If you’re an Oakland Raiders fan, you’re probably pretty excited about this year’s team, despite their loss on Sunday. Then again, if you’re a Raiders fan, you may have not even known that the Raiders lost on Sunday, since the Los Angeles TV station showing the game cut it off in the final minute, as the Raiders were holding onto a 4-point lead. With 27 seconds left, Buffalo quickly found the red zone and…

Before the shotgun snap even took place with Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick calling signals, the swirling CBS logo came up, followed by a commercial for McDonald’s sausage McMuffins, one for a cell phone company, another for Nissan, one more for McDonald’s extra-value menu, a station promo the “CSI” season premiere, and then an aerial shot of with Jim Nantz proclaiming: “Looking down at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. – Chargers, Patriots … hello friends.”

(Via Los Angeles Daily News)

I guess being on the East Coast, I have no clue when stuff like this happens, because I watched the end of this game on three TVs as CBS was cutting to it on every feed we had on at the time. Of course, it doesn’t affect me one way or another to miss the end of that game, but I can’t even imagine the rage that Raiders fans must have been feeling.

At least the NFL understands their pain.

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It’s not entirely fair that a single pocket of Saints fans give the entire Who Dat Nation a reputation for destroying TVs and wearing bowls on their heads. Ugh, are we really calling them Who Dat Nation now? Anyway, the same group of people that showed up to blow away some guy’s big screen are at it again. And this time they brought their kids, a monster truck, an airplane, and a bunch of bowls. I didn’t stop to figure out what the bowls were for. Some things are just better left unexplored. Like the Bayou, for instance. –You Been Blinded.

The Steve Phillips scandal at ESPN has been one of the bigger stories of the week, and it’s launched a full-scale expose’ over at Deadspin, who has published other alleged sexual goings-on in Bristol. And there’s been a bit of griping about it. Isn’t it unfair that Phillips and others are having their personal laundry strung out over the internet for all to see? Isn’t it poor practice to be citing unconfirmed rumors about “back of the house” employees? I’d answer, “Yes and no.”

Deadspin is getting all of these tips for a reason, and I don’t think the submitters are out only to slam these people in public. I suspect that they’re just tired of double standards like this:

The rumor circulating through Bristol — and our inbox — is that [Senior VP of Marketing Katie] Lacey infuriated a lot of people when she began doinking David Berson, an ESPN programming VP at the WWL.

On-air talent had been scolded for similar or lesser indiscretions, yet this relationship went unchallenged, infuriating some Bristolites. No leadership pickles for you, Lacey!

Anyone working in a large corporation expects to be treated fairly and disciplined equally. These rumors popping up on Deadspin (only now, seemingly after sitting in editing purgatory for some time) indicate that the aforementioned equal-opportunity intercourse isn’t happening. And yeah, I think it’s terrible for those involved to get cut down in public like that (presuming that those rumors are true), but I think cheating on your spouse–and somehow not keeping everyone from knowing about it–is even worse.