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BCS Officially to ESPN
The BCS officially reached an agreement with ESPN for the Worldwide Leader to broadcast the BCS games for the next five years. The deal is reportedly worth about $125 million a year for a grand total of $500 million.
This move will put the Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Fiesta Bowl all on cable television, [...]
ESPN in BCS Driver’s Seat
Fox Sports pulled its bid to air the BCS football games, taking a $100 million per year offer off the table. This move leaves ESPN as the likely only bidder, with an offer in the neighborhood of $125 million per year. Fox’s current deal expires after the 2009 season.
The negotiations are especially newsworthy [...]
Warren Sapp Calls Keyshawn Johnson a Bitch
So I was just sitting around, watching Inside the NFL on Showtime like I do every week, when they launched a new segment asking Warren Sapp his honest opinion on some random topics.
Here is the transcript of what followed via Awful Announcing via NFL.com:
“In a special segment on this week’s Inside The NFL, Warren Sapp [...]
Let’s Move On: HBO’s Real Sports Facing Accusations
HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” is used to in-depth investigations, but they are not accustomed to being on this side of the questions.
Mitre Sports International says that Real Sports faked a story on their soccer balls, going so far as to pay children to lie on camera about their working conditions. Now the [...]
Sports Guy vs. ESPN Feud Continues
The ongoing soap-opera/feud between Bill Simmons a.k.a. The Sports Guy and ESPN took another turn this week, when Simmons’ normal Friday column did not appear. Simmons took to his personal “unplugged” blog to say that he handed it in as normal, and ESPN.com chose to not publish it.
I don’t know when this little feud [...]
Why Hasn’t Bill Simmons Interviewed Obama Yet?
I don’t mean to jump all over ESPN this week, but I couldn’t ignore Rick Reilly’s “I play fantasy football with Barack Obama” column. Is it even possible for Reilly to write columns without name dropping, just so we know that he hangs with famous people. He’s like reading the Arsenio Hall Show.
But [...]
Baseball on Fox? That’s Crazy
I thought baseball season was over. At least on television, it seemed that way. Major League Baseball went out of their way in the playoffs to actively discourage fans from watching baseball, and now it’s on network television, leading me to believe this must be the start of next season.
I mean, what better [...]
The Curious Case of Jay Glazer, Brett Favre and ESPN
If a sports story breaks and ESPN doesn’t cover it, did it really happen? Jay Glazer stands by his story. Brett Favre denies it. ESPN refuses to report on it.
90 Sports Columnist Links
As part of what may become a continuing series of compiling sports resources, the following is a list of sports columnists around the nation. I play no favorites here — some of these columnists I’m a fan of, some I’m not, but they’re all here. Not every columnist in the nation is listed [...]
Links: Curlin to Run in Breeder’s Cup Classic
News and Links for October 15, 2008…
Superhorse Curlin will definitely be running in the Breeder’s Cup Classic, attempting to become just the second horse ever to win it twice. There will be no Big Brown matchup, but Curlin defending his crown alone is worth the price of admission.
Shawn Alexander is once again employed in [...]
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