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Commentator Admits She Made Up Sideline Reports

Fellow sportscasters say they're stunned, disappointed by Charissa Thompson's remarks

(Newser) - Fox Sports host Charissa Thompson has made herself very unpopular with fellow sportscasters by admitting that she made up quotes from coaches when she was a sideline reporter. Thompson, who also hosts Amazon Prime's Thursday Night Football, told the " Pardon My Take " podcast that she would sometimes...

Tuesday's MLB Game Will Be a Historic One

Game on Tuesday between Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays will be called entirely by women

(Newser) - Melanie Newman is already a pioneer in MLB broadcasting, serving as the play-by-play radio announcer for the Baltimore Orioles since last year, and making history last month as the second woman ever to do the same for a nationally broadcast MLB game (Suzyn Waldman famously did so in the mid-'...

Reporter's Disappearance May Be Tied to Meds

Cops say 29-year-old Courtney Roland, who was found safe, is still 'pretty confused'

(Newser) - A Texas reporter found safe after being reported missing over the weekend may have had a bad reaction to medications she was taking, the Houston PD now says. Per People , a police spokesman told a presser Monday that Courtney Roland may still be suffering the effects of the medication and...

Playboy to Ines Sainz: Pose Nude For Us!

That's sure to make her feel better about this whole fiasco

(Newser) - Ines Sainz didn’t like being ogled by New York Jets players , but she certainly wouldn't mind being ogled by Playboy readers, right? The magazine must think so, because it extended a formal offer to the reporter to pose nude—and the payday is “pretty big,” a...

Ines Sainz Controversy Shouldn't Be One
 Ines Sainz Controversy 
 Shouldn't Be One 
Sally Jenkins
Sep 16, 2010 9:57 AM CDT

Ines Sainz Controversy Shouldn't Be One

And shame on you, Rush Limbaugh and Keith Olbermann

(Newser) - The dumb controversy over Mexican reporter Ines Sainz being subjected to the "juvenile conduct" of some New York Jets should have ended when the team owner apologized, writes veteran sports columnist Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post . It didn't, and Sainz—who deserves part of the blame for keeping...

Feds: Erin Andrews Stalker Targeted 46 Other Women

Michael Barrett taped 16, ran checks on 30 more

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors say the man who stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shot nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole videotaped 16 other women and ran background checks on 30 others, including female sports reporters and TV personalities. According to a sentencing memo filed yesterday, Internet background checks...

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