Awards | SportsNewser SmackDown Airing Live Aug. 30 On Syfy By Marcus Vanderberg on Aug. 18, 2011 - 9:08 PM For the first time since moving to Syfy, WWE SmackDown will air live on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 8:00 p.m. ET from the INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kan. SmackDown has been a huge success for SyFY, averaging 3.1 million total viewers ...
Awards | SportsNewser ESPN Acquires Australian Sports Site Footytips By Marcus Vanderberg on Aug. 15, 2011 - 5:34 PM ESPN continues to build up their international portfolio following the acquisition of ExtraCorp Pty. Ltd, owners of Australia’s largest sports tipping and fantasy games platform in footytips.com.au. Launched in 1997, the web ...
SportsNewser NHL Network Hires ESPN Vet as Executive Producer By Noah Davis on Jan. 10, 2011 - 5:00 PM Mark Preisler, previously executive producer at Sportscenter, is skating to NHL Network as executive producer where he’ll “be involved with all aspects of the Network’s programming and production.” “T ...
SportsNewser ESPN Sets Record Ratings Thanks To BCS Games By Marcus Vanderberg on Jan. 7, 2011 - 8:23 PM ESPN posted its highest-rated and most-viewed day in the network’s 31-plus year history on January 1, thanks to the Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl. ESPN averaged a 4.3 rating (6,301,000 viewers, P2+; 4,259,000 homes) on New Year& ...
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 ...
SportsNewser Rick Reilly Really Likes the Words "Tiny," "Large," "Very," and "Nice" By Noah Davis on Nov. 11, 2010 - 3:21 PM We’ve mentioned the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective before, but they’ve really outdone themselves with their latest post. Ben Blatt uses a couple complicated formulas to compare the writing styles of luminaries Bill ...