weblogs.newsday.com - 9/10/2007
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I spent a couple of days in Bristol in late August participating in a seminar ESPN held for sports media/business writers.
I will be offering tidbits from my experiences there in various posts today.
One subject with which we tortured high-ranking executives was the notorious "Who's Now'' segment on SportsCenter, this year's version of what ESPN internally calls its "summer stunt'' to ...
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