fireworks incident led to burns on the hands of New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, it now appears that he may have...
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ESPN is ditching Keith Olbermann as network tries to rescue its budget
Keith Olbermann is out at ESPN.Fewer than two years after the television personality returned to the network, Olbermann will get the boot, again, as ESPN struggles to trim its budget.The cost-cutting...
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There's some serious cost-cutting going on at ESPN — and it should make...
There are major cost-cutting measures underway at ESPN. And it should make everyone — yes, everyone: sports leagues, cable companies, advertisers, ESPN employees — nervous.According to a report from...
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A Trump-branded golf course in Puerto Rico has filed for bankruptcy
A Puerto Rican golf club branded with Donald Trump's name has filed for bankruptcy, Bloomberg's Dawn McCarty reported.The Trump International Golf Club Puerto Rico listed $9.2 million in assets against...
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ESPN saved $10 million by getting rid of 3 of its most recognizable names
Radio host Colin Cowherd is out at ESPN, becoming the third big name to not have his contract renewed by the network this summer.ESPN let go of Bill Simmons in May, four months before his contract...
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