What’s Next for ESPN’s Soccer Strategy?
epltalk.com 3/31/2009 — ESPN’s track record of trying to acquire soccer TV rights during the first quarter of 2009 has been abysmal. First, ESPN pulled out of the bidding at the last minute for the European TV rights to the Bundesliga . In February, ESPN lost the ...

ESPN Radio Wants $100,000 From Local Affiliates
sportsbybrooks.com 3/11/2009 — ESPN is one of the great American business success stories of our generation. The company has gone from a small public access outfit in rural Connecticut to Disney’s most consistently profitable subsidiary. And it’s no coincidence.  ...

ESPN Continues to Try Too Hard
sportsmediajournal.com 4/3/2009 — I usually don’t comment about the endless promotions at ESPN. Most are effective, others are just plain silly. Case in point on the latter is the current cross platform campaign on ESPN.com for ESPN Radio. In an effort to get more listeners to their radio products, the WWL is using its ...

ESPN to offer Classic-for-ESPNU swap
sportsbusinessjournal.com 3/30/2009 — Distribution sought for other channels By JOHN OURAND Staff writer ESPN Classic s days as one of the country s biggest sports channels may be over. Executives in Bristol are set to allow cable and satellite distributors to swap ESPN s classic sports ...

ESPN Reports WBC Viewership Up. Attendance for Japan/Korea Less Than 15K
bizofbaseball.com 3/20/2009 — Television ratings for the World Baseball Classic continue to increase from 2006, but the seeding system impacted attendance for last night's Japan/Korea game. Attendance at Petco Park in San Diego was below 15,000, and according to today's SportsBusiness Daily , fans in the upper deck were ...

International Broadcasts of Super Bowl XLIII
fangsbites.com 1/31/2009 — The NFL says this year's Super Bowl will be seen in 230 countries. SUPER BOWL XLIII TO BE BROADCAST IN 230 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES & 34 LANGUAGES Throughout much of the world, sports fans will be watching Super Bowl XLIII at ...

ESPN/YouTube Partnership- Who Benefits?
sportsmediajournal.com 3/31/2009 — I was tipped to this from our friend Ken Fang at Fang’s Bites and the news became official today…ESPN (and ABC for that matter) will soon be sharing video content on YouTube. Here are parts of the official ESPN release; As part of the agreement, the ESPN Video Player will be ...

ON THE DL
onthedlpodcast.com 3/26/2009 — Trey Wingo joins the program to talk about two sports on the opposite side of ESPN’s spectrum, linked only by one man - Wingo. Yes, we’re talking about the NFL and NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament action. Wingo is not only the host of ESPN’s NFL ...

Bill Simmons Has An Airing Of Grievances With ESPN Brass And The Ex-Ombudsman
awfulannouncing.blogspot.com 4/1/2009 — The first part of the latest Simmons vs. ESPN went down on Friday, but Bill Simmons not only hosted ESPN Senior VP & Exec Editor John Walsh on his podcast, he also got ex-Ombudsman LeAnne Schreiber to discuss the current "State of ESPN". Simmons ...

How ESPN Could Get the Champions League Back — And Much More
epltalk.com 4/9/2009 — Earlier this morning, our friend The Gaffer lamented that ESPN’s loss of the UEFA Champions League TV rights would be bad for soccer in America . After all, ESPN remains the primary vehicle for sporting culture in this country, and if the ...

Spurs Streak the Wrong Way With Duncan Hobbled, Fall Victim to Own Psychology — Bleacher Report - NBA 4/2/2009
Gregg Popovich's nightmare began an hour before tipoff of a key game Feb. 15 against the Dallas Mavericks. Tim Duncan had just finished a shoot-around and was preparing for his usual pre-game rest—when both knees locked ...

Six divisional winners for Sportsmanship Award announced — NBA.com: News 4/2/2009
Boston's Ray Allen, Denver's Chauncey Billups, Detroit's Antonio McDyess, Golden State's Ronny Turiaf, San Antonio's Michael Finley and Washington's Antawn Jamison were selected by a seven-member panel of former players as divisional winners for the ...

Magic say size hampers Dwight Howard in MVP race — Latest Sporting News Articles for NBA 4/2/2009
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Patrick Ewing has a theory on why Orlando Magic do-it-all center Dwight Howard...

Ewing, Magic say size hurts Howard's MVP consideration — NBA.com: News 4/2/2009
Patrick Ewing has a theory on why Orlando Magic do-it-all center Dwight Howard isn't mentioned as a leading MVP candidate: He's a big man.

Magic feel Howard's size hurting MVP chances — SI.com - NBA 4/2/2009
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Patrick Ewing has a theory on why Orlando Magic do-it-all center Dwight Howard isn't mentioned as a leading MVP candidate: He's a big man.