SportsNewser | TV Biz MLB Network Orders Talk Show 'Intentional Talk' and Afternoon Studio Show 'The Rundown' By Alex Weprin on Mar. 23, 2011 - 4:35 PM MLB Network is ramping up its programming slate this season, adding a new afternoon studio show as well as its first talk show. The talk show is “Intentional Talk” (sounds like “intentional walk,” get it?) ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz The "Fat Man" Running In The Los Angeles Marathon By Marcus Vanderberg on Mar. 18, 2011 - 8:22 AM If you’ve thought about running in a marathon and figured that extra weight might work against you, think again. Sumo wrestler Kelly Gneiting, 40, is running the Los Angeles Marathon this weekend. His weight? A trim 405 poun ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz Nothing Says ECHL Hockey Like Pink Jerseys By Marcus Vanderberg on Feb. 11, 2011 - 5:27 PM If you thought Sierra Leone’s new jersey was the ugliest thing you saw on SportsNewser today, think again. We present to you the ECHL’s Alaska Aces Valentine’s Day jersey. Nothing says Valentine’s Day like ...
SportsNewser | TV Biz John Feinstein Laid Off From The Sporting News By Marcus Vanderberg on Feb. 3, 2011 - 8:11 PM John Feinstein‘s run as a columnist in The Sporting News is coming to an end. “I got a phone call Tuesday from some bean counter in a suit who told me that now that Sporting News has acquired AOL Fanhouse, the company ...