fantasyfootballfools.com - 1/12/2009
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Have you seen the new ESPN .com yet? Simplified . Customizable scoring across the top…larger content area for lead stories and video…easier and clearly visible login…and the ability to name specific teams, columnists and players in “myESPN.”
With this update, ...
Comcast/Versus To Challenge ESPN Empire NOW?
sportsbybrooks.com 1/7/2009 — SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY had some very interesting sports cable TV rating numbers today - for 2008:
SBD:
For ‘08, Versus saw the biggest viewership gains among cable sports nets for both total day programming and primetime, up 20.2% and ...
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 looking for another inside critic
usatoday.com 1/19/2009 — The author and ex- New York Times sports editor has been bluntly honest in her reviews of ESPN's on-air anchors, analysts, reporters and executives. But Schreiber's two-year tenure expires this spring, said Norby Williamson, ESPN's executive vice ...
An Interview With ESPN President George Bodenheimer
collegehoopsjournal.com 12/2/2008 — 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 ...
ESPN Dipping Into the Sports Blog World - Kind of
thebiglead.com 1/22/2009 — You may have seen this post at True Hoop, which announced that ESPN had “partnered” up with a bunch of NBA blogs. Here’s a guess - based on other partnerships around the sports blogosphere - at how the relationship might work :
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College Bowl Game Players Get Benefits
totalprosports.com 12/11/2008 — Total Pro Sports - We were doing some research on the upcoming NCAA College Football Bowl Season , when we came across some information that we found to be very interesting. I definitely didn't know this, maybe you did. Did you know that the participants in the BCS Bowl Games (The Football ...
I will not be visiting ESPN.com ever again
venturebeat.com 1/6/2009 — ESPN launched its new site design today and all I can say is “wow.” And it’s not a good “wow,” it’s a horrified “wow.” I can’t separate those advertisements from the content, and so I’ll never visit this site again. It’s sad, because ESPN does have ...
The NHL and ESPN: ESPN Robbing America Of a Sport It Loves
bleacherreport.com 1/20/2009 — Wait...what? America loves hockey? No way!
If you are not a hockey fan, that was likely your initial reaction to this headline. In fact, even if you were a hockey fan you probably reacted in that way.
I'm here to tell you why America does, in ...
ESPN’S NEW MOTTO: “IF IT’S NOT OUR NEWS, IT’S NEWS TO US”
collegefootballtalk.com 1/21/2009 — When ESPN sniffs out a hot rumor or story, ESPN sets the blender of its various platforms to “liquefy,” whipping the thing into the biggest story that the sports world ever has seen.
And when ESPN has had no role in uncovering a hot rumor ...
Jets' Favre in no hurry to decide on future —
Newsday.com - Jets 1/9/2009
Brett Favre keeps making it sound as if the Jets' new
coach won't have to determine whether he wants the 39-year-old quarterback. For the third time since the Jets' season ended Dec. 28, Favre spoke to a media outlet - this time ESPN - and reiterated ...
FAVRE LESS FANFARE THIS TIME AROUND —
NY Post: Sports 1/9/2009
Brett Favre promises there will be no tears this time. The Jets quarterback told ESPN yesterday if he decides to retire, he'll do so with little fanfare. "I'm an emotional guy, and I'm sure people are tired of seeing me get emotional," he said...
