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DJ Steve Porter mixed commercials for the NBA during the playoffs last year. I interviewed him here about the experience. “Press Hop” was a YouTube video he published that originally got the NBA’s attention, and now he has released a sequel. Here’s Press Hop 2:

Here’s the original Press Hop:

ESPN also did a [...]

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ESPN deletes story one reporter wrote about “wild” LeBron Vegas party.
MITCH BLATT
I reported last week on how ESPN had a record of cowtowing to LeBron James.
As noted:

[ESPN writer Tom] Friend didn’t get his facts wrong but LeBron felt he portrayed his mother, Gloria, in an unfavorable light. From that day forward, LeBron put The Magazine [...]

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I’ve been away for a few weeks so before I chime on the baseball pussies, what on earth was that hot dog fiasco a few weeks ago?
No cost cutting or scrimping here.
Takeru Kobayashi, the Japanese glutton, spent a night in jail after causing a disturbance at the annual pigathon known as Nathan’s Hot Dog [...]

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It’s the freakin weekend baby, just past midway in the baseball season, weeks after LeBron’s decision, and the Tour de France is the only other thing besides baseball…
So to spice things up, we bring you… TAIWAN NEWS!!!
This is all from NMA News, a Taiwan gossip network that makes hilarious animations of recent events.
First, here’s a [...]

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A LeBron-related entity reportedly paid Jim Gray’s expenses related to his appearance questioning James on “The Decision,” but the whole set up of the show itself gives ESPN incentive to cover James favorably.
CNBC reported last week that Jim Gray, LeBron James’ interviewer during their greatly criticized “The Decision” special, was paid for expenses by LeBron [...]

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Maureen Dowd, who last week wrote a column on Miami’s Hoops Cartel wrote about George Steinbrenner’s opinion of Seinfeld, and apparently Steinbrenner really is just like the version of himself portrayed on Seinfeld.
According to Dowd’s column, Steinbrenner didn’t want to be appear in the show and was confused when he say George Costanza’s name in [...]

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Why spurn a city, leave the NBA hating you, and your other suitors bitter? This is why!

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With the Midsummer Classic in the books, there’s no better time to look ahead.  Here’s What we know, what I forsee, and what will happen (maybe)
SCOTT JACOBS
The All Star Game in Anaheim, Los Angeles United States of America, Planet Earth was a real clunker yesterday.  3-1 for an All Star Game?  That’s like going [...]

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