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.
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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.
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder opened a Jan. 2 press conference with “First off, Happy Thanksgiving to everybody”
"Good afternoon. First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to everybody. Today is the beginning of a great new year for the Redskins' organization and its fans."
Lane Kiffin dodged a postgame question about leaving FAU, then confirmed he was heading to Ole Miss in postgame presser
"There's been a lot of speculation this week; was this your last game coaching as the head coach for FAU?" "This is not about that. Today is about our team, our fans, our university, winning two championships in three years is awesome, so this is an awesome day for everyone."
Bill Belichick and New England media share 30 seconds of silence after Patriots loss
Belichick wasn't kidding when he said, "There’s really not a whole lot to say here."
Baker Mayfield tells ESPN Cleveland’s Tony Grossi “That’s the dumbest question you could ask!”, walks out of press conference
"Was I happy with that drive? No, we didn't score points! That's the dumbest question you could ask! What?!"
Jets’ 33-0 loss saw HC Adam Gase bash the airing of Sam Darnold’s “seeing ghosts” comment, but they seem to have bigger problems
"It bothers me. It bothers the organization. We’re looking hard into our cooperation going forward."
Rockets’ PR staffer shuts down CNN reporter asking players about China, says “basketball questions only” (updated)
"Basketball questions only" was a bad look here.
Adam Schefter says the Colts knew about Andrew Luck’s retirement before Saturday, contemplated Friday presser
Schefter told Richard Deitsch of The Athletic that the Colts were aware of Luck's intentions earlier in the week, and that they contemplated holding a Friday press conference.
Steve Kerr on Russell Westbrook’s “next question” response: “It’s dangerous when you go down that path of no communication”
"I don’t think this is a healthy dynamic, for this league, for any player, any team, any local media, any national media."
John Tortorella answered a reporter’s phone during a press conference and had a quick chat with the reporter’s mother
This is at least the third time in the last few years a coach has answered a reporter's phone.
