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Jeff Passan’s Twitter Account Hacked While MLB Lockout Continues
“The irony is if Jeff Passan tried to get into his account and failed, the result is a lockout…”

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Virtually none of the news and social media updates regarding the MLB lockout, and negotiations between baseball team owners and players, has been entertaining. But a bit levity was finally introduced the conversation on Thursday when ESPN baseball reporter Jeff Passan’s Twitter account was hacked.
It’s possible that Passan’s account will be reclaimed and corrected by the time this post publishes and the hacked tweets will be deleted. Just in case that happens, here is a screencap of the tweet currently pinned at the top of the @JeffPassan timeline.

[UPDATE: Passan’s Twitter account appears to have been restored, with the hacked tweets removed from his timeline.]
Passan’s Twitter account was hacked by someone (a group?) associated with the Skulltoons account promoting NFTs of artist Teodoru Badiu’s work. Or the hacker was a diehard fan or disrupter looking to cause some trouble.
The @SkulltoonsNFT account claims to have nothing to do with the hack, saying that someone is trying to scam its community on Twitter and Discord.
Looks like @jeffpassan got hacked by someone trying to scam our community…
— SKULLTOONS (@SkulltoonsNFT) March 10, 2022
We are not affiliated with Jeff in any capacity. We hope that he’s able to get his Twitter back ASAP.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL & DON’T GET SCAMMED
Hey @Twitter please give Jeff Passan his page back! He was hacked by someone trying to scam our community! @jeffpassan @TwitterSupport
— SKULLTOONS (@SkulltoonsNFT) March 10, 2022
The hack comes at a terribly inconvenient time for Passan and baseball fans, who could have news to report at any moment regarding labor negotiations between MLB owners and the players union. What if the labor dispute was actually resolved while Passan’s Twitter account was unavailable, after all of the hours, days, months, and weeks he’s spent covering this story?
(OK, the lockout being resolved is probably as much of a fantasy as whatever NFT, Crypto thing Skulltoons has to offer. But still.)
An ESPN spokesperson told the New York Post‘s Ryan Glasspiegel, “We’re in the process of addressing it.”
As you might expect, Baseball Twitter had some laughs with the whole matter, most of them at Passan’s expense.
Full disclosure, the rest of the writers established a council, took a vote, and we threw @JeffPassan into an NFT volcano as a sacrifice to get baseball back. He will be missed.
— Levi Weaver, idk (@ThreeTwoEephus) March 10, 2022
I'll be so happy if @MLB and @MLBPA are able to save the season today that I'll buy an #NFT from Jeff Passan.
— 🎙 Bauer (@MikeJackBauer) March 10, 2022
The irony is if Jeff Passan tried to get into his account and failed, the result is a lockout …
— Jessica Kleinschmidt (@KleinschmidtJD) March 10, 2022
Jeff Passan's Twitter being hacked is honestly such a great chapter to whatever book gets written about this entire mess.
— Jared Diamond (@jareddiamond) March 10, 2022
Pat McAfee had some fun with the hack as well.
Hello beautiful people.. IT IS OH MY GOD JEFF PASSAN HAS BEEN HACKED THURSDAY#PMSLive pic.twitter.com/zlSqbF5r7W
— 🅿️at McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 10, 2022
The Twitter hack comes during a rough period for Passan, who was reprimanded by ESPN for a profane remark he made on the ESPN Daily podcast about the MLB labor negotiations that favorably viewed the players’ side of the dispute.
Being perceived as supporting the players, rather than being objective, has opened Passan up to criticism throughout sports media and sports media. WFAN’s Craig Carton was among those denouncing Passan for what he saw as a lack of objectivity.
Unless Passan has actually decided to go from reporting on baseball for ESPN into the NFT and Crypto business, this Twitter hack will likely be resolved soon. Then he can return to sharing incremental progress being made and slight offers being exchanged back and forth, along with frustrations over the lockout continuing. At least there was some brief fun to be had, however.
Ian Casselberry
Ian Casselberry is a sports media columnist for BSM. He has previously written and edited for Awful Announcing, The Comeback, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, MLive, Bleacher Report, and SB Nation. You can find him on Twitter @iancass or reach him by email at iancass@gmail.com.
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Draymond Green, JJ Redick Sell Out Live Podcast Show
The show will collaborate for the first time and it will mark an interesting time in the thrusting of new media onto the public consciousness.
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3 days agoon
June 23, 2022By
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The two new and most visible faces of the new media influx have teamed up for a live show that will take place in New York City. Draymond Green and JJ Redick are bringing their respective podcasts to the stage for a live experience.
On Monday (June 27), Draymond Green’s The Draymond Green Show and JJ Redick’s The Old Man and the Three will seek to entertain an already sold out audience at The City Winery in New York City.
The show will collaborate for the first time and it will mark an interesting time in the thrusting of new media onto the public consciousness. JJ Redick has earned universal praise for how he has handled his career post-retirement from the NBA, including appear often opposite Stephen A. Smith on ESPN’s First Take as well as the network’s myriad of other programming.
Draymond Green has been very public with his podcast that has very publicly recorded episodes minutes after Warriors games. He has recently invoked his mantra that he isn’t a part of the media (despite signing a contract with Turner Sports and Colin Cowherd’s The Volume). Instead he insists he is a part of the aforementioned new media.
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Scott Van Pelt Not Hurt By Draymond Green’s “New Media” Comment
“He’s the one that said it. Isn’t he the one who said he’s new media? I was just trying to give him credit in saying, ‘Look, you now have control of your narrative and you can go do your podcast now.’”
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June 23, 2022By
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We have heard an awful lot in the fast month about “new media” with a large section of that discussion coming in regards to athletes in or formerly in the NBA. One such interaction was between a member of that new media and Scott Van Pelt.
After Game 5 of the NBA Finals, a victorious Draymond Green was interviewed on SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt. In the interview, Van Pelt asked Green about dealing with the outside “noise” around the Finals. After Green gave a to-be-expected type answer, Van Pelt followed-up with the initial comment that start a wave.
Van Pelt: You’re part of the media now and you get to control the conversation from your perspective and I know you’ll-
Green: New media.
He then corrected Van Pelt’s assertion that Green had stated Stephen A. Smith was new media by saying:
Green: And by the way go watch The Draymond Green Show. I said Stephen A. sometimes acts like the new media. Sometimes he doesn’t. That’s on you, but nonetheless, don’t just lump me in with media, baby. It’s the new media.
Scott Van Pelt appeared on the SI Media Podcast and was asked about this exchange.
“I didn’t get that,” Van Pelt said of Green’s resistance in being associated with the word “media.”
“He’s the one that said it. Isn’t he the one who said he’s new media? I was just trying to give him credit in saying, ‘Look, you now have control of your narrative and you can go do your podcast now.’”
Van Pelt went on about Green’s categorizing of Smith and other media as a separate column of media.
“I guess what Draymond actually said was sometimes he’s new media. I don’t give a shit who’s what…I think now as it relates to media, there’s no new and old because people that are in the old media are doing the new media and people that are in new media are cutting through in ways that people in old media didn’t think they ever would many years ago. I guess all I’m saying is whatever Stephen A. is, he exists in both lanes and Draymond, clearly his content cuts through on his podcast or with me.
I wasn’t hurt by it. I didn’t take it like he was mad at me. I was just correcting the semantics. It didn’t trouble me. Whatever. However Draymond frames what Stephen A. Smith is or what any of us are, it doesn’t feel important. I think it’s important he has that place where he wants to do his thing. And I think people are interested in hearing from the guy that was just out there not long after saying what he has to say.”
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Big Cat Asks For Listeners’ Help Booking Kevin Durant on Pardon My Take
“On a recent edition of the podcast, Big Cat talked about how the Brooklyn Nets star has continued to snub requests to come on the show.”

