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[Inky_Wretch]

TBL snookered by pranksters.

http://deadspin.com/5508112/

SOURCES!!!

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

 

[The Big Ragu]

I'm not sure what the best part is. It could be that he spelled her name wrong when he ran with it.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Deadspin thinking its funny that someone got something wrong is the bigger joke.

 

[The Big Ragu]

No, it really isn't.

Tomorrow: The Big Lead has it on good authority that Matt Leinart's new love interest is Billy Donovan. More details coming after the Jerky Boys return his e-mail.

http://thebiglead.com/?p=4645

Billy Donovan Sheds Tears, Yearns for JG Wentworth (*updated*)
College Basketball, Drugs Patrick Imig February 16th. 2008, 1:56pm

Sometimes these stories write themselves. Billy Donovan is in a dire financial situation because he doesn’ t know how to properly buy a home.

‘It seemed like a great offer at the time — the interest was so low! But then about six months ago, the ARM kicked in, and now my payments are out of control,’ a tearful Donovan told an SSNN reporter in January.

Donovan, who earns an average annual salary of $1.7 million per year, said that while he hates relying on the government for a bailout, it is really the only option he has at this point. By his estimates, the place will end up costing him $30 million after all is said and done.

Donovan’s accountant Ronald Silberstein confirmed the coach’s predicament, adding that it is never a good idea to buy a $6 million piece of property on a 40-year term with no money down–no matter how many staircases the house has.

This is like a how-(not)to infomercial, only the main character is a well known basketball coach who looks like Timothy Bryce from American Psycho.

Celebrities Not Immune to the Real Estate Crisis [HomeGuide 123]

EDIT: the story is fake. It’s all satire.

 

[MileHigh]

I'm not sure what the best part is. It could be that he spelled her name wrong when he ran with it.

I think this part: "was she Facebookable."

 

[SoCalString]

Cue the Big Lead's typical route of running with something after apparent minimal effort to corroborate, then shrugging it off as "well newspapers get things wrong." Once is a mistake, numerous times is a habit.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Seriously, do we start posting all the incorrect stories Deadspin has run after receiving anonymous emails, just to see who comes out ahead?

 

[SoCalString]

Seriously, do we start posting all the incorrect stories Deadspin has run after receiving anonymous emails, just to see who comes out ahead?

At what point do these sites become accountable? Is a lawsuit the endgame?

 

[The Big Ragu]

Seriously, do we start posting all the incorrect stories Deadspin has run after receiving anonymous emails, just to see who comes out ahead?

Not saying it doesn't happen, because I don't follow Deadspin. But for some reason, I am aware of at least three instances that The Big Lead has posted false stories and I am not aware of Deadspin ever doing it. Do you have any examples of Deadspin putting up a false story? I am genuinely curious.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Seriously, do we start posting all the incorrect stories Deadspin has run after receiving anonymous emails, just to see who comes out ahead?

Not saying it doesn't happen, because I don't follow Deadspin. But for some reason, I am aware of at least three instances that The Big Lead has posted false stories and I am not aware of Deadspin ever doing it. Do you have any examples of Deadspin putting up a false story? I am genuinely curious.

We can start here:

http://deadspin.com/5401818/a+hole-fan-digest-the-muhammad-ali-autographing-incident

 

[Inky_Wretch]

FWIW, I thought it was funny that TBL was snookered on the one day of the year when his bull**** detector should have been on high alert.