SportsNewser Jeter Splits from Minka Kelly By Cam Martin on Aug. 26, 2011 - 8:27 AM Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and Charlie’s Angels actress Minka Kelly have reportedly split up after three years, news that wouldn’t be relevant here if one half of this equation weren’t a future Hall of Fame sh ...
SportsNewser Orioles Announcer Flanagan Reportedly Commits Suicide By Cam Martin on Aug. 25, 2011 - 8:37 AM Former Cy Young Award winner Mike Flanagan, a longtime pitcher with the Baltimore Orioles who later ascended to a top executive position with the club and in recent years served as a television commentator, reportedly committed su ...
SportsNewser NFL Primetime Crew Plays Dress Up In Brooklyn By Marcus Vanderberg on Aug. 24, 2011 - 12:53 AM Leave it to Berman to stare in the camera. This new commercial could be hilariously funny or an absolute train wreck. Can’t wait. [H/T @AdamSchefter]
SportsNewser NBC Sports Signs Broadcast Deal with MLS By Cam Martin on Aug. 10, 2011 - 12:52 PM NBC Sports Group has signed a three-year deal with Major League Soccer (MLS) that will see 45 MLS games and four U.S. men’s games broadcast per season on NBC and the newly branded NBC Sports Network, which will officially ch ...
SportsNewser Bomani Jones Prepared For Life After The Score By Marcus Vanderberg on Aug. 3, 2011 - 1:13 AM Bomani Jones might want to avoid taking a summer vacation next year. For the second time in three years, Jones has returned from his annual R&R to find out the radio station he was employed by was going under. Despite The Scor ...
SportsNewser Dan Le Batard Rips Shaq For Being Shaq By Marcus Vanderberg on Jul. 25, 2011 - 2:03 PM The Shaquille O’Neal post-retirement honeymoon is officially over. Miami Herald columnist Dan Le Batard rained on Shaq’s parade with a scathing column Saturday: “There is arrogance and ego in every athlete. It is ...
SportsNewser Nearly 11 Million Viewers Watch Heat-Bulls Game 3 By Marcus Vanderberg on May. 23, 2011 - 3:28 PM Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals between Chicago and Miami was the second most-watched NBA game in cable history with 10,889,000 million total viewers and a 6.4 U.S. HH rating. Game 1 of the Heat-Bulls series set the record ...
SportsNewser ESPN's LZ Granderson To Write Weekly Column For CNN Opinion By Marcus Vanderberg on Apr. 12, 2011 - 7:51 PM Starting today, ESPN columnist LZ Granderson will write a weekly column for CNN Opinion on how social and cultural issues affect the way life is lived in America today. Granderson is no stranger to CNN.com, writing several guest c ...
SportsNewser Tara Sullivan Denied Access To Masters Locker Room By Marcus Vanderberg on Apr. 11, 2011 - 12:25 PM The Masters reared its ugly head on Sunday when it denied The Bergen (NJ) Record reporter Tara Sullivan access to the locker room. Sullivan shared her side of the story last night: So here’s my side of the story. I decided t ...
SportsNewser Brett Favre's Wife Deanna Speaks Out on Allegations (VIDEO) By Alex Weprin on Oct. 21, 2010 - 10:09 AM This morning Deanna Favre, the wife of Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre, was a guest on “Good Morning America” to talk about a book she co-wrote, The Cure for the Chronic Life. While there, however, “GMA ...