by Sydney Smith on Aug 25, 2014
Wash Post Says ‘insulting’ Redskins name blocked on editorial page
The Washington Post announced Aug. 22 that it will no longer use the name "Redskins," the hometown National Football League...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 23, 2014
Austrian football team Like Hitler? Incest rapist Josef Fritz? Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet ‘unbelievably thoughtless’
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet apologized after one of its columnists compared a football [soccer] team to both Adolf Hitler and the...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 20, 2014
Dutch newspaper posts fake death story for soccer player Johan Cruyff
A Dutch newspaper wrongly reported that Johan Cruyff died, The Guardian reported. Cruyff is "Holland's most famous (and best) football...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 09, 2014
ESPN’s Max Kellerman suspended after admitting slapping then-girlfriend
ESPN suspended radio host Max Kellerman after he confessed to slapping his girlfriend-at-the-time many years ago, according to the Hollywood...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2014
Editor Blames Her Ghost Writer for Plagiarizing in Muscle & Fitness Hers Mag blogpost
Muscle & Fitness Hers magazine unpublished at least two blog posts after discovering they were plagiarized, Media Bistro's Fishbowl NY...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 08, 2014
ESPN’s Dan LeBatard Suspended after LeBron James billboard stunt
ESPN TV and radio host Dan LeBatard was suspended for two days after he rented a billboard and tried to...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 06, 2014
Aboriginal Surfer has ‘ape-ish face’? Surfer Life Mag offers ‘apologies to Indigenous community’
Surfer Otis Carey has filed his second lawsuit against the media over a profile that called him "apeish" and that...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 29, 2014
Women provoke abuse? ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith suspended after apology
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith apologized on air yesterday for suggesting women "provoke" assault, The Guardian reported. An ESPN spokesperson just emailed...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 13, 2014
Sleeping Yankees Fan sues ESPN, Major League Baseball & Yankees
A man who was shown on national TV sleeping during a Yankees-Red Sox game has filed a lawsuit against ESPN,...