So a mini-spat has taken root in the world of Fantasy sports blogging. Baseball-centric site Razzball interviewed ESPN's Matthew Berry last week, but he wasn't too pleased with the results. In Berry's marathon ESPN chat, he was asked by a reader about the interview and he offered a long response as ...

The Starting Five's Michael Tillery unleashed Part II of his epic Skip Bayless interview and today we find out some of the reasons Skip became a full-blown Barry Bonds supporter. Blame it on Jeff Kent. Oh, and Rick Reilly. Starting Five: • [I]n April of 2001, Rick Reilly…then the columnist at Sp...

This is likely to be removed soon, so hurry: When you click on Mel Kiper's page today, you don't get Mel's NFL draft take. Unless the Matt Stafford debate includes a profane car ad (NSFW). A tipster just alerted us to the fact that when you click on the Tuesdays with Mel link, it takes you not to Me...

As the 2009 MLB season inches closer, you can see the fledgling MLB network really hitting its stride. Then last night likable host Matt Vasgersian said "fuck" into an open mic. Video after jump. newVideoPlayer("/F_Bomb.flv", 506, 423,""); Because of this incident, the network lost all of its sponso...

This past weekend was ESPN's annual shmooze-fest at Disney World, where fans of the network can interact with living, breathing ESPN talking heads and touch them to see if they're real. But the economy took a toll on the festivities this year, as instead of the usual big-time athlete VIP host, fans ...

Most of Bill Simmons' complaints over the last year were ESPN's strict podcast content guidelines and that he's not allowed to rip on other ESPN personalities. At least, not on his podcast. Well, after a recent appearance on Adam Carrolla's podcast, at least one of his wishes was granted. The Arena ...

Yesterday it was revealed that Tom Shales and James A. Miller, co-authors of the fascinating Live From New York! uncensored history of SNL are currently working on one about ESPN. Brace yourselves. The details about the book are sketchy at this point but according to Miller, they're still in the pro...

Before he was a professional devil's advocate on ESPN's morning yap programs, Skip Bayless was a semi-successful writer. And his ink-stained career is probably best remembered for pissing the shit out of Troy Aikman. Michael Tillery, in one of his patented lonnnng interviews spoke with Bayless about...

Update: Feb. 17, 2009 NYT: Sirius XM averts a close brush with bankruptcy, for now... Things looked irretrievable only a few weeks ago. Sirius XM Prepares Bankruptcy Filing Meanwhile, equity investors have already been effectively wiped out in the past two years, losing more than 95% of their value....

Newsday's Neil Best caught up with Rick Reilly to talk about ESPN's "Mt. Rushmore Of Sports" thing and, of course, the conversation turned toward Reilly's favorite topics again: Bill Simmons and blogs. In the interview, Reilly attempted to put to rest all of these notions that he and the Sports Fell...