SportsNewser UConn Women No Match For Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl By Marcus Vanderberg on Dec. 22, 2010 - 4:04 PM The Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl: 2.0 overnight rating. University of Connecticut vs. Florida State: 1.0 overnight rating. I guess those miserable bastards decided to watch college football last night instead of the Hus ...
SportsNewser Train Conductor Chooses Family Over NFL By Noah Davis on Dec. 8, 2010 - 3:33 PM Keith Fitzhugh always wanted to play in the NFL. He’s had a taste – spending parts of two training camps with the New York Jets and time with the Baltimore Ravens – but he’s never been able to stick around. ...
People | SportsNewser The Miz: "I Brought The Championship To Cleveland, Not LeBron." By Marcus Vanderberg on Dec. 2, 2010 - 1:49 PM Fresh off capturing the WWE Championship, Mike “The Miz” Mizanin joined Bill Simmons on The B.S. Report on Thursday. Along with discussing his time on The Real World and achieving his childhood dream of winning the tit ...
SportsNewser Tiger Woods Masters The @Mentions On Twitter By Marcus Vanderberg on Nov. 30, 2010 - 5:55 PM It appears Tiger Woods is indeed serious about this Twitter thing. After a couple of random tweets about wearing shorts during phone interviews and enjoying pie (no pun intended), Woods decided to respond to his Twitter followers ...
People | SportsNewser 21.2 Million Watch Sunday Night Football By Noah Davis on Nov. 16, 2010 - 12:38 PM Another week, another series of excellent numbers (and breathless PR emails) about NBC’s Sunday Night Football. More than 21 million people watched the New England Patriots paste the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night, givi ...
People | SportsNewser | TV Biz Nearly 18 Million Watched Cowboys-Giants On MNF By Marcus Vanderberg on Oct. 26, 2010 - 10:52 PM Week 7 of Monday Night Football was the fourth most-watched cable program in television history and the biggest cable audience of the year, falling just shy of 18 million viewers. Giants-Cowboys earned a 13.0 household coverage ra ...
People | SportsNewser SI.com Recruits Man Who Hates Soccer to Explain Liverpool FC Sale By Noah Davis on Oct. 25, 2010 - 12:08 PM Dan Shaugnessy, the Boston Globe columnist who once began a story with the words “I hate watching soccer,” makes an appearance on SI.com to discuss the sale of Liverpool FC to John Henry’s New England Sports Vent ...
People | SportsNewser Saturday Night Live Mocks Brett Favre By Marcus Vanderberg on Oct. 25, 2010 - 11:30 AM For once, Saturday Night Live had a funny sketch this week, mocking Brett Favre and his alleged nude photos. Let’s hope we never see these pairs of Wrangler jeans in stores.
SportsNewser Trying to Solve the NFL's Headhunter Problem By Noah Davis on Oct. 19, 2010 - 9:43 AM The fallout from the weekend’s spate of brutal hits continues to hit newspapers around the country. The New York Post‘s Steve Serby offers another outraged column, while The New York Times William C. Rhoden suggests a ...
SportsNewser Jets-Vikings Drama Makes For Ratings Winner By Marcus Vanderberg on Oct. 13, 2010 - 12:03 PM What do you get when you combine the nation’s largest television market, a cancerous wide receiver making his debut for a new team and creepy nude photos from (allegedly) a 41-year-old starting quarterback? The highest overn ...