data-mm-id=”_5wsp4kzao”>The legends of Albert Belle are vast and unbecoming. There was the time he threatened to kill trick-or-treaters as he ran them off his lawn in a car. Or the time a teammate turned down the temperature in the clubhouse and Belle, who liked a sub-60 temperature, stood up, turned it back down and then smashed the thermometer with his bat. And most famously, he cursed out Hannah Storm and other reporters before Game 3 of the 1995 World Series. But on this day in 1996, Belle took it a step further with the media, hitting a photographer with a baseball. The legend goes that Sports Illustrated was writing a feature on Belle, who told SI writer Michael Babberger that "Sports Illustrated can kiss my black ass." Even though Babberger didn't get an interview…
data-mm-id=”_w4xo3ee2l”>Jim Rome and Jim Everett combined to create one of the most memorable moments in ESPN history 26 years ago today. Rome, who still a widely syndicated sports talk radio host, was hosting Talk2 on ESPN2. If you don't remember that show, that's OK. Talk2 ran from 1993 to 1998, but the show's Wikipedia entry exists only to mention the Rome – Everett confrontation. With good reason.April 6, 1994: Jim Everett goes after Jim Rome on ESPN2’s Talk 2 show (which was televised live). pic.twitter.com/DGKDiBgkbR— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) April 6, 2020Jim Everett appeared on the show thinking he would be interviewed by Roy Firestone, but was instead greeted by Rome, who had been calling him "Chris" for years. The reason? Everett,…
data-mm-id=”_5tmqulz6b”>There are a lot of talented reporters who break big stories in the NFL, but the two who break the most news, and usually the most important, are Ian Rapoport and Adam Schefter of the NFL Network and ESPN, respectively. Like high-profile professional athletes, these two are friends off the field and rivals on it, working tirelessly to beat the competition and report the next big piece of NFL news. But what if they went the athletic route and competed in a series of one-on-one competitions like route running? Who would win? Rapoport was asked a similar question in an AMA on Bleacher Report and offered the following response. “”I do my exercise on the Peloton, so I don’t know about sprints…I was a HS wrestler. If we wrestled, I think I’d have a good job. Now if w…
data-mm-id=”_9744b1hun”>The Golden State Warriors lost Klay Thompson to a torn right Achilles tendon on Wednesday and have been forced to remake their roster without him. On Thursday they agreed to a deal that will bring in Kelly Oubre from the Oklahoma City Thunder. While adding Oubre's skill will help Golden State, the franchise's luxury tax bill will explode as a result. The Golden State Warriors are finalizing a trade to acquire Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kelly Oubre, Jr., for a 2021 protected first-round pick, sources tell ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 20, 2020The Warriors already have a luxury tax bill of $66 million, but adding Oubre would increase that exponentially. He's set to make $14.4 million during the 2020-21 season and due to the way …
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