You fail your word-choice roll

From an ESPN story re: the Shaq-to-Cleveland trade: Shaquille O'Neal's first full year with the Phoenix Suns, in which the team won nine fewer games than the previous season, was an abomination when looking at his history with new teams.

That might be true, but only accidentally. Perhaps you were looking for another "ab-" word?

Cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria

It's days like this that I miss being in news.

Also, someone check on Walter Cronkite, will ya?

Just one more, then I'll shut up about it

Via aardy, MTV's online coverage of today's events goes way out on a limb:

The Los Angeles Times and TMZ reported late Thursday afternoon that Jackson had died, but those reports were unconfirmed at press time. A spokesperson at UCLA Medical Center declined comment when contacted by MTV News.

If the reports are accurate, this development will almost certainly have an impact on the singer's 50 scheduled concerts in London, which are scheduled to begin on July 13. The concerts all sold out within hours of the tickets going on sale.

...Yes, if he's dead, that might have a significant impact (note: prefer "effect" -- "impact" is a physical force) on his concert. Suddenly the phrase "live in concert" becomes not so redundant.

I'm hoping this is an unpaid intern cranking out web content for Viacom during the summer. Or Kurt Loder; either's possible.