Skipper was interviewed by Sports Illustrated‘s Richard Deitsch, and he had a lot to say about ESPN’s massive power. He is not concerned about other competitors. Should he be?

They’re shelling out straight $$$$$, and gettin’ straight talent. The deets, after the jump.

No, this commercial does not disappoint.

Ed’s real proud of himself for this one, folks. You can tell, because after he makes his little funny about the Chiefs’ new head coach, it takes him a few beats to get his bearings. The sheer thrill of making an Andy Reid fat joke — on SportsCenter, no less — is enough to make one of ESPN’s highest-profile football reporters briefly forget what the hell it was he was talking about in the first place.

Phiona Mutesi is a 16-year-old Ugandan chess prodigy, having won tournaments all over the continent and the world. Today she joined SportsCenter to discuss her journey to this point with anchor Hannah Storm and crush ESPN employees in matches on a giant chess board.

Remember this? Of course you do. It was LeBron James’ big moment, the ultimate fulfillment of his potential, cementing him as one of the greatest players of all time and once and for all ending the questions of whether he could get the job done when it mattered. Except… apparently it didn’t quite eradicate such questions once and for all. And now, they’re creeping back into our lives. Be afraid.

You remember Sam Gordon, don’t you? The completely unstoppable 9-year-old football player? The girl? Yes, her. Her internet fame grew wildly after that YouTube video made the rounds, mostly because girls + football = head asplode.

You’re not going to have a palm big enough to bury your face in after watching this train wreck of a Liam Neeson interview on SportsCenter. On the bright side, he embarrasses the hell out of ESPN, which is usually a plus. Watch after the jump.

Bill Hofheimer, an ESPN PR suit for Monday Night Football, the World Cup and NFL studio shows, threw out quite the interesting tweet earlier this morning. Instead of ruining the fun, we’ll just let him take it away, after the jump.

ESPN had to know it had gold on its hands when it filmed a SportsCenter spot portraying John Clayton as a secretly-long-haired teenage metal fan. Indeed, reaction to the spot was as glowing as the network could have hoped, so now ESPN’s riding the Clayton-as-metalhead train as far as it’ll take them. [Kissing Suzy Kolber]