collegehoopsjournal.com - 12/2/2008
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A few months ago, I had the chance to sit down with George and discuss everything from his start in the business (as a guy in the mail room at ESPN) to his sons’ affinity for high school football. My original piece on him was a human interest story for the paper. I wanted to wait to ...
goingfivehole.blogspot.com - 12/4/2008
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goingfivehole.blogspot.com —
According to Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning
News media blog, the recently fired Tampa Lightning head...
coach will be heading back to his old stomping grounds of Bristol, Connecticut and returning to ESPN as a hockey analyst.
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Barry Melrose Headed Back to ESPN
diecast-dude.com - 12/1/2008
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diecast-dude.com —
ESPN’s treatment of NASCAR on air and in
print has ever since it reacquired broadcast rights been...
that of a rich brat seeking revenge on the one who spurned their advances years ago but is now willing to put up with petty abuse for the sake of being by their side.
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I Don’t Like ESPN Very Much
deadspin.com - 12/2/2008
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deadspin.com —
Most of you probably don't remember Fred Hickman's
somewhat brief tenure as an ESPN anchor and talking...
head and most of you also were probably unaware that the man is no longer working for them. Hickman was signed on from the YES network in 2004 to a ...
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The Curious Case of Fred Hickman [Media Meltdowns]
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The Roundup: Little Curry, Bad Browns Fans
The Big Lead —
... one day this blog disappears and we don’t answer emails, then we’ve been rounded up … sure, we’ll take a Jessica Biel calendar (7th item) … man wants newspaper fined for taking his photo … dead deer attacks hunter! … pirates go after cruise ship … lunatic Canadian whips out knife at birthday party, kills one, injures three …
An interview with ESPN top dog George Bodenheimer. (College Hoops Journal)
More from the writer who left Dustin Pedroia off ...
Create The Caption #317
AwfulAnnouncing —
... Dawkins: What did you DO, Sheldon? Sheldon Brown: It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man ... and Donovan McNabb" - Anon (The use of IMDB is still encouraged and rewarded!) _______________________________________ Are you funny enough to create a caption for this photo of Agent Drew Rosenhaus being interviewed by Mike Tirico and Tony Kornheiser during last night's MNF game? (You knew it was coming!) Daily Links: An Interview With ESPN's George Bodenheimer (College Hoops Journal) On The War Between ...
Afternoon Blogdome: Hack The Shaq You're With [Afternoon Blogdome]
Deadspin —
... • An offer you can't refuse: Meet ESPN President George Bodenheimer and then you can discuss how much he will pay for the broadcast rights to you next birthday party. [College Hoops Journal] ...
Monopoly Alert: ESPN Now Wants March Madness
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... (And the 2018 Final Four goes to, drum roll please … Bristol, CT!) Well, prepare yourself folks. ESPN is going to to get it at some point, at least if ESPN President George Bodenheimer has anything to do with it. When asked by COLLEGE HOOPS JOURNAL whether or not his network would get back to covering the tournament, Bodenheimer’s answer was pretty unequivocal: “We would love to get back into the men’s tournament.” In fairness, Bodenheim did raise the possibility of televising the tournament with CBS, which seems like a truly strange partnership, since ESPN is owned by ...
Could ESPN Team Up With CBS For March Madness?
AwfulAnnouncing —
... I linked to this article yesterday in the Daily Links, but I wanted to take a closer look the interview that College Hoops Journal conducted with ESPN/ABC President George Bodenheimer recently. More specifically, the following quote that alludes to a potential plan by ESPN to team up with CBS to aid in their coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tourney.... ...
Wednesday Night Stuff
Fang's Bites —
... that College Hoops Journal conducted with ESPN Dictator George Bodenheimer about the possibility of the Alleged Worldwide Leader teaming up with CBS Sports for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. ...
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International Broadcasts of Super Bowl XLIII
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thebiglead.com 1/30/2009 — January’s been a fun month for interviews: We chatted with the NFL commish, Roger Goodell , ESPN Sportscenter anchor Scott Van Pelt , and last week, one of the men who will announcer the Super Bowl on Sunday, NBC’s Al Michaels . ...
NFC South battle draws solid numbers.
sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com 12/11/2008 — Monday's NFC South showdown between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers drew good numbers on ESPN.
The Panthers' victory drew an 8.7 cable rating and 11.6 million viewers on ESPN Monday night, up 30% and 37% respectively from a 6.7 cable ...
Bowl Game Audiences Grow Eight Percent on ESPN and ESPN2
bizoffootball.com 1/9/2009 — ESPN and ESPN2 combined to televise 23 college football bowl games and averaged 2,810,000 homes (based on a 2.5 U.S. rating), an increase of eight percent over last season. In 2007-08, the networks combined for an average of 2,596,000 homes for 21 bowl games (based on a 2.3 U.S. rating). ...
ESPN's New Beta Website Is Launched
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 12/9/2008 — I mentioned a while back that ESPN was going to be a revamping of sorts of its website, and Ryan Spoon has your first look. Spoon, who is an ESPN Insider, got to test out the site and provide an assessment for ESPN recently. Here are his thoughts on ...
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