People | SportsNewser Bulls Will Present Game Ball to Deceased Anchor's Family By Cam Martin on May. 18, 2011 - 4:30 PM The Chicago Bulls will present a team-autographed game ball from Game 6 of the Bulls-Atlanta Hawks series to the family of Daryl Hawks, the late Chicago sportscaster who was set to call that series-clinching game when he died sudd ...
People | SportsNewser | WebNewser Video: NHL Cameraman Gets Smoked During Pregame Hockey Intros By Cam Martin on May. 5, 2011 - 6:02 PM Before Game Three of the Nashville Predators-Vancouver Canucks game, this cameraman gets smoked (double entendre!) when a Predators player comes out during pregame introductions and runs over the cameraman (who’d been obscur ...
People | SportsNewser Ron Franklin Sues ESPN For Wrongful Termination By Marcus Vanderberg on Jan. 19, 2011 - 12:28 PM Announcer Ron Franklin has filed a lawsuit against ESPN for wrongful termination in his home city of Austin, Texas. Franklin confirmed the report to Michael McCarthy of the USA Today but declined to comment on how much he’s ...
Awards | SportsNewser Andrea Kremer Chimes In On Women Sideline Reporters By Marcus Vanderberg on Jan. 7, 2011 - 11:25 AM NBC sideline reporter Andrea Kremer chimed in on the Ron Franklin/Jeannine Edwards incident, telling USA Today reporter Michael McCarthythat the vitriol towards women sideline reporters is out of control. “The vitriol that i ...
People | SportsNewser SBJ: Super Bowl Ad Spots Nearly Sold Out By Alex Weprin on Aug. 30, 2010 - 2:20 PM If football ad sales are any indication, the ad recovery the business is seeing this year is the real deal. As we reported last week, ad sales look to be strong for the upcoming 2010-2011 season, but we had no idea they would be t ...