All Summer long ESPN has been promoting an ESPN.com clickathon disguised as the search for TitleTown USA. The premise was simple. People nominated their city for the contest, the field was narrowed down to 20, and then the voting was left to the fans.
Well I hate to piss in the ESPN Kool-Aid, but the word is already out that Valdosta has been named TitleTown USA. It was supposed to be revealed at 6 p.m. tonight on Sportcenter, but evidently Valdosta is not very good at keeping secrets.
The only thing this contest proved is that Valdosta residents like to spend the Summer on ESPN.com, while beating the heat indoors. Oh, and it also gave me a reason to post this picture of Chris Berman sweating behind a bar.
From the worldwide leader of strange commercials come these behind the scenes photos. It looks like they are shooting some of our favorite commercials, but I can’t confirm that. I just wouldn’t be surprised if this was your typical Monday at ESPN 8, The Ocho.
Plenty more pics of Manny being Manny, Tony Romo, and Drew Brees after the break.
EBAY-Sexy swimsuit bikini worn by Kiana Tom for Pro Gym segments! Push up style bikini top and thong style bottoms, rare~signed on both the top and bottoms! Great for television memoribilia collectors! Includes signed photograph & certificate of authenticity.
Has Kiana Tom hit the skids and turned to selling her worn thong on Ebay to make ends meet? She’s going about this all wrong. A good smut peddler would throw in a signed photo of her wearing the outfit as well. Especially considering the fact that she want $69 for something she probably never wore.
She’s also selling a pair of socks? WTF? The only sock I could see selling is Curt Schilling’s bloody sock, complete with ketchup stains and a signed political rant. But who am I to talk, the bid on her smelly gym socks is already up to $17 if you include shipping.
Maybe I’ll bid on the auction, win it and then scare the shit out of my friends and family.
“You see those pink socks I’m wearing? They’re Kiana Tom’s!”
On my lunch break today I happened to be strolling by a camera crew near the Red Aeurbach statue in Faneuil Hall. Low and behold right before my eyes was ESPN’s Rachel Nichols. So in true stalker blogger fashion I whipped out my camera phone and started taking pictures.
As you can see the pictures suck, and I’m pretty sure Nichols thought I was stalking her. She was about to yell security just before the crew said, “Come on Rachel we need to go.”
Probably the funniest thing about the whole encounter was not me looking like a douchebag taking a million pictures with my cell phone. It was the fact that she couldn’t get out of Faneuil Hall before someone brought up the inevitable…
Guy: Hey Rachel thanks for the picture!
Rachel: Your welcome.
Guy: Hey is Erin Andrews in town? Where’s Erin? Ha ha ha.
So is it safe to say that Rachel Nichols is the Jan Brady of broadcasting? It’s always Erin, Erin, Erin!
What’s your cell phone number? I have to text something to you!
What ever happened to Sean Salisbury? Since ESPN cut him from their roster, Sean has been MIA. No longer does he insult John Clayton over the airwaves, show inappropriate cell phone pictures to co-workers, or take Miss Alaska Aleah Scheick under his wing.
ESPN wants you to love (or at least be interested in) NHL hockey again. What better way to spark your interest than hiring Hockey Night in Canada host Don Cherry and his pink suit to compliment Barry Melrose’s mullet.
The only thing I learned from this segment is that Cherry has some funny taste in clothing, Detroit is a Redneck town, and everyone wants rock’em sock’em hockey. I give it one week before Cherry challenges Melrose to an “I quit” steel cage wrestling match.
Very steamy and sticky indeed Mr. McEnroe. I’m wondering if Chris Fowler got an earful from his wife (Jennifer Dempster) when he got home. Everyone knows that Jennifer was always competing with a cast of blonds on the set of Bodyshaping, and hearing Fowler adjust his crotch grunt and moan to this blond, couldn’t have gone over well.
I wonder how this conversation went. Was Warren hitting on Rachel Nichols, or was she showing him some crazy pictures that she took the night before. Stranger shit has happened in South Beach, and it looks like Warren may have been making the rounds. In the picture with Maria Menounos he’s not even attempting to conceal the fact that he’s looking to see if she has chesticles.
You’ve probably seen Howie Schwab on ESPN’s “Stump the Schwab” hosted by Stuart Scott. The premise is simple. The Schwab is a vast resource of useless information and body odor, and his opponents must defeat him in a game of sports trivia or face the consequences. I’m guessing that these girls lost in a round of “Dodge the Schwab”.
For future reference, if you ever make it on Stump the Schwab, and Stuart Scott asks “What is the Schwab’s favorite karaoke song?”, the answer is “Lady Marmalade” (see the TV screen below).
