0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/19/2014
ALL TIMES EASTERN Arena Football Los Angeles Kiss at Iowa Barnstormers — CBS Sports Network, 8 p.m. Australian Rules Football Sydney Swans vs. Fremantle Dockers — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:30 a.m. Essendon Bombers vs. St. Kilda Saints — Fox Sports 2, 5:30 a.m. Boxing Showtime Championship Boxing, Washington, DC Light Heavyweight Championship Unification Bout Bernard […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder on 4/18/2014
Saturday, April 19 G1: Brooklyn Nets at Toronto Raptors (ESPN 12:30 p.m.) Dave Pasch, Jon Barry & Chris Broussard G1: Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Clippers (ABC 3:30 p.m.) Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy & Lisa Salters G1: Atlanta Hawks at Indiana Pacers (ESPN 7 p.m.) Mark Jones, Doris Burke & Israel Gutierrez G1: Memphis Grizzlies […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder
Chicago White Sox announcer Hawk Harrelson has been given a new lease on life so far this season, what with his team actually finding ways to win games and not being crushed by one walkoff defeat after another. Last night during the 8th inning, the White Sox turned an important double play to quash a […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
The ongoing situation with Aldon Smith is sad. Over the last two plus years, he’s been arrested for DUI twice, been stabbed at his house, entered rehab, and most recently, been arrested after an incident with the TSA at LAX. There’s really no need for any more dirt to be piled onto him, yet that’s […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder
ESPN had a Disney investor summit on their Bristol campus this week. Can you think of anything dripping more with corporate synergy than Disney Investor Day at ESPN? Surprisingly enough, these are secretly great opportunities to hear the real thoughts from executives on the state of the cable sports world. It’s rare to hear the […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder
Marlon Wayans’ comedy horror film A Haunted House 2 comes out in theaters today. I know you all can hardly contain your excitement. But a weird thing happened today. Two of sports’ biggest stars – Redskins QB Robert Griffin III and Angels OF Mike Trout both tweeted to their oodles of followers to go see […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder
This is some sad news from the NBA media world. Thursday night Craig Sager’s son tweeted that his father would be undergoing leukemia treatment for the next 3-4 weeks and would be away from the sidelines. The news comes just as the NBA postseason is set to begin. Sager has been a longtime sideline reporter […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder
Mike & Mike had NCAA President Mark Emmert on their program Friday morning. As part of the interview, the show’s Twitter account asked fans to tweet in their own questions to Emmert by using the hashtag #AskEmmert. What could go wrong? What could possibly go wrong? As always, these are Real Tweets from Real People…. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
Last year, long-time NFL analyst Dan Dierdorf announced that he would retire from the broadcast booth and ride off into the sunset. Dierdorf cited the week-to-week travel to NFL cities and artificial joints that he said made broadcasting games a difficult grind over the past few years. Dierdorf told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in January: […]
0 comments by Steve Lepore
It’s been a very successful debut season for Premier League on NBC. Record ratings, almost universal critical adoration and a compelling year in English football. They’ve had almost everything go their way. NBCUniversal is capping that off with what they’re calling “Championship Sunday” on May 11th. The final day of the Premier League season features […]
0 comments by Ken Fang
ALL TIMES EASTERN Australian Rules Football Collingwood Magpies vs North Melbourne Kangaroos — Fox Sports 2, 11:30 p.m. Boxing Friday Night Fights, Verona, NY Boxcino Tournament: Middleweight Semifinals Vitalii Kopylenko vs. Willie Monroe Jr. and Raymond Gatica vs. Brandon Adams — ESPN2, 9 p.m. Golden Boy Live, San Antonio, TX Welterweights: Alan Sanchez vs. Jorge […]
0 comments by Reva Friedel on 4/17/2014
Today, news broke that former NFL QB and current Fox Sports Live analyst and NBC Sports Radio personality Donovan McNabb was arrested. At first, the reason was unknown, and then TMZ broke it that the arrest was for a DUI. Via Pro Football Talk: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio confirmed in a statement that McNabb […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder
I’ve watched a lot of different sports and heard a lot of different local announce teams over the years. And I can say without question that Golden State Warriors TV analyst Jim Barnett is one of my favorites. The 69 year old has worked for almost three decades as an analyst for the Warriors and […]
0 comments by Matt Yoder
Deadspin’s piercing coverage of ESPN has long been one of the anchors of the biggest sports blog on the web. The ESPN-Deadspin rivalry goes all the way back to 2009 and the infamous ESPN Horndog Dossier under former editor A.J. Daulerio. For the last several years, the Gawker outlet has emerged as the biggest thorn […]
0 comments by Joe Lucia
We’ve covered Dick Vitale live tweeting concerts before – earlier this year, he documented his trips to both Billy Joel and Barry Manilow concerts. On Wednesday night, Vitale did it again, live tweeting his experience at the Elton John concert at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The experience crossed the high bar that was set […]
