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Former NBA point guard and head coach Avery
Johnson has also joined ESPN as an NBA studio
analyst, mainly joining host Stuart Scott and analyst Bill Walton on ESPN’s NBA Shootaround pre-game show throughout the season and post-season. Johnson, who contributed to ESPN’s NBA Playoff coverage ...
Guess who has the power to move the
start time for the World Series? It seems Barack
Obama is more powerful than America's Pastime. FOX and MLB are moving the start time of Game 6 of the World Series (if necessary) up by approximately 15 minutes to accommodate a special half-hour ad ...
It has withstood five hurricanes, all packing winds
over 80 mph, but now is it shot down
in flames? Is it a bad omen for the Red Sox? The famous CITGO sign that is perched just above the Green Monster at Fenway Park was subjected to a small fire today. The damage was minimal with some of the ...
Get ready. If the Rays and Phillies make
the World Series it will be the lowest rated
in history.
The Houston Astros and Ryan-Sanders Baseball announced today
a two-year extension of the Player Development Contract (PDC)
between the Astros and their Double A affiliate, the Corpus Christi Hooks, which falls under the Ryan-Sanders Baseball ownership group. The agreement extends the contract ...
The following is commentary as part of TBS'
coverage of Tuesday's ALCS between the Red Sox and
Rays. Money quote: Crawford on how the Rays are approaching the series: “The whole team came in relaxed, we wanted to be aggressive at the plate. Guys are really focused right now and I think we all ...
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended Dallas Cowboys
cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones - again. This time the
suspension is for at least four games. As reported by ESPN : In announcing his decision,
Just over 24 hours after Sarasota city and
county officials broke off talks with the Boston Red
Sox over possibly moving their spring training facilities, talks are back on after Sarasota County Commissioners voted 4-1 to continue negotiating with the Red Sox. As reported by the Fort Meyers ...
TNT announced today that NBA legends Charles Barkley
and Reggie Miller, alongside veteran play-by-play announcer Marv Albert,
will serve as game-side announcers for the “AutoTrader.com Open” outdoor preseason game on Sat., Oct. 11 featuring the Phoenix Suns vs. the Denver Nuggets from the ...
The Golden State Warriors suspended guard Monta Ellis
30 games without pay on Saturday, seven weeks after
he sustained an ankle injury in a moped accident. As reported by ESPN : "The cooperation that we received from Jeff Fried [Monta's representative] enabled us to be very diligent in ...
National television ratings for the 2008 Major League
Baseball regular season saw ratings down for FOX, ESPN,
and TBS, with declines posted at the regional level, as well. Fox’s MLB ratings dropped 13 percent to a 2.0, and its viewership dropped 12.5 ...
In what is becoming an annual tradition, Tiffany
& Co. will salute Major League Baseball and commemorate
the 2008 postseason with a window display featuring the 2008 World Series Trophy. Tiffany & Co. will display the trophy, which will be awarded to the 2008 World Series Champions, in the ...
In the midst of a national financial crisis,
the New York Mets are proving that if you
are in baseball’s biggest market, you can still sell the most expensive seats in the house. Dave Howard, VP of business operations for the Mets reported today that all suites in the new Citi Field slated to ...
The following are excerpts from Boston Red Sox
manager Terry Francona media availability during today's ALCS workout
day at Tropicana Field. Francona on ALCS pitching rotation: We’re going to go, Daisuke, Becket, Lester, Wakefield now. We reserve the right if something crazy happens in ...
The following are excerpts from Tampa Bay Rays
manager Joe Maddon media availability from today's ALCS workout
day at Tropicana Field. Maddon on the ALCS pitching rotation: Shields, Kazmir, Garza, and Sonny [Sonnanstine] set up for the fourth game. I’m only saying that way because there ...
Is the glass half empty or full for
TBS and their coverage of the Division Series? With
the Division Series now in the books and no decisive Game Fives in the mix, Nielsen Media Research reports that TBS averaged a 3.2 cable rating or 4.3 million viewers, a drop of 27.3 percent from the year prior.
Major League Baseball has named the two umpiring
crews that will officiate the League Championship Series. The
National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies will begin on Thursday, October 9th at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, while the ...
Major League Baseball Properties (MLBP) today revealed changes
to the holographic devices featured on all its licensed
products. The new hologram introduces various overt and covert elements that are designed to make it easier for both consumers and law enforcement to distinguish between ...
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Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor is out as
Vice-President of Basketball Operations with the Los Angeles Clippers,
and coach Mike Dunleavy will take over his responsibilities as general manager. In a related move, the team’s current Director of Player Personnel, Neil Olshey, will be elevated to the ...
In its first year of being open, the
NHL announced today that the NHL Powered By Reebok
retail store in New York City is expected to more than double its projected sales figure for 2008. “We are thrilled with how the store did during its first year,” said Anderson McNeill, Head of Global





















ESPN Hires Avery Johnson as Studio Analyst