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The Dugout: The ALCS, Very Funny

Here is a quick list of excuses to explain where The Dugout has been: our website is producing a code that angers Google and now nobody can look at or operate it properly, we got "busy with life stuff," popular video game or television show is addictive, we had softball practice, we realized baseball was boring and decided...

Kenny 'The Jet' Smith Open to Next Step

Through his time on Inside The NBA, Kenny "The Jet" Smith has become one of the most respected media voices in the NBA. Prior to that, he was a championship point guard with two rings. Prior to that, he was a four year starter at UNC. So the guy's kind of got a history of success. And judging by, yes, his Twitter, he's...

TNT Spoofs Cleveland Tourism Vid

The TNT "Inside the NBA" guys -- Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith -- always have funny little postgame gimmicks (provided you think "crappy photoshops" are "funny") but last night they busted out a remake of the famed Cleveland Tourism Video (note: it's fake people) which included little bits mocking the...

SNL Cracks on TNT's NBA Coverage

Ernie Johnson and Charles Barkley can't avoid the playful jabs of Saturday Night Live any longer. Actually, it's ubiquitous house ads that earn most of the scorn here, along with ... Ray Allen? The sketch has Allen getting injured in today's Game 7. Methinks some SNL writer doesn't care for the Celtics. (Sully would have...

Turner Sports to Integrate Twitter Into NBA Playoff Coverage

Another day, another NBA Twitter story. This time, it's not a story about a player on Twitter, but the league and its broadcast partners utilizing Twitter to promote this year's NBA playoffs. According to a report on Mashable.com on Wednesday, Turner Sports (TNT and NBA TV) plans to have its team of commentators start...

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05/29/12 Arrested retirement - Ernie Johnson exits UW/CC Source: Casper Journal - Casper WY Assistant professional lecturer of criminal justice and former Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy (WLEA) director Ernie Johnson announced that he will retire from his University of Wyoming/Casper College (UW/CC) teaching position at the end of this semester.
05/15/12 Charles Barkley takes shot at San Antonio River on TNT Source: San Antonio Business Journal - San Antonio TX It was Barkley, you may recall, who a couple of years ago used his soap box on TNT's "Inside the NBA" to characterize the women of San Antonio as, well, large.
05/10/12 School Misspells Its Name -- Caught 9 Years Later Source: FOX - Fox Tri-Cities WEMT - Johnson City TN An elementary school in Fort Worth, Texas, issued the mother of all mea culpas this week when it corrected a misspelling in its name that wasn't noticed for nine years.
04/27/12 Shaq's first season with TNT hurt team chemistry. Source: FOX Sports With the playoffs looming, it's fair to finally conclude one of the NBA's biggest off-season acquisitions turned out to be a total if somewhat predictable bust.
04/19/12 Bad Shaq Quote: "Can't Say...." Source: Bleacher Report This is a running feature where we keep track of Shaquille O'Neal's running mouth.