View Post Fusion | SportsNewser Fusion Will Simulcast Dan Le Batard’s ESPN Radio Show By Mark Joyella on Feb. 20, 2015 - 4:05 PM Fusion will begin simulcasting Le Batard's radio show this Spring.
SportsNewser Updated: NBC Wins Rights to Next Four Olympics By Cam Martin on Jun. 7, 2011 - 2:07 PM NBC beat out competing bids from ESPN and Fox Sports and was awarded rights to broadcast the next four Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, the IOC announced today in Switzerland. NBC’s winning bid was $4.38 bill ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz Boston vs. Miami Earns 4.5 Overnight Rating On TNT By Marcus Vanderberg on May. 4, 2011 - 3:51 PM TNT’s coverage of Game 2 between Boston vs. Miami earned a 4.5 overnight rating. While the ratings were up 96 percent (2.3) from last year, Game 1 between Atlanta vs. Orlando was a 43-point blowout. Locally, the game earned ...
People | SportsNewser ‘Tiger Jam’ back in Vegas after skipping year By Cam Martin on Apr. 26, 2011 - 9:48 AM “Tiger Jam,” Tiger Woods’ long-time charity music concert, is back on this weekend after taking a year off, and John Mayer and Keith Urban are headlining the event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz Bruins announcer shouts at Habs player to “get up!” By Cam Martin on Apr. 19, 2011 - 9:30 AM Bruins announcer Jack Edwards makes no bones about rooting for his team. And when an opposing player takes a hit and — to Edwards’ thinking, anyway — lays down and tries to draw a penalty, that kind of gamesmansh ...
SportsNewser Jalen Rose Admits To Being Over Legal Limit By Marcus Vanderberg on Mar. 30, 2011 - 7:48 PM ESPN NBA analyst Jalen Rose released a statement Wednesday regarding his March 11 DUI arrest: “On March 11th, I was driving to my home when I was involved in a single vehicle automobile accident. I voluntarily submitted to b ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz Food for Thought: The Wednesday Edition By Noah Davis on Jan. 5, 2011 - 10:40 AM It’s a bit of an apples to oranges comparison, but still pretty crazy. (Although: How much will Facebook be worth when ESPN bids for MNF?)
People | SportsNewser James Brown: Studio Host, Entreprenuer By Noah Davis on Nov. 19, 2010 - 2:56 PM Fun facts we learned in The New York Times‘s profile of James Brown, who “invested a six-figure sum to start [Brown Technology], which specializes in database management and information security.” He “sold ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz Tiger Woods To Appear On Mike & Mike Thursday By Marcus Vanderberg on Nov. 17, 2010 - 1:19 PM If Tiger Woods joining Twitter wasn’t bizarre enough, the golfer will appear on Mike & Mike Thursday morning. Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic aren’t exactly the two guys that pop in my head when I think “tough& ...
People | SportsNewser Maybe No One Should Host the 2018 or 2022 World Cups By Noah Davis on Nov. 17, 2010 - 11:51 AM In 15 days, FIFA’s embattled executive committee will vote to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. It’s a huge deal – both for the organizing body, which earns 95 percent of its four-year revenue from the tourname ...