Showing posts with label ESPN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ESPN. Show all posts

Friday, September 20, 2013

Andy Reid gets weird with Sal Paolantonio in postgame interview (VIDEO)

Things got a little pushy and a lot weirder as Kansas City Chiefs new coach Andy Reid made his way through the postgame scrum of reporters and photographers after his team had just defeated his former team the Eagles, 26-16, on his old stomping grounds at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

When ESPN's Sal Paolantonio approached the coach —after what had to be a gratifying and emotional victory — Reid went out of his way to avoid speaking to him. Reid even instructed a couple of bodyguards to lead interference for him.



Reid made no such fuss about getting hooked up with NFL Network's Alex Flanagan seconds later though.  Was Paolantonio jock-blocking Flanagan — whose network broadcast the game?

Still a very strange television moment.

Compare with the Alex Flanagan interview.


Saturday, September 14, 2013

Spikeball players videobomb David Pollack during PTI interview

During ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption" Friday, a couple of Texas A&M students videobombed ESPN analyst David Pollack — during his interview with hosts Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon — with a game of Spikeball.



While talking about A&M's Johnny Manziel's chances against the Alabama defense, two guys set up the mini-trampoline behind Pollack and proceeded to bounce the ball back and forth.



The backyard sport —which has been called "volleyball's distant cousin" is played on grass, sand or just about any surface but, with spikeball, you bounce the ball off the net first.

I had never heard of the game until the PTI videobomb, but found out it's pretty popular on beaches and college campuses.

Monday, July 22, 2013

USA Today still has high hopes for Hernandez as Patriots 'X' factor

It looks like USA Today didn't hear the news.  According to a tweet by ESPN's Adam Schefter, the newspaper's NFL 2013 preview issue still wasn't aware about the stories out of Boston concerning accused murderer Aaron Hernandez when they went to press last week.



Maybe with all of the excitement about Tim Tebow coming to town and everything — the story just got lost. It might be the right time to tell them about that whole other Titanic thing.


Schefter was then alerted to ESPN's own gaffe by an alert Twitter follower. Ouch.






Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Fight breaks out in stands during Home Run Derby interview (VIDEO)

When you combine Mike Piazza, the Mets and big events — tempers just seem to flare.

That's what happened during the Home Run Derby at Citi Field Monday night after a wrestling match broke out in the stands while the former Mets catcher was being interviewed by ESPN. And no, Roger Clemens wasn't in the house.



Watch as these two fat guys tussle in the cheap seats behind the ESPN desk while their equally inept buddies try to pry them apart.

Live from New York ...  it's Monday Night Fights!


Friday, July 12, 2013

Dolphins' rookie asks ESPN: Where are the fat people in 'The Body Issue?'

One NFL rookie wants to "super-size" ESPN The Magazine's ‘Body Issue’ which hit the stands this week.

Miami Dolphins' heavyweight A.J. Francis took one look at the perfectly sculpted bodies in the annual issue and wondered, "where are all the fat people?" via his Twitter account.

The former Maryland star stands 6 foot, 5 inches tall and weighs 309 pounds.



The not so svelte defensive lineman started his Twitter conversation with this:









Francis sounded a little litigious in one of his last sarcastic tweets. The notorious Twitter user thumbed out:

"I have a hell of a discrimination lawsuit on my hands ... Your move Walt Disney"

Is it time for bigger people to bare it all?  One XXX-Large man thinks so.

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Aaron Rodgers doesn't take kindly to being confused for murder suspect Aaron Hernandez


Aaron Rodgers took to his Twitter account after he was confused for accused murderer Aaron Hernandez during a live segment on ESPN Wednesday. Reporter Jeremy Schaap referred to Aaron Hernandez as Aaron Rodgers during a breaking newscast.





Rodgers' dismayed tweet:



Reportedly, it was Rodgers' first tweet in five days. So it doesn't seem like Rodgers saw Schaap's mistake happen live, though. The slip up happened around 4:15 p.m. ET and Rodgers didn't tweet about it until over five hours later.

As soon as Rodgers did tweet about it, though, Schaap was quick to respond about his mental lapse:




You'll be glad to know everything is all well and fine in the NFL once again