A LSU RB was pushed into the Arkansas band, leading to Tom Hart and Jordan Rodgers discussing marimbas
"Playing the marimba's a full-contact sport over there!"
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Ottawa Senators ban Postmedia reporter from team charter in apparent retaliation for republishing Uber video
This is yet another PR misstep from the Senators.
One private equity firm pursuing the Fox regional sports networks is trying to land LeBron’s Uninterrupted as “a strategic partner”
"Apollo's talks with James' multimedia platform have focused on a strategic partnership deal that could see James contributing and advising on content for the networks."
This Week In Hot Takes: Bill James says replacing every MLB player “would make no difference whatsoever” three years later
"If the players all retired tomorrow, we would replace them, the game would go on; in three years it would make no difference whatsoever. The players are NOT the game, any more than the beer vendors are."
Former ESPN president, current DAZN chairman John Skipper takes some shots at the traditional TV model in a pair of interviews
"Just as we will disrupt the way that we acquire the ability to watch sports through an app, we will disrupt the way that advertising works. We really will follow the Facebook/Google model — we will understand things about you that will allow us to target ads."
Miami (Ohio) coach Chuck Martin goes off after win, bashing his team’s fans for booing and “cheap” schools over lack of trophy
This is a pretty remarkable rant from Martin, seemingly on the edge of exploding for 10 minutes here but never quite blowing up.
New Concussion Legacy Foundation Media Project has J.A. Adande’s Medill students, others learning concussion reporting best practices
The project aims to educate both student journalists and professional journalists on concussion reporting terminology and best practices.
Las Vegas NBC affiliate sports director accused of masturbating at bar slot machine at 8:30 a.m., says he was scratching a bad rash
"A worker told responding officers they noticed the patron display “strange behavior,” which included walking to the bathroom with his penis outside his pants, police said."
The latest Players Only Films documentary “One Cent” features Penny Hardaway, and is available now on Facebook Watch
This 49-minute documentary is one of the longer single-installment ones on Facebook Watch, but previous Players Only Films entry Something in the Water did well with a similar approach.
Twitter suggested CBS’ Criminal Minds to many…who follow ESPN’s Rachel Nichols, who is not the actress who was on the show
Twitter appears to have gotten the wrong Nichols here, but it's still worth wondering why they were trying to promote new episodes of Criminal Minds around an actress who hasn't been on the show since 2011.
New Mets’ GM talks starting 31-year-old Tim Tebow in AAA or maybe even MLB next year, gets roasted by Mike Francesa
"You're going to tell me that you're going to put Tim Tebow on your major-league roster? Are you kidding me? You want to be a clown or a laughingstock before you even start here?"
New Mets’ GM talks starting 31-year-old Tim Tebow in AAA or maybe even MLB next year, gets roasted by Mike Francesa
Kenny Mayne makes surprise appearance at second school thanks to a Twitter follower, talking about his veteran-focused Run Freely charity
Mayne stopped by his old high school to talk about his Run Freely charity, then came to a second one thanks to a Twitter invitation.
NFL Network sets Week 15 and 16 broadcast teams, including three-man booth of Curt Menefee, Nate Burleson and Steve Mariucci
Menefee, Burleson and Mariucci will call the early Saturday games in Week 15 and 16, joined by reporter Melissa Stark on the sidelines, while Mike Tirico and Kurt Warner will call the later ones with reporter Peter Schrager.
Media rights are North American sports’ largest source of revenue, hit new highs in 2018, and are set to keep rising through 2022
Media rights fees overtook gate revenue as the largest segment of North American sports revenue in 2017, and look to continue to rise.
