Category: ESPN
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
If there was anyone in the world who knew what Katherine Webb was going through Monday night and on into the week, it was Jenn Sterger. Musburger made waves by drooling over Webb, the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, during the BCS Championship Game. Sterger found herself in a ...
Posted in Alabama Crimson Tide, College Football, Media, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
I think you've got to give the Memphis Grizzlies some props for thinking a little bit outside the box. The team went out and hired former ESPN columnist John Hollinger as its new vice president of basketball operations. It's a new-school move, as Hollinger was knowing for his Player Efficiency ...
Posted in Memphis Grizzlies, NBA | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
The Minnesota Vikings are sliding after a red-hot start, and their young quarterback has been a big reason for the drop-off. Christian Ponder is once again taking heat for his play, after it seemed he was turning a corner to start his second season, and now -- despite the fact ...
Posted in Minnesota Vikings, NFL | 11 Comments »
Monday, July 9th, 2012
Sports fans will get their first chance to see Erin Andrews on Fox this week as she makes her debut during the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Andrews, who had been a mainstay on ESPN for the better part of a decade, made the change when her contract with the ...
Posted in College Football, MLB, Media, NFL | 1 Comment »
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Urban Meyer is back, and he's in charge of a football program trying to break from turmoil after being slapped with a one-year ban for violating NCAA rules under former coach Jim Tressel.
On the same day that his six-year contract became official, new Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer joined ...
Posted in College Football, Ohio State Buckeyes | No Comments »
Monday, February 20th, 2012
Whenever you hear of someone being pulled from a show, particularly one as big as Monday Night Football, speculation and rumors run rampant. It was certainly a bit of a surprise when ESPN announced that Ron Jaworski would not return to the MNF team in 2012, particularly because Jaws' colleagues ...
Posted in Media, NFL | 7 Comments »
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Some folks are making a big deal about the fact that Bobby Valentine signed just a two-year contract to take over as the new manager of the Boston Red Sox. Valentine doesn't see any issue. In fact, he says he would have taken a multi-day contract just to manage the ...
Posted in Boston Red Sox, MLB | No Comments »
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
The Penn State scandal and Joe Paterno's firing have rocked college football and will continue to be the major story for some time. That said, on Saturday, there's still a game to be played as the Nittany Lions host the Nebraska Cornhuskers. And someone has the dubious distinction of having ...
Posted in College Football, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Penn State Nittany Lions | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Pat Forde, formerly a college football columnist for ESPN, made his debut with Yahoo! Sports on Tuesday. It certainly created some buzz in on the media front as he seemed to do a whirlwind tour of interviews across the country. Forde was inevitably asked about ESPN and whether or not ...
Posted in Alabama Crimson Tide, Boise State Broncos, College Football, LSU Tigers | No Comments »
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Matt Barkley certainly doesn't mind the extra attention. The USC quarterback is used to it by now. He simply thinks it's funny that this weekend's Pac-12 duel between the Trojans and the Stanford Cardinal is being billed as a game between he and Andrew Luck -- a pair of the ...
Posted in College Football, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Stanford Cardinal, USC Trojans | No Comments »
