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Come on, ESPN, these chats are ads
I'm not completely sure why ESPN chose to be come a bad-faith factory, why it decided to treat sports fans, of all people, as saps. But ESPN's bad-faith machinery hums seven days a week, three shifts a day. Consider ESPN's "Sunday Night Conversations...
Industry wonders who will challenge ESPN
Industry wonders who will challenge ESPN
sportsbusinessjournal.com — By JOHN OURAND Staff writer Much of the talk in the sports media world last fall centered... on whether an effective competitor would step up to compete with ESPN. ESPN had just outbid Fox by $100 million to secure the rights to college football’s Bowl ... (more) Industry wonders who will challenge ESPN
ESPN has too much power? Viewers decide
miamiherald.com — For years, major colleges from lower-profile conferences have bent over backward to accommodate ESPN, scheduling basketball games... at midnight, football games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and asking ``How high?'' when ESPN says jump. (more) ESPN has too much power? Viewers decide
ESPN's 24 Hour College Basketball Marathon is Really 24 Hours
ESPN's 24 Hour College Basketball Marathon is Really 24 Hours
fangsbites.com — When ESPN did its first college basketball marathon last year, it had 9 live games with a... break between 6 and 10 a.m. This year, there will be no break. It'll be wall-to-wall college basketball with 12 games filling the entire 24 hour period next Tuesday. We're talking serious stuff here. Here's ... (more) ESPN's 24 Hour College Basketball Marathon is Really 24 ...
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Sunday Journal- November 8, 2009
Sports Media Journal — ... … Phil Mushnick at the NY Post says ESPN is not fooling any one with the purpose of their athlete chats. .. Mike Reynolds at the Multichannel News looks at the continued ...

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