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The upcoming “‘Outside the Lines” show on ESPN will feature several people who claim that Pacman ordered them shot. Once this information got out, Pacman was released from the Cowboys. Now? He might sue ESPN.
“It will be a lawsuit in a week against ESPN,” Jones said. “That’s stupid. It’s so stupid I [...]

Sources close to OTR have told OTR that OTR will be no more. It’s just not the same anymore and it wouldn’t fair to our loyal readers to continue to just go through the motions. We did have a great run though. We broke the Asante Samuel signing. We were the [...]

We never saw this before. In case you haven’t, here you go. Danyelle Sargent has an interesting comment towards the end. She clearly didn’t know she was on air:
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ESPN avoided a Favre story? PFT received a forwarded email from someone at ESPN who asked not to be identified. It’s a copy of the internal memo that was circulated with the hot news for the day. And near the story from Foxsports.com that said that Favre spend 60-90 minutes helping the [...]

Do not, under any circumstances, listen to a word ESPN’s Matt Berry has to say. I’m not joking. I watched this guy last year on ESPN’s pregame Countdown show or whatever and couldn’t believe what he was saying.
First of all, never trust a guy that pronounces a hard “g” in “Edgerrin.” The [...]

This happened a while ago and we reported it at the time, but we just found this photo on Deadspin and had to post it. Why does ESPN insist on employing such talentless hacks such as Jacobson? She got suspended for rocking the party and then making drunken jokes about catholics.
We might need [...]

ESPN….seriously, suck it. I hate you. I’m sitting here watching Mike Myers and Justin Timberlake do Fact or Fiction. ESPN, blow me.
I hope you are happy that you have thoroughly destroyed sports. Mike Myers is talking about golf while showing off his iPhone? Promoting “The Love Guru” while Timberlake talks [...]

Seriously, is the development of Joba Chamberlain a national event? Do his job duties need to be addressed every week on ESPN and Baseball Tonight? How many other teams are there in the Major Leagues that have a pitcher just like Joba going through the same situation?
This is exactly what is [...]

Thanks to Kevin for tipping us off on this one. Mark Madden of Pittsburgh’s ESPN Radio has been fired for his inflammatory comments regarding Senator Ted Kennedy.
“I’m very disappointed to hear Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts is near death because of a brain tumor,” said Madden. “I always hoped Senator Kennedy would live [...]

I’m waiting to get picked up to go to lunch, so I thought I’d post some sports bloopers. We can’t understand a single lyric of the song, but we imagine it has “sports bloopers” or “whoopsy daisy” in the chorus. Because then it would be relevant. Eat lunch at your desk and [...]

We can’t ignore the overwhelming support we are receiving from our biggest fan ‘barry.’ He is one of the main reasons that OTR is able to keep it going. His brilliant posting on comments and the respect he gives Micah and I is second to none. Furthermore, without hesitation we are giving [...]

I found this very interesting article on Bloomberg.com that is a must read. Before you click over and read it, let me provide an excerpt:
“Discoveries in genetics, physiology and nanotechnology are creating new challenges to definitions of cheating. Sports executives including Atlanta Falcons President Rich McKay and former World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound [...]

Well, he didn’t say it like that, but he makes a great point on ESPN’s black-or-white sports commentary. When asked by the Orlando Sentinel if it bothers him that ESPN has every journalist in the country on the payroll and asks them to take hard-line stances for the purposes of debate, Costas had this [...]

These two guys know their stuff. I was switching back between ESPN and the NFL Network this weekend during the NFL draft and ESPN was elementary compared to what Mayock and Schefter brought to the table for the NFL Network. Schefter has all the inside information and knew almost every pick before it [...]

Here’s a few of Emmitt Smith’s greatest quotes of all-time:
“Don’t worry about the game you just won or the team that we just blew out… uhhh… blown… blown out… Let’s think about what we need to do going forward, and they had… blown out.”
PHOTO CAPTION: “I wish people would understanded me. This has [...]

An odd thing happened over the past couple weeks. Famous people affiliated with sports (players, coaches, and analysts), started emailing me with questions and comments. It seems our fan base has spread across this great nation. I know all of you are pretty anxious to see exactly who emailed me, so let’s [...]

Tiger Woods sank another huge putt to take the Arnold Palmer Invitational. He teed off the 18th hole tied for the lead at minus nine with Bart Bryant. Bart Bryant is not an intimidating name. And it showed as Tiger hit a perfect tee shot, knocked his approach shot 25 feet, and [...]

We’ve received a bunch of emails complaining that OTR wasn’t long enough and didn’t display enough stories. People were upset that they had to click the “Archives” button to see the stuff they missed. Well, your whiny complaints have been heard! We expanded our home page of the blog to include the [...]

The mail hasn’t been delivered in two weeks, so before anyone gets all bent out of shape lets get right to it.
Bill, from Philadelphia: Do you really think the Eagles are going to get a wide receiver? Fitz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave, from Philadelphia: Which wide receiver are the Eagles gonna get?
Greg, from Philadelphia: What are the chances that [...]

I want to apologize for not getting Perry’s Mailbag up last Friday, especially to one of OTR’s dearest fans Lindsey. As most of you know, I was following the Asante Samuel story in Boston on Thursday night and continued my hot pursuit all day Friday until the early evening press conference around 5:00pm EST that [...]

Sean Salisbury will not be calling John Clayton the ‘crypt keeper’ as an ESPN employee anymore. In what has been long overdue, ESPN has dumped Salisbury like the turd he is. In my opinion, he has never said anything relevant or intelligent. All he liked to do was pick fights with little John Clayton and [...]

The new-look Phoenix Suns will be host to the new-look Los Angeles Lakers tonight at 9:00pm EST on ESPN. More importantly, Shaquille O’Neal welcomes Kobe Bryant to his new home court at the US Airways Center. Shaq joined the Suns on February 6th when he was traded for Shawn Marion, but has not [...]

I’ve been getting a ton of emails about how so much of the content goes off the main blog page so quickly because of new content. “My friend told me to check you’re stupid site because of some Brady Quinn gay story and nwo I can’t find it,” said one. Wow, that was [...]

Off the Record has a new feature, and it’s called Perry’s Mailbag. You can now email me directly with your thoughts on my sports opinions or just about anything you want. While I can’t answer every email, I will be addressing some of them on Off the Record. So, email away!
mperry_77@hotmail.com

by Chris Berman.  Please check the Off the Record archives for more fun with this ESPN mainstay.
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As you may know by now, Off The Record loves posting YouTube clips. ESPN’s Sean Salisbury personally insults John Clayton for no other reason than the fact that Clayton was putting up a good argument. By the way, Sean: Captain Obvious just isn’t funny anymore, and it never was. People who [...]

This is great. Thanks to whoever put this together. I think it was really only a matter of time.
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I absolutely just had to add this. The quality is terrible, but it gets the point across. I think I’m at the point where I feel bad for the guy. I’ve heard announcers butcher the King’s English in the past, but Emmitt takes it to a new level. The University of [...]

This is hilarious. It contains some colorful language so make sure you are prepared. ESPN’s Chris Berman completely flips. This is priceless.
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