SportsNewser Video: Pat Summit Addresses Dementia in Message to Fans By Cam Martin on Aug. 23, 2011 - 7:13 PM It was reported today that Pat Summit, the head coach of the women’s basketball team at the University of Tennessee, has been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, a form of Alzheimer’s disease. Summit, 59, addressed th ...
Ratings | SportsNewser CBS Expands 3D Coverage of U.S. Open By Cam Martin on Aug. 23, 2011 - 5:25 PM CBS, which won an Emmy in technical achievement for last year’s 3D coverage of the U.S. Open, is expanding its coverage to include all the HD matches played at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Labor Day weekend and finals weekend, as ...
SportsNewser Newark Bears Post Earthquake Update For Kids' Parents By Cam Martin on Aug. 23, 2011 - 3:39 PM Parents worried that they’re children might have come into harm’s way at the Newark Bears baseball clinic during this afternoon east coast earthquake were allayed by an posting on the front page of the Bears’ web ...
SportsNewser Luther Campbell Says Sports Media is Basically All Racist By Cam Martin on Aug. 23, 2011 - 12:39 PM In his column in the Miami New Times, Luther Campbell, the former leader of the rap group 2 Live Crew and former Miami-Dade mayoral candidate, lambasted the sports media for having the audacity to say that Cam Newton struggled in ...
SportsNewser Video: Trailer to NBA 2K12 By Cam Martin on Aug. 23, 2011 - 10:08 AM With this year’s NBA season in jeopardy, it might comfort you to know that this year’s NBA 2K12 is going to be released on Oct. 4 — with or without the conclusion of the lockout. The game features many of the all ...
People | SportsNewser | WebNewser Durant Reportedly Close to Scoring Movie Deal By Cam Martin on Aug. 22, 2011 - 5:16 PM Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant is reportedly close to signing a deal to star in a major Warner Bros. film. The project, which reportedly has a basketball subplot, is not named as yet and is scheduled to go into produ ...
People | SportsNewser Video: New ESPN Promo for Monday Night Football By Cam Martin on Aug. 22, 2011 - 1:10 PM This is the first of three new 3o-second spots for Monday Night Football on ESPN, and it premieres today. This spot, called “Animal Control,” features an animal control officer who gets called to a home visit at an ino ...
SportsNewser Versus to Launch New Weekly NFL Series By Cam Martin on Aug. 22, 2011 - 11:59 AM NFL Films and NBC Sports Group will be producing a new behind-the-scenes weekly show that looks at two NFL games. NFL Turning Point will premiere Thursday, Sept. 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT and will air on Versus. This is the first NFL pr ...
SportsNewser WNBA to Put Ads on 10 of 12 Team Unis By Cam Martin on Aug. 22, 2011 - 11:21 AM The WNBA has announced a partnership with Boost Mobile that will place ads on the uniforms of 1o of the league’s 12 teams, with the Boost corporate logo appearing on uniform fronts directly below the players’ numbers. ...
SportsNewser Vince Cellini to host NBA GameTime By Cam Martin on Aug. 22, 2011 - 10:38 AM Turner Sports has announced that veteran broadcaster Vince Cellini has been named full-time host of NBA.com’s live studio show, GameTime, and will also host the new NCAA.com College Football Preview Show with analyst Dave Ar ...