Published
3 days agoon
June 23, 2022
Barstool’s Big Cat has been trying to book NBA star Kevin Durant on Pardon My Take for five years, but the former MVP just won’t say yes.
On a recent edition of the podcast, Big Cat talked about how the Brooklyn Nets star has continued to snub requests to come on the show.
“We want Kevin Durant on this show, and he has just alpha-ed me so hard at this point,” Big Cat said. “I need people to start replying to his tweets saying just go on Pardon My Take.”
It’s not like KD has given Big Cat the cold shoulder. Big Cat said Durant has responded to his DMs on Twitter before, even wishing him Happy Thanksgiving one year. But so far all attempts to get Durant on PMT have been futile.
“Maybe if we start getting some rings, then he’ll be like, ‘Yeah they’re an elite team, and I want to join up with them. And maybe I can help them win something,'” PFT Commenter said, referencing the fact that PMT is yet to be recognized with any podcasting awards.
Durant did more or less tell the podcast on Twitter he wasn’t interested on Wednesday.
I have my own podcast #newmedia lol https://t.co/Xlgp8RZRvO
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) June 22, 2022
Durant’s response probably still won’t deter Big Cat from trying to get Durant on the show, but at least they know where KD stands.
Jordan Bondurant
Jordan Bondurant is a features reporter for Barrett News Media. He also works for ABC8 News and Newsradio WRVA and 910 The Fan in Richmond, Virginia. His prior experiences include working for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Danville Register & Bee, Virginia Lawyers Weekly and iHeartradio Richmond. He can be reached by email at Jordan.E.Bondurant@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @J__Bondurant.