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I have no idea if this is just a really persistent vandalism attack, or if this is some bit by Dameshek on the show that I haven't heard yet, or if there's another Dave Dameshek floating around. I can't find a Google reference to the third idea, so I'm assuming it's one of the first two. Can the anonymous user editing the page or others chime in? SGreenwell 20:40, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

^ no idea about that, but I thought his birthday was June 10th, considering Theresa said she shared a birthday with Tara Lapinksi and Judy Garland.

"Dameshek also received his honorary doctorate in mustard in 2010 from the prestigious Poupon University (Poupon U)."

This appears to be vandalism so I removed it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikicorrect7 (talk • contribs) 08:47, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This is actually not a vandalism, but rather a joke from the podcast. The curator of the National Mustard Museum awarded Dave a Doctorate in Mustard. http://store.mustardmuseum.com/category/Poupon_u —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xapxapxap (talk • contribs) 19:08, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, not vandalism. In fact, I'm not even sure I'd say it was a "joke" from the podcast, since while it was quite humorous, he was indeed awarded the honorary degree as a matter of fact. 158.130.14.20 (talk) 15:52, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Question

How can something be a "national late-night institution" if it only lasts for four months?PatrickWB (talk) 22:59, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Firing Information

Okay guys, I'm also going to post something similar to this on The ACS talk page, but please stop posting the information on Dave from the message board. By itself, the message board is NOT a credible source. In the past, there has been widespread misinformation on it, and as a general rule of thumb, Internet message boards aren't always the most reliable source.

However, what I think *would* be good information is any sort of circumstantial evidence. For example, if FreeFM pulls Dameshek's profile off of their web page, I think that's a pretty clear sign that we could include in the article. But unless something like that happens, I think we need to wait for a press release from the show, or some sort of announcement by Dave. SGreenwell 17:39, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

cleanup

Mostly I rewrote the prose for clarity, grammar and style, and took out insignificant information. I also took out all the dead links, which was most of them (I especially liked that the exact same dead URL was listed as an "official site" AND as a "fan site").

A couple of places, I was pretty confused about what it was actually trying to say. I'm still not sure of the order of events in summer 2008; my best impression is that they added the new hosts in June 2008, and in July 2008 Dave quit that show and started doing the podcast?

And I probably cut out a bit more than necessary from the "Sports Contraption" section, because there I really had no idea what was going on. Here's what the section used to look like, with my points of confusion inserted in bold:

On January 27 2007, Dave Dameshek debuted a two hour show on 101.5 Free FM in Phoenix. So was this show "Sports Contraption?" The show ran on the following day as well Did it only run on two days? If it was a daily show why is its second day notable? and included Jimmy Kimmel as a phone guest. Dave Dameshek's Sports Contraption ran from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Three hours, not two? on Pittsburgh radio station WTZN (now WBZW-FM).So, what does the Pittsburgh station have to do with the Arizona station? The show was supported by a blog that had permission to host podcasts of the show.^[1]This URL redirects to Dave's ESPN site now. And was this the official site, or a fan site, or what?

The show relied more on untraditional sports personalities as opposed to hardcore sports journalists. Regular guests in the first month included the Pittsburgh Tribue Review's Rob Rossi and John Harris, and the creators of websites Pitt Blather and Mondesi's House and also The Ed, one of the shows curmedgeons.^[2] Popular ESPN.com writer Bill Simmons guest-hosted a three-hour stint in April, 2007.Does this mean "guest-hosted for one day?" Is the show not actually two hours or three hours long, but even longer? ^[3] The show was broadcast from friend Jimmy Kimmel's house until Dameshek's wife delivered her baby. Does this mean for an hour before the birth, a week before the birth, the entire run of the show up until that point, or what?

In July of 2007, Dameshek left the Sports Contraption and remained in L.A. Wait, I thought he was in Pittsburgh. Or Arizona. to continue writing for Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Comments, or just some explanation of the above for my own sake, are welcome. Propaniac (talk) 16:37, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Accuscore

So Dave's ESPN affiliation ended today, and he announced on his podcast that he's going to continue to do a podcast on Accuscore.com, 2 or 3 times a week. I'm new to Wiki editing, so I hope I did a good job. I didn't know how to reference the changes from his show going from ESPN to accuscore, there was no press release or something I could link as a reference, I just knew it happened from listening to his final podcast. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xapxapxap (talk • contribs) 04:51, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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'Dameshek announced' in 2010, it's 2018 now. The last news comes form 2014.Xx236 (talk) 08:58, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.sportscontraption.com

[2] Mondesishouse.com: Mondesi and Dameshek, Live From Jimmy Kimmel's House

[3] ESPN - Page 2 : Bill Simmons Blog Archive

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