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What is Sinclair Broadcasting? The conservative company demanding apology from Jimmy Kimmel over Charlie Kirk

Sinclair Broadcasting Group, the largest ABC affiliate in the country, took offense to Kimmel’s comments about Charlie Kirk

The Independent UK

The Top 25 College Football Scandals of the Past 25 Years

From criminal cases to NCAA infractions and viral dramas, college football has generated some of the most significant firestorms in sports in the past two decades.

Sports Illustrated

Delaware Judge Refuses To Dismiss Defamation Lawsuit Against Deadspin

Delaware judge allows defamation lawsuit against Deadspin for false racism accusations against a 9-year-old.

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Young Kansas City Chiefs Fan's (and Family's) Defamation Lawsuit Against Deadspin Based on Blackface Allegations Can Go Forward

To support the Chiefs, the young fan "wore Native American headdress, painted his face black and red, and donned a Chiefs jersey"; Deadspin said this was "black face" and showed "hate" towards "Black people and the Native Americans."

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Deadspin loses bid to toss defamation suit over article accusing young Chiefs fan of racism

A Delaware judge has refused to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against sports website Deadspin over an article accusing a 9-year-old NFL fan and his family of racism because of his game-day attire

The Independent UK

Hall of Fame QB furious with 49ers WR after drop

Following a drop at the end of the first half against the Jets, a Hall of Fame quarterback wasn't happy with a 49ers pass catcher.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Kamala Harris spurs meme frenzy on social media as Biden endorses her

Vice-president is favorite to replace president as Democrats’ nominee and the prospect is inspiring creativity online

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The 2024 Copa América game feed for USA-Uruguay started out so bad Stu Holden joked about it on the broadcast

Well, this was not optimal.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Is the US media layoffs phenomenon the next housing crisis?

The media sector’s challenges amplify shadow banks’ toll on the US economy and mirror the 2008 housing crisis.

Al Jazeera

Journalism is in freefall. These writers aren’t giving up: ‘We can go out swinging’

With layoffs ramping up across the media industry, reporters are trying a new model: co-operative newsrooms of their own

The Guardian - US

Young Kansas City Chiefs Fan Sues Deadspin Over Racism Allegations

From the Complaint filed today in Armenta v. G/O Media Inc. (Del. Super. Ct.): Nine-year-old H.A. loves the Kansas City Chiefs—and he loves his family's Chumash-Indian heritage. On November 26, 2023, H.A. displayed that love by attending the Chiefs-Raiders NFL football game wearing a Chiefs jersey and necklace, his face…

Reason

Trevor Bauer withdraws defamation suit after the Athletic amends story

LOS ANGELES — Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer withdrew his defamation suit against the Athletic on Tuesday after the website publicly stated it “did not intend to state or imply” that a woman who accused the pitcher of sexual assault two years ago suffered a fractured skull.

Los Angeles Times

Another Trevor Bauer defamation suit is thrown out

LOS ANGELES — Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer failed in another of his defamation cases Wednesday, when a New York judge dismissed a lawsuit he had filed against the website Deadspin and its managing editor.

Los Angeles Times

We Come in Full Praise of the Great Keith Hernandez and His Spot-On Analysis

He gets last laugh on the Phillies, and he has no use for exit velocity.

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Even Fox Knows Bringing Back Urban Meyer Is Completely Embarrassing

The network went out of its way to bury news it rehired disgraced Urban Meyer.

Sports Illustrated

CBS Is Using Its SEC Theme Song for Big Ten Games, and People Are Losing It

Fans have very strong feelings about CBS’s iconic college football theme song.

The Independent UK

Manti Te’o hoax: How did a college catfishing scandal become a Netflix hit?

A new Netflix documentary delves deeper into the bizarre hoax surrounding Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o

The Independent UK

Manti Te’o hoax: The catfishing scandal that shook college sports

A new Netflix documentary delves deeper into the bizarre hoax surrounding Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o

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The Independent UK

The truth behind the Manti Te'o fake girlfriend saga was even weirder than you thought

The strange story of Manti Te’o’s career at the University of Notre Dame has all the elements of an All-American sports film: faith, family, football ... and fraud. A new documentary explores the even more bewildering – and heartbreaking – tale behind one of the world’s most high-profile catfishing victims,…

USA Today Sports Media Group

Deadspin: Giants should start Tyrod Taylor over Daniel Jones

Deadspin makes the argument that the New York Giants should start Tyrod Taylor over Daniel Jones in 2022.

Chicago Sun-Times

Solid Netflix doc takes no sides in revisiting Manti Te’o and his girlfriend hoax

Two-part ‘Untold’ film reveals pain still felt by the former Notre Dame linebacker as well as the remorse of the catfisher who duped him.

The Guardian - US

The rise and fall of Deadspin: how ‘jerks in Brooklyn’ changed sports journalism

Deadspin blew up the tropes and traditions of old-school media, changing the industry by challenging the accepted narrative

Sports Illustrated

Netflix Shares Trailer for Doc on Manti Te’o Catfish Scandal

The shocking story of the hoax involving the Notre Dame linebacker will premiere later this summer.

Los Angeles Times

Another website asks court to throw out a Trevor Bauer defamation suit

LOS ANGELES — For the second time in 11 days, a website has asked a court to throw out a defamation suit filed by Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer.

Los Angeles Times

The Athletic asks court to toss Trevor Bauer's defamation suit

LOS ANGELES — On the day after a San Diego woman provided a court with medical records to support her allegation that Trevor Bauer had injured her during a sexual encounter, the Athletic reported the woman had shown "signs of a … skull fracture," citing the concern a doctor had…

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