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I can’t stop watching that video of Rick Reilly demanding that Stuart Scott credit him for a tweet. God, just look at those words: “Rick Reilly demanding that Stuart Scott credit him for a tweet.” I got depressed just typing that. Can you imagine such an indignity five years ago? What in the world happened?
It has been more than five years since ESPN signed Reilly -- considered at the time the most influential, respected sportswriter in the country, at least among dentist’s offices -- to a $17 million contract (“ballplayer money,” Reilly called it) and needless to say, the deal has been a disaster for both sides. Signed during a time when ESPN: The Magazine was trying to steal away Sports Illustrated’s top columnist, and such a...
In October, Doug Gottlieb, a radio host and basketball analyst who'd decamped for CBS the previous month after nine years with ESPN, went on The Dan Patrick Show and dropped something of a truth bomb about his time in Bristol: I... more »
Walt Disney reported fourth quarter earnings Thursday that matched Wall Street estimates, but the stock is down more than 5% Friday after revenues came up just short of expectations. Disney is a wildly diverse company with theme... more »
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