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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

10 Best Sports Press Conference Meltdowns

After seeing Kevin Borseth’s amazing post-game press conference freak out over a women’s college basketball game, we were reminded about some of our favorite post-game tirades. Because it’s not about who wins and loses, it’s about who has a mental breakdown on camera after the game.


Jim Mora – “Playoffs?”
Starting this list with any other clip would be like starting to masturbate without first locking your office door. You just don’t do it. Notice Mora’s use of repetition. It will become a theme here.
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Kevin Borseth - “After the game, was I mad? Yes.”
The last women’s sporting event I watched was Lingerie Bowl I, so maybe I don’t have the best frame of reference here. Yet, when a women’s basketball coach flies in from off screen and slams the stat sheet on the podium to start his post-game press conference, well, this could be the most entertaining thing to happen in women’s basketball since Juwanna Mann.
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Terrell Owens – The Crying (Post)Game
TO is clearly a changed man. Before this, the NFL’s douchiest receiver was known for blaming his teammates after a tough loss. Now he’s just known as a little bitch.

Herm Edwards – “You play to win the game.”
Not only is this a public temper tantrum, it’s also informative! On another note: somebody better send this clip over to the Miami Dolphins, they seem to be confused as to why you play the game.
Dennis Green – “The Bears are who we thought they were.”
Coaching the Arizona Cardinals can drive just about anybody insane, so when you start with a coach as batshit crazy as Dennis Green, you’ve got yourself a ticking time bomb. This clip has it all: table pounding, premature storm off, and, of course, the staple of the press conference tantrum, nonsensical repetition.
Allen Iverson – “Practice?”
Did somebody say “nonsensical repetition”? No, he said “practice.” 24 and a half times.
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Mike Gundy - “I’m a man!”
I would be able to take him a lot more seriously if he wasn’t wearing a visor. As it is, instead of listening to his passionate rant about the loss of innocence in college football, all I can think is: “Aren’t visors for frat pledges who pass out and have balls drawn on their faces with magic markers?”
Avery Johnson - “What was your impression?”
Seeing a professional coach who gets paid millions of dollars acting this immature makes me feel pretty good about myself. Then I remember that he goes to sleep every night on a pile of money while I sleep on a pile of Long John Silver’s shrimp tails, and I begin to weep again.
Bob Knight – “What a shitty question.”
We know Bob Knight is funny - I mean, he strangles student-athletes! - but who knew his prop comedy was so polished? Lookout, Carrot Top! (Bonus points for featuring Pat O’Brien doing something other than drunk-dialing his co-workers.)
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Mike Tyson vs The Entire World - “I’ll eat your asshole alive, bitch.”
This montage of Mike Tyson’s greatest moments with the press really drives home the point that Mike Tyson should have his own TV show.
Bonus Mashup:
Jim Mora and Allen Iverson
These two classics discuss their favorite words.
Bonus Crying:
Tracy McGrady – First round flameout
I’d cry too if I never made it out of the first round of the playoffs. At least he has all of those All-Star game appearances to lean back on. Oh, and shitloads of money. And probably a groupie or two. Wait, what’s he crying about again?

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