SportsNewser Wolff and Durham Given Curt Gowdy Media Awards By Cam Martin on Jun. 9, 2011 - 5:05 PM Alexander Wolff of Sports Illustrated, who has covered professional and college basketball since the early 1980s, and Jim Durham, the former voice of the Dallas Mavericks and Chicago Bulls, are the 2011 recipients of the Curt Gowd ...
SportsNewser ESPN Ombudsman Returns From Summer Vacation By Marcus Vanderberg on Sep. 23, 2010 - 4:47 PM After a two-month hiatus, ESPN Ombudsman Don Ohlmeyer chimed in on his thoughts on ESPN.com pulling Arash Markazi’s column on LeBron James and the recent arrest of Jay Mariotti. Writing for the first time since July 21, Ohlm ...
SportsNewser Pepsi Gets Back in the Super Bowl Game By Noah Davis on Sep. 16, 2010 - 10:52 AM Oh good, it’s time to talk about Super Bowl advertisements again. The USA Today reports that Pepsi will jump back into the ring, promoting Pepsi Max – which is struggling against Coke Zero – with three ads. Last ...
TV Biz Cablers To Cover A-Rod Newser By SteveK on Feb. 17, 2009 - 1:08 PM This time last year, the cablers were covering former New York Yankee Roger Clemens denying steroid use to Congress. Today they’ll cover admitted steroid user Alex Rodriguez as he reports to spring training. CNN, FNC, MSNBC ...