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Thursday, March 28th, 2013Gronk read teleprompter: “Robert Griffin’s third recovery.” [USAT Sports]
Good story about the Nats’ two-man analytics department. [Nats Journal]
Five questions for the O’s heading into Opening Day. [B'more Sports Report]
SI is projecting 82 wins for the O’s. Here’s their Birds preview. [SI.com]
Wiz overmatched at OKC as Wall struggles to follow 47-point game. [WaPo]
Good stuff on how [...]
That Insane Rob Parker-RGIII Video Everyone’s Talking About
Thursday, December 13th, 2012Just parking this here in case you hadn’t seen it (via Awful Announcing, SB Nation, USA TODAY Sports and pretty much everywhere by now).
‘Strasburg Shouldn’t Be Shut Down,’ Says Bad ESPN Logic
Sunday, August 5th, 2012This ESPN Stats & Info blog post (“a must-read for everyone at ESPN”!) is too much to bear, so off we go, Fire Joe Morgan-style …
In all likelihood, 24-year-old Stephen Strasburg’s season will end within weeks with the Washington Nationals likely in a fierce pennant race.
If the Nationals were to reverse course and allow Strasburg [...]
Ten Questions With ESPN Honcho And D.C. Sports Fan Rob King
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011Today’s guest here on Mr. Irrelevant is Rob King, who’s the Senior VP, Editorial, Print and Digital Media for ESPN. Meaning, he’s the top editor for all of ESPN’s online, mobile and print efforts. Meaning, he’s a pretty big deal.
He’s also a longtime D.C. sports fan and a nice guy, so he agreed to answer [...]
Scott Van Pelt Is Aware of Our Existence
Thursday, January 27th, 2011Finally, my brother’s bizarre obsession with the weather nets him something other than mockery from loved ones — a shoutout from Scott Van Pelt:
Mottrams should kill SB Nation or Mottram bros kill it? I’ll go with the latter.
That was quite nice of SVP, and it was in response to Chris retweeting something Van Pelt had [...]
Boo Yah! Stuart Scott Nails It With His New Nickname for the Nats
Thursday, May 13th, 2010This was linked in today’s DMV, but it really deserves a post all its own. Via Tirico Suave and SB Nation, dig Stu Scott’s new nickname for the Nationals:
“Natsies!” Oh, that’s rich. Who says Mr. Other Side of the Pillow doesn’t have any witticisms left in his arsenal? Actually, everyone says that, but it’s I [...]
DMV: WUSA’s Sara Walsh ESPN-Bound?
Friday, February 12th, 2010Scott Van Pelt Introduces the Terrapins
Friday, January 29th, 2010I’m not sure why SportsCenter gave Chris’ old friend/Maryland grad Scott Van Pelt four minutes and 20 seconds (4:20!) to fawn all over the first-place Terps, but it did (via Testudo Times):
If you’re a Maryland fan, you loved that. If you’re not, hopefully you at least recognize how cool that must’ve been for SVP and [...]
Exclusive: Copy of Jon Gruden’s MNF Analysis Cheet Sheet
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Sure, Jon Gruden has finished off the job started by Tony Kornhesier of making Monday Night Fooball completely insufferable, but really, it’s not his fault. He’s just going by the chart. Like when Joe Gibbs used to go for two in the third quarter.
According to a totally real source that we definitely made up, this [...]
Mr. Irrelevant Wins Major Award
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Just received this email from a SportsNation producer:
Everyday on SportsNation we name a site we like as our site of the day, and today Mr. Irrelevant is our big winner. We air at 4pm ET on ESPN2 today – feel free to tell your readers.
See? We’re big winners, which is nice, even if I [...]