20 years later, new pieces and comments show Allen Iverson’s “practice” rant in a wider context
"I’m upset for one reason: ’Cause I’m in here. I lost. I lost my best friend. I lost him, and I lost this year."
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Antonio Brown balks at questions about returning from suspension after Buccaneers’ Week 16 win
"It’s a lot of drama you guys create... I can’t control what people write about me."
Bills’ Jordan Poyer, Micah Hyde might have responded better to less antagonizing question after loss to Patriots
The word "embarrassing" is what set off the Buffalo safeties during the postgame presser.
Pre-The Match, Bleacher Report will stream a fan question press conference with Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau
This event, at 2:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 26 ahead of The Match's 4 p.m. ET start, will stream on the B/R app, and will feature both pre-submitted fan questions and some live questions read by hosts.
Nick Saban has amusing reaction to reporter’s baby joining weekly press conference
"Do I finally get to meet the boss?"
Toronto Blue Jays’ president Mark Shapiro had his dog Cleoh pop up in the middle of his press conference
Shapiro's press conference had a surprising guest come into frame.
After Naomi Osaka left a press conference in tears before returning, her agent called a reporter a “bully”
"The bully at the Cincinnati Enquirer is the epitome of why player/media relations are so fraught right now. Everyone on that Zoom will agree that his tone was all wrong and his sole purpose was to intimidate. Really appalling behavior."
Kasper Schmeichel’s “Has it ever been home?” response to an England question was accurate, especially for the Euro title
"Has it ever been home? I don't know, have you ever won it?"
Gerrit Cole’s “I don’t quite know how to answer that” response to a SpiderTack question had some logic behind it
Cole's non-answer here looked awkward, but it may work out better for him in the long run than either a denial or a confirmation.
After Justin Thomas’ emotional reaction to Tiger Woods’ crash, a reporter asked him about the greens this week
A question about the greens this week right after Thomas' comments on the Woods news wasn't exactly reading the room.
Sandy Alderson’s post-Jared Porter presser showed more Mets’ problems, including a statement sent before reading ESPN’s report
"Alderson explained that he and the Mets crafted that statement based primarily on what Porter had told them and before they actually read and watched the ESPN story. Once they saw the “full breadth” of the piece, Alderson said, he and Cohen independently determined that they had to terminate Porter."
Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Nolan had to pause his media conference call after getting Tabasco sauce in his eye
This was certainly an unexpected conference call occurrence.
NHL fines Blue Jackets’ coach John Tortorella $25,000 for “conduct during a media availability,” where he left after two post-game questions
Tortorella left a post-game press conference following his team's August 19 elimination after taking just two questions.
