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ESPN's Pardon the Interruption Opens With Kansas-Davidson April Fool's Joke

Today's installment of Pardon the Interruption began with an April Fool's joke that was treated as a startling revelation: Kansas and Davidson will have to re-play the last 16 seconds of Sunday's game because an error allowed Kansas guard Sherron Collins to keep playing after his fifth foul. Michael Wilbon argued that it's...

Note to Wilbon: Earl Weaver Is Still Alive

Earl Weaver is a classic, right? But that doesn't mean that he's also not, you know, still alive. I love Tony Kornheiser's bemused expression at Mike Wilbon's gaffe: "I think he's with us." And as Awful Announcing points out, Weaver is only 77 years old, not 88. AA said that Wilbon laughed off the mistake when informed...

Kornheiser, Wilbon Think Patriots Latest Comments Are 'Aimed at Discrediting' Walsh

The fine folks at PTI weigh in on the latest episode in the Spygate saga: the response from Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli about Matt Walsh's claim that he has video evidence of the Patriots cheating. Like FanHouse's Michael David Smith wrote yesterday, Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon are of the opinion that by speaking...

Michael Wilbon on the Media: 'When It Comes to Football, We'll Accept Anything'

During an interesting discussion on Pardon the Interruption today, ESPN and Washington Post commentator Michael Wilbon had some harsh criticism for the sports media -- not excluding himself -- when it comes to reporting on America's most popular sport. Here's part of what Wilbon said, in a conversation that started about...

ESPN's Michael Wilbon Explains His Feelings Toward Blogs: 'I'm Old'

A look inside Monday Night Football. In the bowels of the Metrodome before the Bears-Vikings Monday Night Football game, I was introduced to Michael Wilbon of ESPN and the Washington Post. Knowing that Wilbon isn't a fan of blogs, I asked him to explain why. I was surprised that his response was more about his own personal...